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"Don't you just get sick of the hate? How do you sleep?" (Original Post) Swede 22 hrs ago OP
The hate is bad enough but.... OhioBack2Blue 21 hrs ago #1

OhioBack2Blue

(128 posts)
1. The hate is bad enough but....
Thu Apr 9, 2026, 07:52 PM
21 hrs ago

....it is the actions they take in enacting their hate and the system that does little to stop it that chaps me.

1) Not being hired
2) Being fired
3) Mysteriously passed over for promotion
4) Not renting 1 bedroom apts
5) Not approving loans with excellent credit
6) Paying the LGBTIQA tax
7) Not dispensing prescriptions
8) Not allowing fostering or adoption
9) Medical abuse
10) Religious abuse
11) Mental health abuse
12) Blocked or terminated from serving in the US military
13) Not allowed to pee in public facilities
14) States that still don't allow marriage, so if Obergerfell falls, as it is likely, no protection
15) Demonized when running for public office
16) Not allowed drivers licenses or birth certificates to be in legally preferred names (despite the law allowing adoption name changes, marriage name changes, etc)
17) Criminalizing adult, consensual relationships and love
18) Not allowed to provide art and entertainment as storytelling or lip-sync
19) Property damage, spray painted slurs, arson, vehicular sabotage
20) Punched or spit on when grocery shopping
21) Refusal of EMTs to treat or transport during an emergency
22) Declared domestic terrorists by the President of the United Stayes and his staff
23) Plumbers, electricians, roofers, HVAC, handymen/people refusing to come to address
24) Restaurants kicking people out or refusing service
25) Much more....


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