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When our grandparents were the haters, they could count on a degree of anonymity while they relentlessly pursued the subjugation of anyone different from them.

Today's haters are typically considerably more stupid. Here's a few of them.

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It's been a minute. Couple of homophobes from Kentucky. May they have the day they deserve.

March 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM

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Transphobe and Maine representative #LaurelLibby displaying the degree to which she is FashTrash by way of outing a trans child and publicly posting her photo on the most widely-used social media network in the world.

Libby remorselessly painted a target on a child's back and put her in danger.

A screenshot of a Facebook post from Representative Laurel Libby, fascist transphobe. She writes "Two years ago, John tied for 5th place in boys pole vault. Tonight, 'Katie' won 1st place in the girls' Maine State Class B Championship." She included and circled two photos of the child, deadnaming her as well as knowingly and willfully subjecting this child to historic levels of harassment and hate from Libby and people like Libby.

A screenshot of a Facebook post from Representative Laurel Libby. She quotes an uncited "news" article with an image that simply reads "- NEWS -" with the headline "Boy Wins Girls' Pole Vault Championship In Maine Days After State Pledged To Defy Trump Order." Libby writes: "'The decision by the Maine Principals' Association to continue allowing male athletes to compete against female athletes in school athletic competitions is outrageous,'Libby said. 'Not only does their decision violate President Trump's February 5 Executive Order but it jeopardizes the safety and privacy of female athletes, all while allowing male athletes to take medals, trophies, and podium spots away from women, effectively erasing them.'"

Libby then jeopardized the safety and privacy of an American trans child, because to Libby, trans children are not actually human beings and she is allowed and encouraged to hate them and sic her rabid constituency on them.

I commented on Laurel Libby's post, saying "You're a 43yo elected representative encouraging your base to dehumanize a child.

The hell is wrong with you?

I see you're against vaccines as well, so your hostility toward children isn't new, but it's still messed up. And you people, constantly attacking children and obsessing over their genitals, dare to call yourselves the 'party of family values.'

You're a gross coward. Have the day you deserve."

I commented on Laurel Libby's post, saying "Amazing. You manage to make yourself believe your placing a target on the back of a literal child is 'fighting for women.'

Get help."

Another Facebook user, Cameron Prophett, comments: "You are letting millions of people target a child for your own political agenda. How you aren't ashamed of yourself is absolutely beyond me. Have some humanity. That child is a human being. A CHILD. That you are targeting for your own personal gain. I hope that she is protected and that your hate doesn't hurt her in a way she can never heal from. You should be ashamed and I hope one day you understand the consequences of your actions."

February 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM

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February 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM

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February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM

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This segregationist is called Jeff D. Doan.

Today he is experiencing a light breeze just by his ear as the hands of Jesus prevent him from catching the hands of Gale J. Watson.

Uploaded images of a worship service from a predominantly Black church. The photos were uploaded to a Facebook page called Mooresville Chatter by Gale J. Watson.

Segregationist Jeff D. Doan comments "Didn't realize we had that many colors here in town! Damn... time to move again!"

Gale J. Watson, out of a clear abundance of the love and restraint endowed to him after his people have suffered centuries of such abuse, replies "Jeff D. Doan love you my brother!!"

February 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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These ones aren't necessarily Nazis but they can rot in hell just the same.

A Facebook post by a page called "Qringey Videos." In the video, a man asks a trans man if men can menstruate and the trans man confirms that yes, men can menstruate, as he is a trans man who menstruates, and is therefore living proof that men can menstruate.

Transphobic misogynist Shawn Dulsky comments "You. Are. A. Woman."

Transphobic misogynist Bailey Rainer comments "Men can't menstruate"

Transphobic misogynist Adam Sears comments "A flat chested woman with short hair is not a man.. [eyeroll emoji]"

Transphobic misogynist Véronique Lynch posted a photo of someone else's words with no attribution. Both this act and her omission are acts of cowardice. The text that this particular coward could not muster herself reads "Saying, 'I identify as, 'is the same as saying, 'I pretend to be.'

