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catbyte

(38,005 posts) Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:34 AM Oct 3

New FBI agent fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.

Fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2025-10-03T14:27:48.754Z

Being gay and/or supporting the gay community os not political; it's basic human decency.

Fucking fascists.

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New FBI agent fired for displaying a pride flag, followed by a citation of the Constitution. (Original Post) catbyte Oct 3 OP

Lawsuit gay texan Oct 3 #1

Hating LGBT people is a choice being LGBT is not a choice. Botany Oct 3 #2

Article 2 of the constituton? progressoid Oct 3 #3

Their reading of Article 2 is that Trump is King. intheflow Oct 3 #4

gay texan

(3,089 posts)

1. Lawsuit

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:40 AM

Oct 3

No way in hell is this legal.

Botany

(75,523 posts)

2. Hating LGBT people is a choice being LGBT is not a choice.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:42 AM

Oct 3

BTW For being a straight white guy I settled my “gay problem” years ago. I don’t have
sex with men.

This is just bigotry. End of story.

progressoid

(52,098 posts)

3. Article 2 of the constituton?

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 10:58 AM

Oct 3

intheflow

(29,797 posts)

4. Their reading of Article 2 is that Trump is King.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 01:21 PM

Oct 3

He hates pride flags and so firing someone who has one falls under that Divine Right.

Meanwhile, on every US agency and and department website is a message that blatantly partisan and political. THAT is a Hatch Act violation. Again, the only thing these people have is projection.

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