Homes burn to the ground after Pride flag set on fire: 'Hate has been unleashed in this country'

[RandySF]

Four homes have burned to the ground leaving three people in hospital after “violent anti-LGBTQ+” thugs set fire to a Pride flag.

The fire was set by the assailants on Wednesday morning (15 June) in Baltimore, Maryland, with three of the hospitalised said to have arrived in a critical condition.

wo of the injured have since been released from hospital with the final patient being upgraded to ‘stable’ after all three were treated in the shock trauma unit, according to CBS News reporter Mike Hellgren.

Authorities attended the scene in the 300 block of E. 31st Street where two separate incidents of arson took place. One where a Pride flag was set on fire and another across the street where a home adorned with Pride decorations was similarly ablaze.




https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/06/16/baltimore-fire-pride-flag-homophobia/

[MagickMuffin]

1. There is a deepening darkness in this land

The hatred has embraced the hearts of humanity!

[Initech]

36. And it's blasted and amplified 24/7 by a certain news network...

[vercetti2021]

2. Trump unleashed a virus

The hate for us is growing rapidly to these freaks. Give it time before another Pulse shooting or something close happens. Only a matter of time before a number of my tribe is killed due to this hate. Please any of my LGBTQ lovelies here. Get personal protection and train. We cannot be a statistic

[RandySF]

4. Didn't the country experience a similar backlash in the late 70's?

Seems like we always take a step back after making steps forward.

[vercetti2021]

7. Yep

Stonewall. I guess that time is coming again.

[MotorCityBeard]

31. Oh yes, it's Anita Bryant all over again, times about 5000

"Gays can't reproduce so they recruit", "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" were two of her most used comments.

Here in Detroit the Woodward, a well known landmark gay bar that has been around for 75 years was burned to the ground. It was closed and during the day. It is suspected to be arson, and it is certainly possible it could have been done for insurance reasons, but I think it's likely it was a hate crime.

The big difference between now and the seventies is of course social media. So much easier to spread hatred and radicalize people now.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

21. Sadly, some of them "regretted" that more weren't killed at The Pulse

And that it doesn't happen more often. Even then, they wanted more blood. Now it's totally out of control.

Thank you so much for the QOP for cranking things up this high on us in 2022. And of course, the reich-wing hate media machine has been working overtime to do their part.

I really do fear we are going to have an attack that results in a higher death count than what we saw at The Pulse a few years ago.

[maryellen99]

28. The only reason why RWers only cared about Pulse was because the shooter was Muslim nt

[IngridsLittleAngel]

29. Yep

Despite that, some of them were even fine with the shooter being a Muslim, and still wanted him to kill more. Because as much as they hate Muslims, they hate LGBTQ's even worse.

[MotorCityBeard]

32. I have the same fears about a major attack, especially after Idaho

Ever since I first heard of Florida's Don't Say Gay bullshit and all the book banning, I was afraid we were regressing back to the seventies. We had all better strap ourselves in and watch each other's backs, it's only going to get worse the closer we get to the mid-terms and 2024.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

37. I've had fears for months...

Ever since DeSatan's "Don't Be Gay" bullshit, followed by throwing around the term "groomers." I anticipated a dicey and tense Pride month, but nothing like this - Idaho, death threats, candidates calling for us to be shot or executed. It's gotten ugly at a frightening pace.

We're regressing back to the 70's and even further beyond, sadly. I expect a very ugly fall, and then a huge increase in the ugliness heading into 2024.

You're so right - we all better strap in, watch each other's backs and be there for each other.

[vercetti2021]

39. Rate my life is going

I'm gonna beat one of these troglodytes senseless.

[Baitball Blogger]

35. The day that gays are vindicated for standing their ground, should

send the message that our country is not held hostage to mob rule.

[Initech]

38. Nah, Trump is a symptom. Fox News is the real virus.

Trump is a useful idiot for the Murdochs. They used him because he's good for ratings. When they no longer need him, they will cast him aside like yesterday's newspaper. The next president they get, guaranteed will do the Murdoch's every evil bidding and they probably will go full Nazi. Florida, Texas and Ohio are already test markets.

[electric_blue68]

3. Truly hideous. May all the Pride Parades be Safe Sunday!

[elleng]

5. 'Hate has been unleashed in this country'

[librechik]

15. Hate has always been rampant here.

There doesn't seem to be an antidote that isn't covered in blood.