Hater Rob Gone comments "If you menstruate. Then that's a clue that you aren't a man."

Transphobic misogynist Fred Colleman comments "Someone's daughter putting shame on his father [skull emoji]" . The implication here is that AFAB people owe their entire identity to their fathers.

Transphobic misogynist Lasse Mikkelsen comments "Mentally disturbed"

Hater, idiot, and irony fountain Mike Rinaldi comments "Ask them what organ they menstruate from" He managed to use the singular "they" correctly twice, but in reference to a trans man. He also displays a stunning ignorance with regard to how menstruation or being trans works.

February 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM

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Nazi roundup. Check alt text for details.

The Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project posts "The Hearts for History fundraiser is HAPPENING NOW at a dozen Milwaukee nightspots! Throughout February, dedicate your 'hearts' to your partner, family, or friends, a dearly departed loved one, or a historical figure who inspired you. Hearts are $1 (red) or $5 (gold). Additional tax-deductible donations are welcome. All proceeds benefit our mission to keep Wisconsin LGBTQ History and heritage alive. Questions? Contact Bill Wardlow or email wislgbtqhistory@gmail.com. #BeSeen [flag emojis]"

Christian Nationalist Nazi scum Tom Wright comments "There is a greater percentage of Christians in America than lgbtq"

Nazi Greg Day comments "Asylum or deportation / Your choice"

Racist Nazi scum Brandon L. Euvlide comments "I thought this was criminal history month [chin scratching emoji]"

Brandon seeks to delegitimize both Black History Month and the LGBTQ community, as his feeble mind is too inept to understand that the Struggle is the same and we will fight together as one and win. That we all know this and that he refuses to acknowledge this very basic reality is to our collective advantage and his detriment.

February 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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These Nazis have not yet been identified. They are dressed completely in black because even when emboldened, Nazis are simply a gaggle of pathetic cowards.

News station WCPO 9 reports: "BREAKING: Nearly a dozen people clad in all black are displaying swastika flags over I-75 near Evendale." There is an accompanying image of the overpass with the Nazis displaying the flags.

Even when emboldened, Nazis are merely a gaggle of cowards.

February 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM

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These haters are called Scott Lawson, Kae Auss, Reginald Kling, and Scott Raines.

Chattanooga-based news station WTVC reports: "UPDATE: Conservatives' nationwide offensive against transgender care, earlier focused on young people, is increasingly trying to cut off access for transgender adults -- including in Georgia." There is a photo of people in a room holding a Trans flag and a sign with the Trans flag, the text "Protect Trans Rights!," and a Pride-flag-patterned heart.

Hater Scott Lawson comments "Is anyone going to help pay for my upcoming neck surgery? Nope. They chose to change who God intended them to be. It's elective surgery. Pay for it yourself."

Trans people do not "change who God intended them to be." Many of us who believe in God *become* who God intended us to be. And for all of us who do not believe in God, this argument does not matter.

Hater Kae Auss comments "Unless it's psychiatric help, then it needs to stop. It's out of hand at this point."

Hater Reginald Kling comments "Fight for reality, truth, and morality." Reginald is transparently claiming it is immoral to be trans.

Hater Scott Raines comments "Did y'all miss the memo? There's only 2 genders now!" Scott is divorced from the truth that gender is a spectrum rather than a binary.

February 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM

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These Nazis and haters are called Elon Musk, a pathetic Nazi coward called Tiger Cat, Nazis J. A. Nice and Marty Garrett, and likely Nazi Stephen Thurman.

News station WTVC, based in Chattanooga, TN, reports "NEW: A Tennessee lawmaker is calling on the states Attorney General to investigate if the data of Tennesseans has been put at risk by the federal government, specifically Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, otherwise known as DOGE." Included is a photo of Musk, appearing as though someone pressed a remote activation button to vibrate his buttplug.

Citizen Melissa Nichols Freeman states she doesn't "feel comfortable with a man who uses the Nazi salute having access to our federal payment system."

Nazi sympathizers (also known as Nazis) Tiger Cat, Martie Garrett, and J. A. Nice defend him.

