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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOne doesn't see this righteous indignation often enough.
Turn on the volume. You want this timeline cleanse.Meanwhile, in Missouri, State Representative
@IanMack03007724
gives one of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard.
"Can I tell you, if I were your brother, I would have been afraid to tell you too... because of stuff like this!" Mackey said, referring to the anti-trans bill. "This is what you're focused on, this is the legislation you want to put forward! This is what consumes your time. I would have been afraid to tell you too. I was afraid of people like you... For 18 years I walked around with 'nice' people like you who took me to ball games, who told me how smart I was, and they went to the ballot and voted for crap like this!"
Link to tweet
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/14/2092025/-Watch-openly-gay-Democrat-tell-anti-trans-Republican-colleague-exactly-what-he-needs-to-hear
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)PatSeg
(48,401 posts)CivicGrief
(147 posts)I just hope sooner than later.
MerryBlooms
(11,792 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,898 posts)I'll say that is probably the best speech I've heard yet through all of this latest bullshit. I'm sure all the GLBT kids in Missouri and places I grew up in Mississippi and other little hellholes all over the country wanted to give this guy a hug! That was awesome!
FoxNewsSucks
(10,488 posts)I'd never heard of Ian Mackey before. We need more like him. Every single Democrat needs to speak up exactly like that.
Novara
(5,944 posts)EVERY single Democrat should be doing exactly this.
world wide wally
(21,762 posts)hamsterjill
(15,243 posts)I wish this gentleman could coach some of our Democrats on messaging!
Da-Yum!!!! Im impressed.
Fla Dem
(24,263 posts)wnylib
(22,230 posts)Helluva good speech. The kind of speech that can unite people against bigotry of all kinds.
Fantastic speech. Not that the repukes will pay any attention, though....
pazzyanne
(6,560 posts)momta
(4,087 posts)bsiebs
(694 posts)Takket
(21,893 posts)What bill was this about? Was this the trans sports ban bill?
"....during a debate over whether school districts should be allowed to ban trans athletes from youth sports has gone viral."
https://news.yahoo.com/missouri-democrat-confronts-gop-colleague-225139474.html
Great to see pols stand up to hateful homophobic legislation
Delphinus
(11,876 posts)sop
(10,603 posts)What he really meant to say: "My kids at that point didn't know any better, they hadn't been taught to hate gays yet, but this bill will take care of that."
liberalla
(9,362 posts)Hmmmm...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That was brilliant and inspiring! Well done, Rep. MacKey!
GregGilman
(12 posts)We need a LOT more of this level of passion from Democrats! No more smiles and long-winded oratory that does nothing to excite Democrats about being a Democrat. The level of intensity on the right crushes the left. Its time for that to change BIG TIME!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Enough of this half-hearted disagreement. This is the kind of passion we need in Congress.
Thank you for your opinion and welcome to DU!
Karadeniz
(22,825 posts)Evolve Dammit
(17,077 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,755 posts)Thank you.
TygrBright
(20,811 posts)Rebl2
(13,785 posts)speech he made!
TheRickles
(2,150 posts)trof
(54,268 posts)mountain grammy
(26,776 posts)TeamProg
(6,630 posts)XacerbatedDem
(511 posts)Stuart G
(38,527 posts)Yes!
Martin68
(23,399 posts)Keep speaking out. They have nor reply to offer. They are all bullies and cowards at heart. Stand up tobullies and cowards, challenge bullies and cowards, and they all fold like a house of cards.
IcyPeas
(22,065 posts)Skittles
(153,905 posts)THEY DO NOT EXIST - you cannot be a good person and vote for a party whose basic platform is ignorance and fear.
lees1975
(4,045 posts)They are going to lose.
spanone
(136,216 posts)byronius
(7,432 posts)NBachers
(17,317 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,665 posts)I sincerely doubt it.