"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
The Mercury has obtained a series of images of group messages that show racist, sexist, and homophobic tropes used by a local developer and other local conservative political activists during a council president election. Readers may find this content offensive.
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a man wearing a headset looks at a computer screen
Alt: GIF of the trio of nerds from Buffy season 6
Can’t believe our country is being run by the villains from Buffy Season 6
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Amy Goodman is going to get me through the next four years.
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Lmao WHAT!?
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dear cis & straight friends: if you're dismayed about increasing political & legislative attacks on trans & LGBTQ+ ppl, here's something tangible you can do: PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY and tell them #LGBTQNotGoingBack!
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Trans Theorist: This is a overly simplistic binary that oppresses the cup. The cup can be whoever it wants
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the brits terf export has firmly landed on our shores.
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Imagine if we didn't have "Like" buttons, but instead, we had "There's a good boy" buttons. Would you rather have 110 Likes or one voice resonating so deeply in your Self that you feel, even if only momentarily, alive
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