I'm sorry, are we supposed to pretend like if the Trump administration had banned the LGBTQ flag from US embassies that Rachel Maddow, Robbie Kaplan, Jonathan CapeHARD, the Human Rights Campaign, and the rest of Gay Inc would have been as quiet as they were today?
@thrasherxy It was not banned. It can be shown, just not on a pole. What is more important, a flag on a pole or the government being funded for medicare, funding food for the poor, and keeping the doors open? If you're willing to let children go hungry for a flag on a pole get help
@thrasherxy @humanrightscam2 has been working behind the scenes on this. hrc.org/press-releases…
@thrasherxy Dunno, did they in 2019 when the Trump admin actually did that? Because they did that in 2019, which Biden overturned a few years later.
@thrasherxy We don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
@thrasherxy The Rainbow flag was NOT banned. The American flag and the MIA /POW flag are allowed to be flown on the flagpole outside. No other flag - including the Confederate flag and MAGA flags are also not allowed. Embassy Staff and employees are free to display the flag as they like.
@thrasherxy "But, but...we have ACCESS (cue: angels sing) to the White House. The Biden Administration talks to us. The President hears us. He feels our pain. That's good enough. Things will get better, as long as we don't rock the boat. Trust us. And send cash."
@thrasherxy "The bill provision also prohibits Confederate flags from being flown at American embassies."