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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[+] 132 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You have been permanently banned from c/Conservative.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)
    • 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.
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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for trying, though. I'm hoping some passersby who needed to have someone on their side saw that flag before you were forced to withdraw it. That quiet but profound "no" was very cool for as long as it lasted.

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  • [–] [S] 48 points 2 years ago
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    Sexual orientation is not political in itself. Discrimination of it is.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So Human rights are now a political viewpoint?!?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Then wouldn't being anti LGBT be political too?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    yeah. just like the cross or christmass decorations.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years 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

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Existence is futile

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

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

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