Woman Hangs 10,000 Rainbow Christmas Lights To Protest Against An Anti-LGBT Neighbor
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This election has divided Americans like few in history and it was followed by a wave of hate crime attacks against minorities across the US. However, we still feel that hate can be fought with love. Or at least with passive aggression.
When the new neighbor of Lexi Magnusson expressed anti-LGBT opinions, Lexi decided to do something about it. “Our new neighbors are bigots. Since regular aggression leads to assault charges, I went with passive aggression. 10,000 lights later.” – she captioned her photo.
The new neighbor thought that Lexi still held the same belief about LGBT issues as the Church does, and even moved to Washington in order “to protect her children.”
“Thinking that we were allies, she went on to tell us how horrified she was when her son got turned down for prom because the girl was already planning on going with her girlfriend. And THEN the junior high had an assembly about transgender people where they spotlighted one of the students who is a transgender boy. I thought she had meant that the school outed him, which, in my book is horrifyingly wrong. Nope, he had organized the assembly and spoke of the realities of being transgender,” – Lexi wrote on reddit.
“That, coupled with the school’s justifications for letting lesbians attend the prom together and doing an assembly that taught kids the facts about being transgender were just too much for her.” That’s why she wanted to get her children “away from that sort of influence and people making their “lifestyle” okay”.
Luckily, Lexi managed to stay calm and reacted in the best possible way. With Christmas lights.
“Here’s the thing: I was a fully believing Mormon once. I know where she is coming from. If I had yelled at her it would only feed into her persecution complex and false belief that LGBT people and their allies, along with people who have left the Mormon church, are angry bullies who are not tolerant of other people’s views. I hate that whole line of reasoning – but I knew that if she was willing to move her kids to get away from the gays (She moved to Washington. It’s basically North Oregon.) there would be little I could say to her to change her mind. She would have been right though, I am not tolerant of that “point of view,” – she told Mashable.
“I wanted to say more to her. I wanted to write her a letter telling her how sad I was that she would feel this way about other humans, especially children. But it wouldn’t have mattered. Then the election happened and the weight of all of those voters who feel exactly the same as she does really set in. It wasn’t just a passive aggressive middle finger at my neighbor, I wanted it something more to show my solidarity and belief than just the Human Rights Campaign stickers on our cars,” she said. “I’ve worked in the background to support LGBT causes and have been very vocal on Facebook – but in real life it’s still really hard for me. It’s probably the wimpy way to go, but it’s not nothing.”
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It's amazing but I think that every single person should have the right to their own opinion eg. if this woman is lgbt supporter the neighbour should have rights to be anti lgbt if he or she doesn't post threat to society with his or hers opinion and there should be no one trying to "convert" him or her. It's democracy as far as I know.
Democracy ends where hate speech begins. A person has every right to believe that homosexuality is wrong. However, no one is forcing them to be homosexual. On the other hand, being born homosexual is NOT an opinion-it is a matter of fact. So when bigoted people vote into law measures that take away the rights and freedoms of minorities like the gays-that is the opposite of democracy. These narrow-minded views don't stay private-they are out in the open by ways of aggression, bullying, assault, and much worse. I fully support the right of others to maintain their to have a different opinion than mine,
Democracy ends when opinions are started being labelled as "hate-speech". Besides, how do you know homophobia isn't just as natural as homosexuality?
Sick boy, homophobia is an irrational fear brought on by intolerant culture. Homosexuality was widely accepted by ancient Greeks and Romans. That to me is enough proof that homophobia is not natural nor genetic.
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Who took away who's rights? I'll say this again, I have some homosexual and bisexual friends, some of them got married etc. and none of them ever said that someone took their rights. They are ok with who they are and they just want to be left in peace from everyone and the most damage made to them are by the people like you who constantly provoke fights and hatred, bigotry etc. between them and the ones who do not approve their lifestyle. People could coexist without any problems if there weren't be any people like you. It's like picking a fight between two persons by the third one who has nothing in common by them. Just look in the mirror and think about your actions and it's nothing good or to be proud of. Why can gay and straight people sit, drink, eat and talk to eachother at the same table and why they can't do that anymore when someone like you show up in the group and start saying to gays thet they don't have rights and to the straight people why do they hate gay people and deny them their rights and that they're bigots? So who bullys who? "Bigots" lgbt or vice versa or is it people like you both of the groups ?
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They can always kill themselves when the shame becomes too great to bear. That's what mamy "gays" did in the past.
