#opposing — Public Fediverse posts

Something has shifted in the way we speak to one another

There was a time (not even that long ago) when #disagreement was considered healthy

Friends could argue #politics over dinner, colleagues #debate #ideas in meetings, families could hold entirely #opposing views & still sit together on Sunday afternoon

Somewhere along the way, that ability has disappeared

Since the #pandemic, something fundamental shifted in the way we speak to one another

https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/26189033.something-shifted-way-speak-one-another---column/

#aggression #violence

#Nuclear #energy is #dangerous and incredibly #unsustainable. Write a letter #opposing this #expensive nuclear #project in #Ontario, which the #locals strongly #oppose. #Canada #Canadian #Environment
https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4AKCaUCLeu_LxLWKleo=/b

Zimbabwean Court Denies Bail for Protesters Opposing Mnangagwa #EastAfrica #Africa #Bail #business #court #currentevents #denies #Economy #governance #Humanrights #LegalandJudicialAffairs #Mnangagwa #news #opposing #politics #protesters #SouthernAfrica #sports #trade #travel #Zimbabwe #Zimbabwean 
https://tinyurl.com/28agrsdp

#TedOlson, #conservative #lawyer who pushed for #marriageequality, #dies at 84

Olson went from #loathed to #lauded for #opposing #California's #Prop8 #gaymarriage #ban.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Allies #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/ted-olson-conservative-lawyer-who-pushed-for-marriage-equality-dies-at-84/

The #TennesseeTitans #opposed #antiLGBTQ #state #legislation in 2019

While #hosting the #NFL #Draft, the #TennesseeTitans released a #statement #opposing #discrimination against #LGBTQ #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Football #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2024/9/30/18521759/tennessee-titans-lgbtq-law-nfl-draft-slate-of-hate/

#MAGA's #Nazi #infestation just got a whole lot #worse!

How unsurprising is it that #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump appeared recently at an event supposedly devoted to #opposing #antisemitism -- and proceeded to deliver a #speech dripping with #antisemitic #innuendo and #contempt for #American #Jews?

https://www.alternet.org/maga-s-nazi-obsession-just-got-a-whole-lot-worse/

#Bizarre #Project2025 #training #video tells #conservatives to stop saying “#cisgender”.

#Fascist #videos provide #detailed #instructions on what these #appointees and #staffers should #believe and how they should #act, including having a strict #allegiance to the #HeritageFoundation’s #policy #stances—including its #opposing #abortion and opposition to #regulating #fossilfuel #companies to #fight #climatechange—with #repercussions for those who #refuse to #comply.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/bizarre-project-2025-training-video-tells-conservatives-to-stop-saying-cisgender/

The #women who #defied #Nazi #Germany.

#Opposing the #Nazis was #dangerous, but that did not stop some #brave and #committed #women, whose #actions offer timeless #lessons on #defiance against #tyranny.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Germany #History #WWII #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #AntiFascism

https://www.dw.com/en/the-women-who-defied-nazi-germany/a-69617344

#PublicFigures and #Allies:

In both the 1970s and today, public figures and allies have played #crucial #roles in #opposing these #discriminatory #measures. #HarveyMilk and other #leaders were #instrumental in #defeating #Proposition6, while today, various #politicians, #celebrities, and #activists continue to #standup against the #RepublicanParty's #antiLGBTQ+ #legislation and #rhetoric, #advocating for #equality and #acceptance.

— (9/10)

The #hategroup #MomsforLiberty’ is #flamingout in #Florida.

What we saw in deep-red #SouthCarolina is something we haven’t seen much of in #Florida — #conservative #leaders #demonstrating true #conservative #principles by #opposing #censorship and #authoritarianism.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024/03/21/heres-why-moms-liberty-is-flaming-out-florida/

We, #Jewish #students, must not be #silent on the #genocide in #Gaza

The #suppression of #proPalestinian #voices is not fighting #antiSemitism because there is nothing #antiSemitic about #opposing #genocide.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/2/4/we-jewish-students-must-not-be-silent-on-the-genocide-in-gaza

#Republican #NikkiHaley #renews #attacks against #trans #women in #sports.

