.gaia. on Sidechat | LGBT ppl saying they hope this bar gets firebombed bc it’s lifting its mask mandate for 1 day a week This article is wild. The people of that community are nuts. It reads as if Reddit has come alive or a fucken CIA plot lol What’s our community come to?

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LGBT ppl saying they hope this bar gets firebombed bc it’s lifting its mask mandate for 1 day a week This article is wild. The people of that community are nuts. It reads as if Reddit has come alive or a fucken CIA plot lol What’s our community come to?

A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston Globe

www.bostonglobe.com

Anonymous 16h

Apparently the podcast “Blocked and Reported” has audio from a public meeting that the bar held on the issue: I don’t have the means to listen at this moment, but I may do that later for additional context

Anonymous 17h

Behind a paywall, so I can’t read the article. Suffice it to say that I’m skeptical that this isn’t bullshit

Anonymous

#1 16h

yeaaaaa it screams MAGA psy-op, not "immune compromised people who have been shoved out of public spaces are mad" or "LGBT+ people are mad"

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Anonymous

#1 16h

The Boston Globe is an accredited new source! The story is genuine. It was also picked up by TMZ, Pink New, Fox (ew), and NY Post (ew), and more! Latter two probably to stir up MAGA backlash.

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Anonymous

#1 16h

Here’s the bar’s Insta

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Anonymous

#1 16h

Here’s there apology after the community meet

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Anonymous

.gaia. 16h

*their

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Anonymous

.gaia. 16h

*news

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Anonymous

#1 16h

Here is the OG announcement

Anonymous

.gaia. 16h

I'm not doubting that it happened, I'm doubting that the threats came from anyone but the people who hate disabled and LGBT+ people and want us to hate eachother. We gotta stop letting bots and sock accounts create tension in our community.

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Anonymous

#2 16h

According to the article the hateful things were said at the community hearing

Anonymous

#1 15h

Having now read the article… and done a little more googling… It seems to be an issue because one person, stage name Soe Noire, is making it that. Who knows why.