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A state senator said during a public forum in Tahlequah that LGBTQ+ people are "filth," and that he and his constituents don't want them in "our state."

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 204 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (11 children)

It's beginning. All over again. Fuck. We gon' have to destroy some Nazis again, aren't we?

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 96 points 9 months ago (3 children)

yes, we do. let's finish the job this time so our grandkids won't have to deal with this shit

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 60 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Sadly,many of these new Nazis are the grandchildren of the people who fought the original Nazis.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 25 points 9 months ago

Both are correct

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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 12 points 9 months ago

No more of this forgiveness "healing" buttpat bullshit America loves to do with its internal enemies.

End every nazi. Give every apologist life in prison. Ban all nazi/MAGA/confederate iconography and treat anyone found with it as enemies of the state and treat them as such.

We can't just keep forgiving them every time they fuck around then shocked Pikachu when they take another swing. Crush them.

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[–] LocoOhNo@lemmus.org 117 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"We are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state – we are a moral state,"

Ding, ding, ding...

There's your problem, right there. Christians continue to tell us who they plan on attacking next and we, as a society, allow them to continue to be the shittiest human beings on planet Earth, unabated. These people are heavily mentally ill. And they keep... What's the word they like to use..? "Grooming" kids to make sure the priests and the pastors have a brand new group of idiots for the next generation.

This has to be stopped. Believing utter bullshit should not be a protected class.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm really tired of these assholes using religion as a basis to make and change laws. They're forcing Christianity on everyone else. I guess freedom of/from religion is there with the separation of church and state, in the trash.

[–] LocoOhNo@lemmus.org 20 points 9 months ago

Using religion as a basis to change laws is what they do. It's why they were threatened, under the penalty of death, by most of the countries in Europe, to leave. Everybody was sick of their shit. Imagine a massive group of Marjorie Taylor Greens. That is what sailed to America. Imagine being a Native American, living your best life, and that is what shows up on your shores.

This narrative that Christians left to "avoid religious persecution" was started by, you guessed it, the Christians, who are always the "victims" even when they themselves initiated the problem. The truth is, they came here so they could continue to persecute others. How many infected blankets did they hand out to the natives, knowing it would kill them? They have always been terrible people. Always.

The founding fathers were not even Christians, they were deists. At that time, just like today, you can't make a law without including the Christians or they'll destroy society. They have to be getting talked about favorably or they kill everyone around them; the inquisition, the Nazis, etc... All done by Christians. And yet we made them a federally protected class. For what? What warrants that? They aren't threatened. They're not a minority class, that is to say, not a small number of the population... They have churches seemingly on every corner in every city and town in the country. Everyone else has to be protected from them.

And one of the lesser, yet still egregious tactics that they use is to have prayer meetings at public schools and at jobs. I've lived in the South my entire life and almost every place I've ever worked, there's been a morning meeting where somebody prays at the end.

We, as a society, need to reevaluate the need to list religion as a protected class, because let's face it, the Christians think their religion is the only one that meets that criteria. They are nothing but a federally defended terrorist group.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 71 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Blows my mind that there aren't violent LGBT folks out there. I'm not advocating violence, but I'm impressed with the self control.

[–] Morgoon@startrek.website 57 points 9 months ago (16 children)

There absolutely are, never forget the first pride parade was a riot.

"When did you ever see a fag fight back? ... Now, times were a-changin'. Tuesday night was the last night for bullshit ... Predominantly, the theme [w]as, "this shit has got to stop!"

"...the crowd shouted "Pigs!" and "Faggot cops!" Beer cans were thrown and the police lashed out, dispersing some of the crowd who found a construction site nearby with stacks of bricks....Garbage cans, garbage, bottles, rocks, and bricks were hurled at the building, breaking the windows. Witnesses attest that "flame queens", hustlers, and gay "street kids"—the most outcast people in the gay community—were responsible for the first volley of projectiles, as well as the uprooting of a parking meter used as a battering ram"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots#

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[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Gay man calls republicans "filth", says most don't want them here

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 33 points 9 months ago

Straight man calls republicans "filth", says most don't want them here

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Most call Republicans filth, gayly saying we don't want them here.

[–] olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's not a wrong statement.

[–] DelnitaCrane@kbin.social 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

“I want to make sure that at least the children in our public schools have that faith ... what I want to make sure of is that our young children have the right to grow up with that faith"

Stephens said that as an educator, he had taken an oath to educate and not “indoctrinate” students.

Ok, I think I get it now, making sure that school children are taught your religious beliefs isn't indoctrination but teaching them that it is wrong to beat someone to death for their gender expression is.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

ayo gays are fun. republicans are not.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Funny, but I feel the same way about Republican politicians.

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[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 40 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Oklahoma, where a non binary kid just died maybe because of bullying

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 17 points 9 months ago

What's terrible is that he said this when people were asking about that specific incident.

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[–] Zengen@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd say to him. Too fucking bad dipshit this is america. If u dont like me being here rest assured I do not care and you can kiss my ass lol and if u wana try and kick me out theres the second amendment so that I can kick you out of this lifetime :)

[–] elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I share your sentiment, but be very careful with comments wishing harm on U.S. senators. You never know who is reading, and they can and will take your comment seriously.

[–] Esqplorer@lemmy.zip 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They didn't wish I'll to this guy. They promised to defend themselves from him.

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who wants to tell him? Who wants to tell him that every national popular vote for the last 20 years says that most people don't want Republicans here.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 28 points 9 months ago

We're quite fond of them in ours, we'll trade some white supremacists.

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

If I'm filth, this jackass and everyone that thinks like him is a radioactive dumpster burning tires.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

I can't wait for these fossils to die off

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can't access the article. I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark that an ( R ) is involved.

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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Hitler said the Same Thing and that's why he went to HEAVEN! Also I'm NOT Racist OR a White Supremacist!

[–] lil@lemy.lol 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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