Got my ass kicked back in the 70's while they called me a n-g--r lover while today

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

I'm up for another for being a LGBQT lover.

I'm not black, I'm straight, but then as now I believe that in my 70's I would gladly take another beating for my brothers and sisters.

As long as we keep fighting the proper ending to the strife gets closer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I stand with you, my dear Tom Yossarian Joad . . .

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. Coming from you that means a lot.

Hugs.

[rzemanfl]

2. In a lot of states, battery to a person over 65 is a felony.

Check your state's laws. Battery is touching you without your consent. Ass kicking is not required.

[Oppaloopa]

37. Florida is one of them

Today my son and I are going were the magats hang out. We go eat at a family restraunt next door to them. I mentioned last year they now have expanded to 2 locations in the same strip mall Their largest room is all taped up to the outside with no admittance to anyone but them I will carefully see if I can overhear something My son did go into their first location last year They had a large candy machine filled with bullets Plus a large cut out of trump you could have your picture taken with They supply donuts to the police. Really

[rzemanfl]

41. I have been tempted to have a t-shirt made.

It probably would cause more trouble than it would prevent though.

[Conjuay]

39. thank you

this is good to know.

[rzemanfl]

43. You're welcome.

[Easterncedar]

4. I got 2 pride flags up at my house yesterday

It’s small, but I feel it’s the least I can do. And they’re beautiful.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. +100

[gratuitous]

6. It helps, and let no one tell you differently

Even a small display, a kind word, a nod of solidarity that makes someone feel less alone helps. A word of caution, though: It can be habit-forming, and instead of being shy about voicing your views to strangers, some of them will be shy about voicing their views around you.

[Easterncedar]

19. Thanks

I’m ticked off by this ugly hate movement. My employment for 34 years required nonpartisanship, for good reason, but it chafed. I’m retired and am trying to make up for it.

[niyad]

25. My mask is the Pride flag, and this month I am carrying beautuful Pride Month

shopping bags from KingSoopers. Just little things, but people do notice, and maybe think a but more.

[wryter2000]

9. I could fly one from my balcony

I could probably get one soon enough to fly it in June. I'd just have to figure out how to mount it.

[Easterncedar]

21. Waving back!

I started with a rainbow whirligig in a potted plant until I bought and mounted the flag hardware.

[niyad]

23. I am amazed at this city. Going from being the home of amendment two (90's)

to the Pride flag draped over city hall after the Club Q massacre to Pride Month banners everywhere downtown, and a weekend filled with Pride-themed activities and a parade downtown.

There is hope.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Forgot to mention how proud I am to have Joe Biden as Preident and leader of our Country today.

[niyad]

18. My proud vote for Joe netted me a threatened punch in the face just this

past Wednesday. I pointed out that this big guy threatening to punch a little old lady was probably not going to go well, but he was more than welcome to try. Gee, funny how that works with bullies.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

20. Plus 100!

[Easterncedar]

22. Good god, they are insane.

Be safe out there, niyad!

[niyad]

28. Thank you. Many of them are insane, but I have been a very vocal activist

for many decades, and, although somewhat cautious, not inclined to shut up any time soon.

[ShazzieB]

31. Bullies don't enjoy punching people who stand up to them.

When you don't cower in fear, it takes the fun out of it for them!

[AllaN01Bear]

8. communist pinko pig, snow flake , others here , thank you mam, may have some more?

[duhneece]

10. I 'fought' to give the invocation for June's County meeting

I was proud to pray for respect for our LGBTQ+ community from our elected leaders…. and had a horrible woman ‘have’ to give a second invocation.

We fight when and how we can.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217985562

[niyad]

29. Good for you, my sister. The link did not work for me.

[duhneece]

33. Maybe this will?

https://m.

&pp=ygUVT3Rlcm8gY291bnR5IG1lZXRpbmcg

Our invocations are right at the beginning

[niyad]

34. That did work. She ws certainly not happy with your invocation. And her

oh-so-patriotic top!

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. My grandfather fought under Pershing in WW1 - came back

and was never the same according to my grandmother - but one thing he told me 65 or so years ago sticks with me every day - “A man fights for those who can’t fight for themselves.”

[Easterncedar]

24. Tears started with that

I have known good men - caring, strong, heroic, loving. It’s evil that so many violent madmen consider their behavior ‘masculine.’