Tiger Cat replies to Melissa, "are you that gullible ... Watch the whole clip, geeze, the Nazi tag line has gotten old." (It's important to remember here that Nazis do not enjoy being called Nazis, I'm even when they do Nazi things).

Martie Garrett connected "you've clearly not watched the entire video. What a brainwashed dweeb."

J. A. Nice comments "you are absolutely ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous."

Hater Stephen Thurman comments "Trump will pardon Musk so they can't touch him....I love it. Winning"

The celebration of the fall of even the idea of justice is paramount in Donald's and Elon's coup.

Hater and likely Nazi Stephen Thurman returns with another comment stating "Thank you Mr. Musk, please sell all the information of the people that vote Democrat to the lowest bidder."

Stephen is transparently dehumanizing people who voted differently than he did, indicating their data is somehow worthless and demonstrating a lack of concern over its security.

February 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM

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These are special haters we call Nazis. See or hear alt text if you require assistance seeing why.

These Nazis are called Joshua Thebeau, Tim Pyron, Liberty Rains, and Dick Ashenfelter.

Nazi Joshua Thebeau comments "Their application for enrollment should be immediately submitted to ICE." ICE, the domestic terrorist organization masquerading as a government agency called Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is known for separating immigrant children from their families and locking them in inhumane detention centers.

Nazi Tim Pyron comments "Anyone who supports illegal's here, open up your wallets and cover the visits. The majority of Americans do not want illegal invasion of our country. It's cost is 200 billion in the last 4 disastrous years." Notably absent is any shred of evidence for these obviously false claims. Tim continues a long-standing Nazi tradition of economic scapegoating.

Nazi Liberty Rains comments "Good, they aren't paying the bill"

Here we see Liberty also engaging in the Nazi tradition of economic scapegoating.

Nazi Dick Ashenfelter comments "Let them enroll and then report them to ICE so we know where to find them." Here, Dick is advocating for the removal of children from their families to be indefinitely housed in detention camps by ICE, a domestic terrorist organization masquerading as a government agency called Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

February 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM

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A news article from the Chattanooga Times Free Press states "Tennessee Republican lawmakers want to allow schools to deny enrollment to unauthorized immigrant students--a move that would directly challenge a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decision." Included is an image of a person wearing a sign which states "Jesus = Immigrant & Refugee."

February 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM

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These haters are called Cory Jones, Eric Newingham again, and Pablo Neri, who has forgotten the differences between human beings and roosters.

Three haters in one screenshot. Hater Cory Jones comments "So delusional and psychologically ill... I guess that's something to be proud of"

Hater Eric Newingham returns with "Not women & definitely not sexy."

Hater Pablo Neri comments "Still 2. No farmer ever got any eggs from a rooster." Pablo seems to have forgotten the differences between human beings and roosters.

February 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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These haters are called Andrew Butler, Jeff Lashbrook (who is the epitome of a mediocre cishet white man), Jason Barnett, and Eric Newingham, whose metaphorical closet door is made of glass.

Hater Andrew Butler comments "Should replace the song with the monster mash, because there are still only 2 genders and none of them are 'sexy.'"

Hater Jeff Lashbrook comments "Enjoy who you are. We are all different and special. There is no reason to demand others agree. Love anyone you wish and I do not care what you do in private. I do prefer you not bring your private life in the streets."

This hater appears to suffer under a couple delusions. One is that the world should cater to him, but then, he is a mediocre cishet white male. Another is that trans and nonbinary people can simply not be trans and nonbinary when 'in the streets.'

Hater Jason Barnett comments "Over here like still one of the only two, but in fun costumes"

Hater Eric Newingham comments "I will say this tho.it does prove that men are btter at everything.sports, driving,protecting & I guess now they are even better at being women.they win Miss universe woman of thear best actress.just keeps going.finally.the truth is out." (I apologize for Eric's terrible punctuation, spelling, and grammar.)

Curiously, the door to Eric's closet is made of glass.

February 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM

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More comments from more haters.

These haters are called James Swarbrick, Vince Whyler, Dick Gruesome, Joe Samual, and a coward calling itself Diminutive Overlord.