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Coventina

(29,333 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:26 AM 4 hrs ago

Older couple taking a picture of our Pride Club poster

This week is "club rush" week at our college.

It's the week where all our student clubs advertise for new members by setting up tables in the student union.

I just saw a middle-aged couple taking photos of the Pride Club table and their materials. (There was no attendant there at the time.)

I'm so paranoid in Trump's America that they are going to try and report this as DEI law violation by our college.
Student clubs are not supposed to be ruled by the new anti-DEI policies.
But, I don't expect MAGAts to understand that.

Good gawd, someone wake me from this nightmare....

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3catwoman3

(28,758 posts)
1. Or, we could optimisitcally hope that they took that picture to show to a LGBTQ family member...
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:35 AM
3 hrs ago

...as evidence that this family member would be welcome at your school.

3catwoman3

(28,758 posts)
5. I've spent most of my life being a glass 7/8s full, optimistic, non-cynical person.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:13 PM
3 hrs ago

That's getting harder and harder to maintain.

JohnnyLib2

(11,312 posts)
3. If possible, please follow up on this post.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:49 AM
3 hrs ago

Like many others, I share your uneasiness and resent the need to be concerned.

Diamond_Dog

(39,963 posts)
4. It's abominable the way they have made us so paranoid these days!
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:07 PM
3 hrs ago

(shaking fist). Thanks Republicans!

Maru Kitteh

(31,350 posts)
6. The worst is how they've made us suspicious of each other
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 12:29 PM
3 hrs ago

My husband and I would photograph that and post it to the family group chat as signs of hope and the simple act of defiance through just existing.

I truly hate these ugly, inhumane, parasitic mucosal clots that are MAGA.

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