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Figarosmom

(13,420 posts)
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 03:29 AM Sep 2025

***VIDEO ***Josh Helfgott- wasn't allowed to say gay in his graduation speech in Florida

So he came up with a way to communicate it. And by the way the students didn't have the same reaction to it that some adults would. The repubs say they are doing these things to protect the kids, but the kids aren't bothered by it, so who are they really "protecting"?

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***VIDEO ***Josh Helfgott- wasn't allowed to say gay in his graduation speech in Florida (Original Post) Figarosmom Sep 2025 OP
That's really the question of the moment. Biophilic Sep 2025 #1
That young man, Zander Moricz, took a break from college (Harvard) to found SEE Alliance, Timeflyer Sep 2025 #2

Biophilic

(6,682 posts)
1. That's really the question of the moment.
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:41 AM
Sep 2025

‘Who are they protecting?’ Themselves and their figgin white heritage and privilege. Themselves. Cowards.

Timeflyer

(3,795 posts)
2. That young man, Zander Moricz, took a break from college (Harvard) to found SEE Alliance,
Tue Sep 9, 2025, 09:38 AM
Sep 2025

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