Umm same sex marriage wasn’t legalized until 2016 and now the Supreme Court is deciding if people should be able to get fired only for being homosexual. Yes, these opinions are taking away LGBT rights.
Who is trying to "convert" anyone else? Expressing your opinion with a colorful light display is hardly at the same level as burning a cross on their front lawn.
Good luck, man. Getting anyone on Bored Panda to see that they are the thing they hate is impossible. "I value your opinions and freedom of speech... unless you disagree with me; then I hope you die in a fire you disgusting excuse for a human being." or something similar but slightly more subtle.
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The hypocrisy runs strong with SJW's. People that are "intolerant of intolerance" are the absolute worst.
Nope.
That nope was meant to go under the suggestion that everyone had the right to hate LGBT. But it went under the other reply! Woops.
This is a very subtle yet effective protest! I think it's amazing!
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How is 10,000 of anything subtle? Where Is a photo of the actual lit lights?
As opposed to directly saying to people who don't support it that they're wrong or rude, making a big scene, this is more subtle.
A protest against ONE person just doesn't have enough weight to be called a "protest"... or "relevant". It looks more like a provocation to me and the poster herself admits to "passive aggression".
i think its less of a protest and more of a statement. her neighbor let her opinion be known and she is doing the same with the lights.
It's amazing but I think that every single person should have the right to their own opinion eg. if this woman is lgbt supporter the neighbour should have rights to be anti lgbt if he or she doesn't post threat to society with his or hers opinion and there should be no one trying to "convert" him or her. It's democracy as far as I know.
Democracy ends where hate speech begins. A person has every right to believe that homosexuality is wrong. However, no one is forcing them to be homosexual. On the other hand, being born homosexual is NOT an opinion-it is a matter of fact. So when bigoted people vote into law measures that take away the rights and freedoms of minorities like the gays-that is the opposite of democracy. These narrow-minded views don't stay private-they are out in the open by ways of aggression, bullying, assault, and much worse. I fully support the right of others to maintain their to have a different opinion than mine,
Democracy ends when opinions are started being labelled as "hate-speech". Besides, how do you know homophobia isn't just as natural as homosexuality?
Sick boy, homophobia is an irrational fear brought on by intolerant culture. Homosexuality was widely accepted by ancient Greeks and Romans. That to me is enough proof that homophobia is not natural nor genetic.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Who took away who's rights? I'll say this again, I have some homosexual and bisexual friends, some of them got married etc. and none of them ever said that someone took their rights. They are ok with who they are and they just want to be left in peace from everyone and the most damage made to them are by the people like you who constantly provoke fights and hatred, bigotry etc. between them and the ones who do not approve their lifestyle. People could coexist without any problems if there weren't be any people like you. It's like picking a fight between two persons by the third one who has nothing in common by them. Just look in the mirror and think about your actions and it's nothing good or to be proud of. Why can gay and straight people sit, drink, eat and talk to eachother at the same table and why they can't do that anymore when someone like you show up in the group and start saying to gays thet they don't have rights and to the straight people why do they hate gay people and deny them their rights and that they're bigots? So who bullys who? "Bigots" lgbt or vice versa or is it people like you both of the groups ?
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
They can always kill themselves when the shame becomes too great to bear. That's what mamy "gays" did in the past.
Umm same sex marriage wasn’t legalized until 2016 and now the Supreme Court is deciding if people should be able to get fired only for being homosexual. Yes, these opinions are taking away LGBT rights.
Who is trying to "convert" anyone else? Expressing your opinion with a colorful light display is hardly at the same level as burning a cross on their front lawn.
Good luck, man. Getting anyone on Bored Panda to see that they are the thing they hate is impossible. "I value your opinions and freedom of speech... unless you disagree with me; then I hope you die in a fire you disgusting excuse for a human being." or something similar but slightly more subtle.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
The hypocrisy runs strong with SJW's. People that are "intolerant of intolerance" are the absolute worst.
Nope.
That nope was meant to go under the suggestion that everyone had the right to hate LGBT. But it went under the other reply! Woops.
This is a very subtle yet effective protest! I think it's amazing!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
How is 10,000 of anything subtle? Where Is a photo of the actual lit lights?
As opposed to directly saying to people who don't support it that they're wrong or rude, making a big scene, this is more subtle.
A protest against ONE person just doesn't have enough weight to be called a "protest"... or "relevant". It looks more like a provocation to me and the poster herself admits to "passive aggression".
i think its less of a protest and more of a statement. her neighbor let her opinion be known and she is doing the same with the lights.