LOL oops. I’m drunk.

!shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world

It took me too long to figure out that you meant to say “protect” instead of “pretext”.

Two things can be true.

We’ve seen that before.

For those who don’t know:

• Right-Wing Groups Target Pride Events Amid Rising Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric (time.com, June 2022)

At least 11 different LGBTQ Pride events across the United States have been disrupted by right-wing protesters or delayed due to threats of violence in the past two months, according to research by TIME and the progressive media watchdog group Media Matters. Those numbers reflect a “step up in aggressive activity targeting LGBTQ people,” compared to recent history, according to Peter Montgomery, a senior fellow with Right Wing Watch, a project by the progressive group People For the American Way.

Open wide and say ‘Ahh’