[leftyladyfrommo]

27. I think most of the hate crimes used to just be covered

up. People are big on nostalgia of the '50s right now. But the truth is awful. Awful things happened in the 50s and '60s. And those people covered it all up with their silence.

I was in elementary school in the '50s so I remember. My parents were pretty typical for those times. They had come through the depression and WWII. They were experts on not seeing things. Don't make waves. And so all kinds of abuse went on all around us and no one ever saw a thing.

[FelineOverlord]

6. Neighbors are showing support

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

18. One very positive reaction to an overwhelmingly depressive story...

[LAS14]

34. Yes! nt

[Hekate]

8. Oh gods, I am so sorry

[JI7]

9. I saw a Video on youtube of Saudi Arabia taking away rainbow color items in Stores

and there were a lot of people from the US agreeing with it and saying they wish it would happen here .

[C Moon]

10. I hope this kind of hate gets the sane population to VOTE in the mid-terms.

[Cheezoholic]

11. I hope this kind of hate

gets the baseball bat it deserves, square to the head.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

22. One party stands for human rights

The other "party" stands for death.

That message needs to be delivered loudly and clearly in campaigns and debates, all across the country, all the way up until November.

The Democratic Party is the party of life.

The Republiqan Terrorist Organization is now the party of death.

[cstanleytech]

12. Sounds like attempted murder to me. nt

[Solly Mack]

13. K&R

[YoshidaYui]

14. Wtf

They best be charged extra for a HATE CRIME. Make them pay through the nose!!

[YoshidaYui]

16. I put this at the feet of Fox news and Rupert Murdoch

And the Republican party. Aka their insurrectionist party.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

23. So do I

I'm wondering if it's realistic to sue their asses for all the hate they've spewed and violence they've incited this year. Yes, yes, I know. The courts have ruled they don't have to tell the truth. But we're past lying and now have them inciting hate and violence.

[Hortensis]

26. Here's a killer article on what's behind the culture wars this is part of.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/20/culture-war-politics-2021-democracy-analysis-489900

Really good. Even reading just a paragraph or two gives food for thought.

[flying rabbit]

30. Excellent read

[no_hypocrisy]

17. American Brown Shirts

[druidity33]

19. That's arson. I hope they find...

the clueless fucking asshole that did this. Jail for 20-30 years. And financial restitution.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

20. Hate's always been a part of this country. It's just to a frightening new level

These people feel entitled to act upon their hate, commit acts of violence, make terrorist threats and... well, behave like terrorists. We've gone well beyond going online and bashing LGBTQ's or gleefully voting for shit like Prop 8. They now think it's fine to terrorize people into hiding or kill them.

These thugs need to have the book thrown at them. Arson. Attempted murder. Hate crimes. Domestic terrorism. You name it. They can rot in prison for all I care. The only reason we have "three people in the hospital" and not in the morgue is blind fucking luck.

They want their damned freedom. They wouldn't like it very much if we stepped onto their property to set their stupid Drumpf/Dunce flags on fire. They sure as hell wouldn't want us menacing and threatening them because they don't like Biden. But, that's right. Freedom for thee, not for me. We're not even people anyway.

These bastards need to prosecuted to the full extent of the law and receive maximum sentences if convicted. Maybe if enough of these Nazi incels spend years or decades in prison, it'll deliver a message: No. You cannot commit hate crimes and terrorize people.

[dalton99a]

24. How many homes have been burned because of a Trump flag?

ZERO

[Hortensis]

25. Imagine the kind of civil war some fear, with people trying to drive others out of

their neighborhoods across the nation, renegades setting fires just because they can, militants doing it to disrupt the enemy, etc.

I've thought for a long time that civil war in the climate crisis era of giant, widespread populations would most likely be known for fire. Civil warring would disrupt the institutions and infrastructure that currently fight fire, including water delivery.

Hundreds of millions live in the hot, drier climates where wildfires already rage on their own, but almost all Americans live in what have now become high fire risk areas, like here in forested Georgia. Many fires would rage out of control, taking out not just whole neighborhoods, but whole geographic areas and whatever is in them.

[LAS14]

33. I started to reply "unbelievable!", but, of course, it's all too believable. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

40. Is it time for the left to take retaliatory measures?

[sarisataka]

41. Such as?

[Stinky The Clown]

42. You're smart. I bet you can imagine a few things.

At least.