Haley, based much of her campaign on #opposing #trans #rights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #TERFS #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/13/nikki-haley-campaign-against-trans-women-in-sport/

Join us in #opposing the #educational #mandates of #KY’s #antiLGBTQ #legislation

We firmly believe that #education is the most effective #tool to #combat #hatred and #discrimination against the #LGBTQ #community.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article282700058.html#storylink=cpy

#Lesbian #artist #sentenced to 7 years in #Russian #prison for #opposing #Ukraine #war.

The #news follows a motion filed by the #Russian #MinistryofJustice to #label the “#international public #LGBT #movement” as an #extremist #group to be #banned

#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Russia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #FuckRussia

https://gcn.ie/lesbian-artist-russian-prison-sentence/

This gives you a update on the election. Hint Transphobia is toxic for a candidate.

#MomsForLiberty And #AntiTrans #Republicans Suffer #Massive #Election #Defeat #Nationwide.

News from hotly contested school districts and state election results poured in with one unifying theme: candidates #opposing #TransRights and running on a #MomsForLiberty platform lost big.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/moms-for-liberty-and-anti-trans-republicans

#ReviewPetition #Filed #Opposing #SupremeCourt #SameSex #Marriage #Verdict.

The review petition is an attempt by #petitioners to #challenge the #sanctity of the #topcourt's October 17 #verdict that denied members of the #LGBTQ #community the #legal #right to #marry.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.timesnownews.com/india/review-petition-filed-opposing-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-verdict-article-104892477

This #Billionaire #Hedge Fund #CEO Is Quietly #Financing #AntiTrans #Advocacy Across The #US.

#JosephEdelman isn't known for #donating to #conservative #causes, but #HuffPost uncovered #million #dollar #donations to #groups #opposing #trans #rights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-edelman-political-donor-transgender_n_653a8605e4b0783c4ba04deb

This #HedgeFund #Billionaire #CEO Is Quietly #Financing #AntiTrans #Advocacy Across The #us

#JosephEdelman isn't known for #donating to #conservative #causes, but his family foundation certainly does. HuffPost uncovered #major #donations to #groups #opposing #trans #rights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joseph-edelman-political-donor-transgender_n_653a8605e4b0783c4ba04deb

#ChickfilA puts out a '#woke' #cookbook.

The #fastfood #chain hopes to #foster a new #conversation. The chain committed to fully #divesting from #organizations #opposing #samesexmarriage in 2019 and, most recently in May 2023, hired a #VP of #DiversityEquityAndInclusion to ensure that its #staff can "combine [...] unique #backgrounds and #experiences with a #culture of #belonging."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Business #Progress?

https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/chick-fil-a-puts-out-a-woke-cookbook

#Cancelculture? #Trans-#inclusive #writers say they face #abuse and #censorship

#Students and #academics say they are #bullied and #threatened with #legalaction for #opposing ‘#gendercritical’ #Transphobia.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #HigherEducation #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia #HateSpeech #Hatecrimes #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes #TERFIsland

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/anti-trans-views-academia-kathleen-stock-sussex-university-brian-leiter/

#Fascist #RepublicanParty-controlled state #boardofeducation in #Alaska votes to ban #trans #girls’ from #participating in #School #sports.

The only #opposing #votes came from #FelixMyers, the board’s #highschool #representative. Another #member #abstained from the vote.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alaska #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/01/alaska-trans-girls-sports/

3 #counterprotestors were #arrested. #LAPD #officers have come under fire for #targeting #LGBTQ+ #people with more #force than those #violently #opposing #LGBTQ+ #rights

#Pastor Who #Served #Church for 17 Years #Fired for "#AHopeforChange," #Essay that summarizes the #ChurchofTheNazarene’s #opposing #stance on #gay #marriages.

