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Republican who supported “Don’t Say Gay” law sues Pride parade for barring his participation
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this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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Uh violating First Amendment rights? The parade organizers are a private entity not the government. It's too bad a representative in state legislature doesn't understand the Constitution.
Also
Basabe responded, writing, “You have no right to exclude me, not as an individual nor as an elected official, nor may you attempt to set me up again with a bogus ‘public safety claim.’ I have always attended this parade peacefully.”
So he's saying the security/safety claim is bullshit.
He also accused organizers of allowing “extremist” protesters “to agitate the crowds and incite violence against me for political purposes” during last year’s parade.
Now he's saying it isn't.
I thought the GOP was all about private entities refusing service to whoever they want and in a bigger sense less regulation from the 'nanny' government. I guess that only applies when they are being 'discriminated' against.
the goal is to bankrupt the organization as much as possible and he's using the legal system to do so; if the organization doesn't respond, he automatically wins in this legal system, so they must spend $$$ on lawyers to fight the lawsuit.
If he wins he opens the door for people he doesn't like to do the same.
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The GOP is all about conservativism. Conservativism is abject narcissism dressed up like a political ideology, but there are no fundamentally conservative ideals. I suppose you could call it "hyper-intersectional identity politics," but really it's just selfishness. The conservative will say or do anything as long as they believe it benefits the conservative. They are righteous because of who they are, and they are justified by their faith in themselves.
So when it benefits the conservatives to support a private business refusing service, then it is a moral absolute that private businesses can refuse service. When they are refused service, it is a crime against humanity to create such inequality. These two ideas appear contradictory, even hypocritical, from the outside, but they are fully rational to conservatives who are inside the circle.
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Basabe’s lawsuit accuses parade organizers of violating his First Amendment rights to free speech
Oh look, another dumbass, asshole republican who doesn't understand the first amendment but won't let the stop him from being a complete douche.
They always seem to forget freedom of association is included in the first amendment, and that includes the right to tell Someone you don't like them and don't want to be around them
"I don't understand. Why are they booing me? I'm white!"
Unless it's a parade put on by the GOVERNMENT the first amendment doesn't really even apply.
He is a bully.
Dude is so deep in the closet, he found Narnia.
Do you think there will be a video of him sucking off a farm worker, too?
Not a video I want to see, but a video I support his right to make as long as the farm worker consents.
Now THAT would be within his rights. All the consetual farmer blowjobs he wants. That's American if you ask me.
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Never scene a more punchable face in my life...
~~Ted Cruz?~~ edit: Removed flaccid Wolverine, added Tucker Carlson.
Rand Paul?
Kyle Rittenhouse?
Ben Shapiro?
And if you're playing on hard mode, Charlie Kirk?
That's the backpfeifengesicht men's division.
How can you write a list of punchable faces and leave out Ajit Pai?
I'd punch his fucking stupid-ass mug before I'd punch his stupid ass-mug.
Gaetz. Richard Spencer. Bannon.
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This is the worst kind of discrimination; the kind against me!
This guy, probably
It's a hate crime because he hates it.
Let him participate, and carry large sings around him, pointing to him and telling the public the truth about this person.
Supply the crowd with tomatoes and eggs
He can participate all he wants, they just don't have to give him his his own float...
Like, imagine the shit show every parade would be if anyone that wanted to got a float.
The Macy's day parade would be going on till new year's
OK but that would be an amazing law, imagine the sights we'd see!
I know the first Mad Max is considered a prequel because there's some semblance of society left...
But goddamn, I would love it for this to be the origin of their society. Like one year it reaches critical mass and a major parade is still going when the next is scheduled to start.
And the only way to replace one is to destroy the ongoing one thru combat
We go thru generations of the Parade Wars, with shit becoming so all consuming that it's the only thing that survived. The instinctual compulsion to ridiculous performative vehicles that actually move incredibly slowly when you think about it.
I could see how the whole “witness me!” thing originated more civilly, with the requirement being two unrelated witnesses and a notary on float application paperwork.
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Seems to be missing from the thread (only last name mentioned at time of post):
Mr Tiny Dick is Fabián Basabe. I heard he kisses men. Ok, that last part isn't true. But I hope it's an intrusive thought.
I saw something on Facebook that I wish I could find. It was a tweet by a guy that said bisexuality was only when you had sex with both genders, it couldn't be attraction to both genders because then everybody would be bisexual.
Nobody wanted to tell him.
I did hear he kisses men. And that's true. Technically, I heard it from you, but I still truly heard it. Besides, if your name is Tiny Dick Fabián, why wouldn't you?
I'm not saying it's wrong if Fabián Basabe (R), (allegedly better known as the 'funnel-cake', and 'sea-men fairy' to his alleged, countless, male romantic partners) likes to save dinner till after sex. That's between him and the many men in his life to decide.
And who are we to judge if he prefers body-building men who can carry him to bed and who can appreciate his wispy pillow-talk.
I'm happy he gets to have these things in his life
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I mean, the organization is just trying to make sure he doesn't say gay. Wouldn't want a republican to break the law.
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I can fix him
Isn’t this already settled law? I seem to recall the NYC st Patrick’s day parade being allowed to bar LBGT groups.
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