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Kassandra F.'s avatar

Those scary, colorful crosswalks! How dare we make things look nice with colors!!

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Night Folks's avatar

What senseless hatred. What blind incompetence. All a smokescreen to protect a handful of rich, antisocial assholes’ ability to accumulate an ever expanding fleet of yachts filled with caviar.

Disgusting.

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Sadie C.'s avatar

I can't imagine being so ghoulish that my life's work would be the erasure of an entire group of people, just because they exist.

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Don Jackson's avatar

The banality of evil on full display. Thanks, s. baum.

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Joanne's avatar

That a state government can get so worked up over something so small, highlights just how petty they really are. The desire to so completely eradicate any outward sign of support for us is at once laughable and yet frightening. It's the fact that they hold all the power that makes it so frightening. At some point, I hope better heads will prevail and we can get to a place where everyone just leaves each other alone to live their lives. I'm afraid that in order for those better heads to rise, we're going to have to suffer a major crisis. Authoritarians don't go quietly, they have to be overthrown.

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Carollynn's avatar

Get more young voices in govt. old people don't get it. Make your laws - you can do it each and every one of you

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Jessica Tymczak's avatar

I think this can be fought in court. The community here in Houston paid for those crosswalks, not the sate, not the city. Also, I am wondering if we can put in aa much more permanent crosswalk that they could not remove easily. I for one, am fed up.

Another idea is to surround these crosswalks with rainbow flag murals. Big bright and bold ones that are on private property. Much harder for them to take those down

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Antoinette Accampo's avatar

Personally, I think the rainbow sidewalks are kind of cool and pretty. I've always loved rainbows even before or beyond any gay community symbolism.

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Terra M.'s avatar

Just be honest, Republicans. State openly and plainly that you hate any and every part of the LGBT community. Put it in writing. Lay all your cards on the table. We don't need any of this obfuscation about traffic laws and neutral politics. Be honest with yourselves and your constituents. That's all I ask at this point. You have strongly held beliefs, right? So why can't you just come out (pun intended) and say what you want to say?

Do that simple thing, or resign in cowardice, knowing your ideals are indefensible.

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Sarah F's avatar

<<A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking. >>

Because everything is bigger in Texas???

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Mike Gelt's avatar

Texas what a fucking bigoted state - republicans once again force their biased unfounded beliefs on everyone. I know that there are some Texans that don’t agree but unfortunately far and few between. All those that do not agree should come out on the streets and protest loudly and clearly

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