[AverageOldGuy]

12. As a college student in Alabama in the 1960's . . .

I was in Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and the Mississippi Delta. Bull Connor's firehoses knocked me down more than once; I avoided being bitten by his dogs. Certain family members have not spoken to me since.

My mother (1924-2007) marched for women's rights. So did my wife. And now my daughter.

I still shake my head over why we are STILL protesting this shit.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. Grew up in AL as well. That is where many of my ass kickings took place.

The rest were in Muskogee County GA.

[Joinfortmill]

44. You are one of the righteous.

[cksmithy]

13. I was called n-word lover by my oldest brother during the Watts riots or before

as a 13-14 year old girl. He told me we were going to be fighting the n-words as they rioted up our small country road where we lived. I've been an outcast from my fundamentalist, religious family of, six children & two parents. Shunned my entire life, since I was about 25, I am, now 72 years of age. Only speak with one sister, brothers are a lost cause. I am a little old lady now, I told my brother he was nuts then, and would tell him the same if he ever tried to speak to me again. Thank goodness we don't live in the same state. Civil rights are for everyone, not just white men.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. Much love to you Sister.

I have been lucky in that my family has always been Liberal and made me the way I am today.

[Joinfortmill]

45. Hugs to you. It takes guts to do what you did.

[niyad]

16. As a feminist and activist, I have been called every imaginable name, and been

the recipient of any number of death threats, and been repeatedly promised physical violence these many decades. The latest was just last Wednesday. But, like you, I continue, and stand proudly beside you.

[Aristus]

17. In the spirit of Tom Joads everywhere...

[Warpy]

26. That was the nicest slur I got called

because it acknowledged I was capable of loving my fellow humans, which they clearly were not.

My parents moved there during a big Klan resurgence and it was horrendous.

[Easterncedar]

27. This is the best thread I've seen

Thank you all for fighting and inspiring. I am so very glad to know you here. Heroes.

On edit: I mean YOU!

[dawn5651]

30. i am what today is called a senior...back in the day we called folks of a certain age grandma or

grandpa or our elders....a person can't change the hue of their skin ...and in the words of lady gaga born this way...the only folks i condemn are those that hurt children by sexually assaulting them....where i live there is a movement afoot to push lgbtq+ back in the closet...if it brings the provincial government down so be it i am not planning on voting for those gop lights anyways...

[Politicub]

32. The loudest cheers in the pride parade are saved for

our allies. Without fail, and going on almost 30 years, my eyes fill with tears as the throngs of PFLAG marchers go by.

[The_REAL_Ecumenist]

35. Bruh, you brought a tear to my eye because 3 of my ggrandfatherswere attacked by the KKK...

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The 4th one was LYNCHED in front of his child, my 9year old greatuncle in the early 30's. GGrandpa was the child of slaves, was purposely run down 3 times by a twisted "man". This old world is made much brighter by people like you, Tom Jossarian Joad. I just found out about the lynching of my Paternal GGrandfather and am still processing it but I'm going to post it here so that DU'ers can begin a conversation about what these magats are trying to achieve & bring back on an industrial level.

BTW, 1 of my ggrandfathers who the KKK tried to attack was IRISH and called "that white n**ger". So many people are unaware of the FACT that the Irish were NOT considered white. There were signs & help wanted adverts that barred AA, Jews, WetB**ks, dogs and IRISH".

Thank you again. I have never understood nor will I ever understand how people can hate people for the color of their skin, their descent, their religious affiliation (esp. "Christians" who claim to be followers of Christ BUT HATE Jews...JESUS WAS A JEW but Ignorant AF) or their sexual orientation, (these are also the same people who refuse to understand that 3there are SIZEABLE numbers of animals who would be considered gay..:laughing
If you're ever in northern California and somehow, we meet and a CRAZY SUICIDAL RACIST threatens U, I'll throw down and my Texan born Czech hubs would defend you as we have others that have been attacked in increasingly common magat attacks.

Their types seem bent on bringing back American Apartheid, (Jim Crow), Slavery, (I've actually had people tell me this online) & a return to the Shoah, (I'm named after a Polish Jewish woman who survived Bergen Belsen.

NO MORE and NEVER AGAIN!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

36. Hugs. That's all I know to say.

[David__77]

40. The willingness to risk an ass beating is commendable.

And it’s not just an abstract question. Fascists are mobilizing and need to be confronted, and by diverse and large groups of people.

[Joinfortmill]

42. Amen. Stay safe.

[republianmushroom]

46. Like the posting