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Fascist sues because he's reminded daily that he could be a nice and caring person if he wanted to
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... The United States of America
So can all his coworkers sue them because they have to look at this bigoted piece of shit every day?
Has he considered reading the Bible and following the teachings of Jesus Christ? It might help him understand what Christianity is supposed to be about.
Do you really think they are reading their book?
It might help him understand what Christianity is supposed to be about.
Don't bother. Satan will claim his own soon enough. In the meantime, resist.
Most self-described Christians are Devil worshipers. If your religion preaches hate, you're not worshiping God, you're worshiping Satan.
How much do you want to bet that this guy has been on the internet calling people snowflakes unironically?
I know I'm probably bucking the hive mind here, but I would actually support legislation that government owned building can fly only city, state, and country flags. I'm completely in on making sure that government policies are inclusive and protective of those needing them, but flags just seem performative. In fact, they could be counter productive; flying them "in support" while policies do not.
Which cities, states and countries can a building fly? Only their own? Could a federal building raise a flag for another nation in solidarity, even if support for said nation is polarizing? Flags are performative, but knowing what is allowed to be performed can be a good indicator for marginalized groups to know where they might be okay living, even if policies are quite there yet.
In my world, no. A government building flys the flags associated with it. While it's easy to be on the side of a federal building flying the flag of Ukraine, or one state flying the flag of another going through a tragic event, supporting that would also allow government buildings to fly the Israeli flag, or the confederate flag or a MAGA flag. You don't think that confederate sympathizers in the south would claim to be marginalized and the confederate flag flying at the Mississippi statehouse would make them feel welcome? It's a knife that cuts both ways.
I want marginalized people to feel welcome in their communities, but I don't believe the flagpole of a government building is where to do it. The floor of the government building is.
Agreed. Plus a legal precedent in favor of pride flags, could cut the other way. On principle, I don't want to see hateful sentiment yield a legal victory. In practice, disallowing this kind of expression in government facilities would/should keep MAGA flags and other nonsense far from the same flagpoles. Or at the very least, it could be argued so in a second court case.
I come to Lemmus for exchanges like this. Well reasoned, level headed, and consequences considered. Imagine if we could get conversations like this to take place in those government buildings- sure would be swell.
Thank you. Be the change you want to see in the world, right?
Yeah. I generally don't have an objection to pride flags but I could definitely see somebody stretching the same arguments to have a Confederate or MAGA flag (or just Trump's face as he's so fond of putting it on fucking everything)
I'm suing my employer because it rained today and I saw a rainbow.
disgusting.
A few of my muslim students said that they couldn't draw a rainbow in art class, "because in our religion this is a bad thing".
I asked them "but are not all of nature's wonders the work of Allah?" While I watched the gears rolling behind their eyes I told them to ask their imams "who makes the rainbows in the sky?". And that they may return their given assignments after having received the answer.
This is literally what qualifies as "shoving it down our throats" when conservatives say that LGBT+ folks can live how they want but not shove it down everybody's throats. That's my personal experience with conservative relatives and locals, at least.
Being reminded that certain "other" people exist without being hunted down is all it takes to set them off.
So while the lawsuit is a stupid waste of resources, the basic dickhead at the center of it is probably genuinely motivated to pursue it.
Based on their rantings, I have a pretty good idea of their intrusive thoughts about having things shoved down their throats. Such thoughts must give them disturbing feelings.
Tale as old as time...
It's hard out there for a wimp
Sounds like a right snowflake
I want to sue Eric Batman's parents, or whoever the fuck decided on that dogshit name.
Hate to break it to you, but they got killed by a mugger.
Nowhere in the Bible does it mention the Pride flag.
There is pride and there is Pride
The first has Christ on their side
The latter knows not battle won
And thus cast out brightest sun
B happy b love but know divinity
Server client holy internet trinity
World b illusion the Buddha sed
The wolf inside is the wolfs fed
Entanglement is all u r made of
Make sure knot not lust but luv
The first has Christ on their side
Just so their's no misunderstanding by the illiterate and ignorant, I'm saying Jesus stands with us LGBTQ+ people. Therein, with no cultural structure to enforce positive behavior, the sexually immoral people (rapists, molesters, public masturbators, peeping Toms, etc) don't get the same feedback to save themselves from themselves.
Group opposed to liberty for others calls itself the Liberty Council. And misspells it.
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." That doesn't mean you, motherfucker.
Oh wow i really thought this was an onion article...
It's obviously reminding him he's secretly gay every time he sees it.
forcing to see is different. (Clockwork Orange) You can look the other way, teutonic twat.
Eric Batman
I'M NOT GAY.
I saw another video today of some hag saying "who you have sex with is no one's business" but the flag is about equal representation and how gay marriage was illegal and they were denied rights. It used to be way worse than just being denied rights too-- it used to be dangerous to be out.
These people just can't face the fact that we do come from a darker world and the wounds are still fresh. They just can't think critically and inwardly it seems to hurt them. You don't have to feel shame but anyone can recognize this is exercising a right they had been denied for a long, long time
His name is Batman? What a waste!
But also, I kind of (notice my emphasis) understand where he's coming from. A member of LGBTQIA+ wouldn't want the Christian flag on that government building during the month of the celebration of their savior's birth, so I understand that he wouldn't want LGBTQIA+ flag on that same building during Pride month. Honestly, government buildings should only fly that government's flags (whether country, territory, district, etc.), and should not fly any other flag (no matter the cause).
As a member of LGBTQIA+, i may or may not like to see a flag on a government building, but ultimately how could it affect me so much that my personal rights were violated?? that's nonsense to me. i don't think any harm would be done to fly a lgbtq flag, or a christian flag, or any non-political flag occasionally to support and promote inclusion of various communities