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Bill banning Pride flag would make showing support for LGBTQ a ‘political viewpoint' (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Jaysyn@kbin.social to c/politics@lemmy.world

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A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...

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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 131 points 11 months ago

Wow. So, so many things wrong here.

This would be a blatant first amendment violation, along with a violation of several other rights centered around non-discrimination.
The GOP really don't give a flying shit any more about the Constitution, do they?
Apparently, "censoring conservative viewpoints" (known to normal people as "not being racist and bigoted) is bad, but literally trying to express liberal viewpoints is somehow "indoctrination" and should be a criminal offense. Yeah, I know. They wear the hypocrisy as a badge of honor and campaign on it.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago

You have been permanently banned from c/Conservative.

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Damn, banned so hard they were banned twice

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lol. Fixed. Thank you. You shall be spared when c/Conservative conquers and enslaves the Lemmy communities around it.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 18 points 11 months ago

On the bright side, it's causing all the people who want to move to a Conservative dystopia to move to Florida instead of Texas, which means that if Texans turned out to vote, we might finally see that purple state everyone talks about.

Apparently, there's a lot of people who like performative politics instead of actual policy that helps them.

[-] _wizard@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Sorry friend. I gave up and moved out of Texas this year.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 17 points 11 months ago

I don't blame you. Making it a terrible place to live is kind of the end goal of Republicans.

[-] netburnr@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

It's cool, the rest of us will keep trying to vote out these assholes the best we can.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

yes, shocking no one
They never did
Racists actually believe that some people are "below" them and so they don't really understand what "racism" or "bigotry" means. They feel they have a right to force others into their "rightful place" below them in their imaginary hierarchy. They believe they have a right to force people to conform. They refuse to empathize with those they loathe and so their actions are borne out of malice and cruelty.

[-] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Some days when I am really pessimistic, I fantasize about all these delusional people suffering immensely under a regime they got into power themselves. Then I remember I am not an inhumane dumbass like them and go about my day.

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I fantasize about doing the oppression to them, because I'm a jaded asshole.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 54 points 11 months ago

They won't ban the nazi flags that DeSantis' supporters carry.

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago

I’m in canada. I have protesters outside of my work window every week protesting LGBT education in school. I put up a pride flag in my office window. They told me to take it down, citing our code of conduct but no specific clause.

The way they talked about it made it sound like I was expressing some kind of extreme political opinion that I should be having on my own time.

I was… surprised. And disappointed.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Hang a Trump flag and see what happens.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Wanna bet what they'd say to a nazi flag?

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 48 points 11 months ago

This is #fascism.

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

Sexual orientation is not political in itself. Discrimination of it is.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

So Human rights are now a political viewpoint?!?

[-] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 25 points 11 months ago

Always have been for republicans

[-] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Even if it was a, "political viewpoint" it couldn't be banned.

[-] Quaternions@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago

Lol, I guess this moron doesn't understand what freedom of speech means. This bill won't make it. Just another GOP idiot wasting tax dollars. Even if it does become a law, there will be a lawsuit submitted within minutes of it being signed.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 33 points 11 months ago

he knows the law, and he knows this'll end up in the trash on top of a pile of drag bans. it's about pushing the overton window, making the existence of people you don't like "political" to separate it from the "normal" people you do actually like, and showing out for your openly fascist terrorist party.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Honestly I'm not sure at this point. I think some of them are high on their own supply and legitimately think this'll work.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

Then wouldn't being anti LGBT be political too?

[-] flipht@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

As with all things regressive, their whole truck is to treat their own viewpoint as a default state, and then try to force everyone else to argue around it, which allows them to steer the discussion and eventual outcome.

When they're headed off on one avenue they pivot, but this is the consistent direction of almost all regressive talking points.

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

They're never consistent. If they were, they would demonize overtly sexual content regardless of who it was targeted at. But as it stands they're fine with books involving straight couples and places like Hooters still exist.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

yeah. just like the cross or christmass decorations.

[-] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

If supporting pride is a 'political viewpoint', being against it is one too

Gay existence is not an offense against anyone, it's the folks trying to ban gay existence that are playing offense. LGBTQ folk resisting their own erasure and persecution (and for their allies to support them) is a straightforward matter of human rights these cretins want to deny

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Existence is futile

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

if there was a party called the "fuck america in the ass" party, there's a large segment of the population who wouldn't have any choice but to vote for it. And the thing that would most effectively fuck America in the ass would be a real health care system, real gun laws, and a real education.

[-] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

Hate is a strong word that has lost a lot of meaning from misuse... I hate the willfully ignorant.

[-] tinyVoltron@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Am I the only one wondering how often Borrero meets his gay lover?

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