He said in the #essay that he was "unable to #justify telling a #couple who are in #love with #Christ and each other, seeking #godly #counsel and #participating in the #life of the #church, that I must refuse them #blessing and #participation in the #sacrament of #marriage."

https://themessenger.com/news/pastor-who-served-same-church-for-almost-two-decades-fired-over-gay-marriage-essay

The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance 'Loophole'

Efforts by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies from #domestically #tracking #citizens without a search warrant is facing opposition internally from one of its largest intelligence services.

Republican and Democratic aides familiar with ongoing defense-spending negotiations in Congress say officials at the National Security Agency (#NSA) have approached lawmakers charged with its oversight about #opposing an #amendment that would #prevent it from #paying #companies for #location #data instead of obtaining a warrant in court.

https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-ndaa-lobbying-privacy-loophole/

#Poland + #Pride: How #LGBTQ+ #youth are #changing the #country’s #conservative #culture.

A new #generation is changing their #standing in Poland’s #rural #southeast by fiercely #opposing the #country’s #crackdown on #LGBTQ+ #culture.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Poland #Allies #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/originals/poland-pride-how-lgbtq-youth-are-changing-the-countrys-conservative-culture/

In the Centre’s #UCC #push, #womensrights and ‘#religiousneutrality’ are just #optics.

Is #neutrality or #justice to be expected from a #government #brandishing #Hindu #religious #symbolism while #opposing all moves towards #MarriageEquality

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Religion #SameSexMarriage #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://scroll.in/article/1052940/in-the-centres-ucc-push-womens-rights-and-religious-neutrality-are-just-optics

#Opposing #LGBT #Equality #Inconsistent With #GOP’s #Core #principles

— It may have used to been, but this is not the old Republican Party, that started going away with Regan/Bush and continues to die more each and every day. It's now #ThePartyOfHate

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #AntiSemitism #Xenophobia #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.chronline.com/stories/letter-to-the-editor-opposing-lgbt-equality-inconsistent-with-gops-core-principles,322141

#Evangelical #pastors #Mobile #Alabama #sign #letter #opposing #publicfunds for #PrideMonth #events

— I #oppose any #publicfunds being used to #encourage and #support #religion, including them being given #nonprofitstatus.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/mobile-pastors-sign-letter-opposing-public-funds-for-pride-month-events/

The #white #evangelical movement prior to 1980 was largely #supportive of #abortion #rights.

They were furious, however, when the Supreme Court #banned preacher-led #school #prayer and in the late 1970s Jimmy Carter pulled the #tax #exemptions of #segregated #schools run by white evangelicals.

Jerry #Falwell had started his “Moral Majority” in 1978 and uber-Christian Paul #Weyrich (co-founder of The Heritage Foundation and the guy who famously said, “I don’t want everybody to vote!”) signed up for the Reagan campaign.

As Donne Levy writes for George Washington University’s History News Network:

“Weyrich and Falwell realized that the tax exemption issue based on racial discrimination had limited value, but #opposing #abortion was a moral issue cutting across racial and religious lines. That was their thinking on the eve of the 1980 elections.”

The ABC’s of Moms for Liberty Summit Speakers: Authoritarianism, Bigotry, Censorship (Disinformation, Extremism…)

#MomsForLiberty, a group that made its name #opposing #public #health measures in schools and quickly moved on to #censorship and school board #takeovers, has embraced a hard-edged political role on the right wing of the Republican Party.

Its national “Joyful Warriors” summit later this month features politicians, pundits, and political activists promoting authoritarian attacks on the freedom to read, vicious anti-LGBTQ smears, vaccine disinformation, election denialism and insurrection revisionism, and divisive Christian nationalism.

Here are some of the people Moms for Liberty is highlighting at its upcoming summit:👇

| Right Wing Watch

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-abcs-of-moms-for-liberty-summit-speakers/@