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Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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so those religious people bully gays, autistics, atheists? you witness this?
Just watch where anti LGBT legislation, hate crimes and wacky politicos like Louie Gohmert and Virginia Foxx all come from... Hint: it's not the coasts
ok. but many people think the bathroom bills are pro-women's rights, not anti-LGBT. this also doesn't account for your claim people in the south bully autistic people.
i've never heard of the two people you listed above.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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ok. but many people think the bathroom bills are pro-women's rights, not anti-LGBT. this also doesn't account for your claim people in the south bully autistic people.
i've never heard of the two people you listed above.
They are both US Congresspeople, with Gohmert representing a district in SE Texas, and Foxx is a rep from NC, if you ever watched the news, you'd know them from the ignorant hateful and sometimes dumb things they say on the floor of Congress
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ok. i looked at their Wiki pages and i didn't see anything 'hateful' in their positions. They are not calling for violence or instigating hate as far as I can tell.
you still haven't explained your 'evidence' of people in south bullying autistic people. that is an incredible claim.
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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ok. i looked at their Wiki pages and i didn't see anything 'hateful' in their positions. They are not calling for violence or instigating hate as far as I can tell.
you still haven't explained your 'evidence' of people in south bullying autistic people. that is an incredible claim.
Their wiki pages? Go to YouTube and lookup news stories about them
when i look at the violence committed in this country, the people committing the violence don't seem to be in the white religious southern demographic that you associate violence and hate with. This includes the person who recently murdered 50 gay people in a club in Orlando.
i'm still waiting for your evidence that people in the south bully autistic people. were these two politicians railing against autistic people? that does not seem likely.
it appears both of them are pro-life. kind of hard to say that is a 'hateful' position even if you disagree with it.
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when i look at the violence committed in this country, the people committing the violence don't seem to be in the white religious southern demographic that you associate violence and hate with. This includes the person who recently murdered 50 gay people in a club in Orlando.
i'm still waiting for your evidence that people in the south bully autistic people. were these two politicians railing against autistic people? that does not seem likely.
it appears both of them are pro-life. kind of hard to say that is a 'hateful' position even if you disagree with it.
Move past the autistic thing, the conversation has moved past that
Watch what Virginia Foxx had to say about Matthew Shepard, the gay college student in Wyoming who was murdered, then get back to me
she said that she didn't think he was murdered because he was gay, but rather over an argument over drugs and/or money. I have read that Shepherd was actually lovers with one of the men who killed him. This article in THe Guardian talks about the Shepherd case and an author of a book about it. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...atthew-shepard
She also believes as many people do that all crimes can be called a hate crime. All murder is wrong for whatever reason with exceptions for self defense, etc. None of what she said is anti-gay or inciting violence against gay people. She correctly pointed out Shepherd's killers were punished for it. Both were given life time sentences. you can't be punished more than that with just one life other than executiion.
it is amazng that your premise that people in the south are anti-LGBT is partly based on some people (you only cited one politician who has talked about it) simply being against hate crime legislation for valid reasons or not believing Matt Shepherd was killed because he is gay. I should also point out that Matthew Shepherd didn't live in the south. I should also point out that in general people int he south support more jail time for violent crimes and are more supporitive of the dealth penalty for violent crimes than other areas of the country. I believe that Matthew Shepherd's killers get the death penalty in both SC and Texas.
The conversation has moved past your accusation that people in the south bully autistic people because you keep dodging my request to provide evidence for your assertion. it obviously was a baseless assertion and I note again that you do not live in the south.
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