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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 188 points 1 day ago (12 children)

So long as conservatives continue to exert exceptional effort to try and erase LGBT identity, people should attack Christian identity in equal measure. Tear down billboards with gospel on them. Deface publicly displayed crucifixes. Burn bibles in public.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 94 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget to remove churches from your communities..

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe in proportionality. So long as their current actions stay in damaging inanimate symbols that's where it should stay. If they were to Remove places significant to LGBT+, then I'd consider it. If they were to start straight up shooting LGBT+ people, well...

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

These crosswalks were painted specifically in honor of the Pulse massacre where 50 LGBT+ people were murdered in 2016. 25 were injured or killed in a shooting in a Colorado Springs gay bar in 2022.

The shooting has been happening for years already.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The Pulse shooter wasn’t a Christian, so that’s not really a good reason to start tearing down and burning churches.

Which, I can’t believe I need to say this, is bad. I grew up in a small community that embraced Christian homophobic and transphobic abuse as a virtue, I think Christianity on the whole is more negative than positive, and I still wouldn’t destroy a random church because it’s a church. That is fash shit. You don’t target random places of worship because that’s the religion of your enemy. What is this shit.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Christian billionaires do fund a lot of the anti gay conspiracy media. I would specifically focus on those entities.

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

That is what they want.

Right wing shitheads have been trying to paint themselves as the victims for decades. "The War On Christmas" being one of the best examples. And as much fun as it would be to burn down a church (but not Korean Jesus, that dude is okay), all it will do is provide them the evidence they have been trying to manufacture all this time.

Because news media won't be reporting "As retaliation for the murder of a trans person, a bible was ceremonially burned". It will be "The fucking gays are burning your bibles, go get them"

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They've been riding their train of manufactured victimhood and rage for decades and found great success, they don't strictly need a reason to abuse people.

Staying your hand because your enemy might get angry and retaliate is the mindset of the battered housewife. People should stand up for themselves even if that means violence in the end.

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[–] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 14 points 1 day ago

In my city, I always see the stupid billboard that says “THINK GOD” and I always fantasize about climbing up there and putting a big red X on GOD so it just says THINK.

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[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 127 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Paint different crosswalks. How many crosswalks are in the city? I bet there are more than they have police to stand and watch them.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 96 points 1 day ago

What's that meme that was going around? Cities have enough police for one ten thousand person protest but ten one thousand person protests would cripple them? Take it a step futher with the crosswalks

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Then when they put cameras and ED-209 killer robots on every crosswalk, start painting sidewalks. Then bike lanes. Then culverts. This should never end just because we know how much it pisses them off.

edit: ya'll are upvoting this shit but I double-dog DARE you to actually do this shit. You don't even have to do it in Florida, just get out and do SOMETHING you lazy fucks!

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago

Paint the cameras ;)

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[–] notabot@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why limit yourself to existing crosswalks? Male some new ones.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 121 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine being so insecure that you have to stop people from having a harmless shrine to a bunch of people killed in a mass murder.

Anyways, there's a lot of crosswalks and there's no way they can even long term focus on this crosswalk. Wait for them to leave, do it again.

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You bring up a good point here. There are a lot of crosswalks. So what happens if people just start doing this at random crosswalks around the city?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 45 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Aha, a crime wave! Deploy the National Guard!

[–] bananabread@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

This would be funny if it was not true

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[–] 5too@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was thinking, what else can we rainbow up while they're all looking at crosswalks?

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Postal boxes? Transformer boxes? Manhole covers? Park walking paths? Detention center fences? The houses of local homophobic politicians? Bike racks? Telephone poles?

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[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 101 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The article title is framing things way too passively considering the reality which is :

"Florida Republicans order the erasure of mass shooting memorial for 49 murder victims targeted by a bigot wanting to kill members of the LGBT community"

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 64 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

What an incredibly efficient use of taxpayer-funded police forces! Should report it to DOGE, they definitely need to cut funding for that

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 43 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Yep.

We cant give medicine/healthcare that those that need it, cause its to expensive.

We cant give food to those that need it, cause its too expensive.

We can't provide shelter to those that need it, cause its too expensive.

but somehow, magically, when it comes to the police state and fascism.. Theres always an endless waterfall of money.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 45 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Quick! Paint somewhere else.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 25 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Paint everywhere else. Turn everything that's not guarded in to rainbows of defiance.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (6 children)

I've just been to east Germany and saw in a museum the Incredible pettiness of the surveillance state.

They collected smell samples of supposed activists, and you could be labeled an activist for writing something sarcastic on a poster or newspaper. Also if you were labeled as such they could 'unofficially ' ruin your life (as in thwart your ambitions and goals.

So much money and effort was spent on policing the hearts and minds of the populace. And the frail religious conservatives who run America would probably love the idea.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve just been to eat Germany

I recommend chewable Tums for that.

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Earlier this week, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent letters to all 50 governors calling for the removal of Pride crosswalks.

Just this part alone is super fucked up.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 43 points 19 hours ago

You never know when one of those cheeky crossings will turn gay on you.

I looked at the sky the other day after a bit of rain. Boom. Gay. Just like that. It could happen to any of us.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do they have the resources to do this and not watch for cars almost hitting pedestrians at the same crosswalks.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

simple, pedestrians aren't people

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 34 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Just wait em out? You're in a seige now, and hopefully the seiging army goes home. Then, you go out and make it a rainbow again.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Instead of defund the police, it’s now “run out the police budget”

Is it a crime to buy a vinyl decal for a car that says “rainbow painting” and drive around a city, occasionally stopping near crosswalks to check your phone? I don’t think so.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

you'll never run out the police budget.

If you managed to even get close to it, government would step in and take more money from starving children and the ill, to keep their fascist oppressors on the streets.

[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

We all literally just saw this happen.

ICE budget is multiplied by 10 because they "ran out of budget"

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 33 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Russia: Rainbow Flag Illegal

USA: Rainbow Flag Illegal

So what's the difference anymore.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Russia has a capable (if thoroughly evil) leader?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 15 points 18 hours ago

It’s the same leader

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Every cop needs to be identified. They will kill their own kids for being gay or trans and they need to see consequences for that.

[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 25 points 10 hours ago

There are over 70 confederate monuments in the state of Florida; none of which are yet painted in rainbow colors.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] porksnort@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Has anyone heard of Toynbee Tiles? These are interesting by themselves but the relevant point is how they are made.

You make a mosaic out of vinyl flooring chunks on a backing of paper and roofing tar as mastic.

You place them paper side up on asphalt pavement in hot weather. As cars drive over them, the paper and tar wear off revealing the vinyl mosaic.

Just a thought that a group of people could quickly make a rainbow crosswalk that can’t be painted over.

Toynbee Tiles

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like a good use of their time. Police jobs are basically welfare for the mediocre low iq dipshits from high school.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was expecting the onion... Wtf

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It has to be hard to be an onion writer right now. How can you come up with a story more absurd than our current reality?

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fascists using government sponsored violence to protect their desecration of a memorial for a major mass shooting because they side with the shooter

Such are Republicans

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 points 14 hours ago

Bully the policists and paint other crosswalks.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

Cause you know, that will stop all the horrible crime the GOP is talking about... You know how dangerous crosswalks are!

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