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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWyoming residents are wearing tutus to protest a senator's homophobic remarks
Source: Mashable
People have found the most colorful, glittery, tulle-filled way to troll Republican Senator Mike Enzi, and for good reason.
On April 25 the Republican addressed an audience of middle and high school students, and told them that they were free to be whoever or whatever they wanted as long as they didn't shove it in anyone's face. He provided an example, in case they didn't get what he was trying to say: I know a guy who wears a tutu and goes to bars on Friday night and is always surprised that he gets in fights. Well, he kind of asks for it.
Enzi was heavily criticized for spreading a message of judgement and hate (not to mention homophobia), and he issued a statement apologizing for his "poor choice of words" the same day.
Now, residents of Wyoming and people around the country are protesting Enzi by wearing tutus to bars, sporting events, and basically everywhere: and let us say, they're definitely brightening their surroundings.
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Enzi's remarks hit residents of Wyoming especially hard because the University of Wyoming was where gay student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten to death in 1998, an incident that brought national attention to hate-motivated crimes. It eventually inspired the play The Laramie Project among other pieces of art.
On April 25 the Republican addressed an audience of middle and high school students, and told them that they were free to be whoever or whatever they wanted as long as they didn't shove it in anyone's face. He provided an example, in case they didn't get what he was trying to say: I know a guy who wears a tutu and goes to bars on Friday night and is always surprised that he gets in fights. Well, he kind of asks for it.
Enzi was heavily criticized for spreading a message of judgement and hate (not to mention homophobia), and he issued a statement apologizing for his "poor choice of words" the same day.
Now, residents of Wyoming and people around the country are protesting Enzi by wearing tutus to bars, sporting events, and basically everywhere: and let us say, they're definitely brightening their surroundings.
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Enzi's remarks hit residents of Wyoming especially hard because the University of Wyoming was where gay student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten to death in 1998, an incident that brought national attention to hate-motivated crimes. It eventually inspired the play The Laramie Project among other pieces of art.
Read more: http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/tutu-protest-wyoming/
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Wyoming residents are wearing tutus to protest a senator's homophobic remarks (Original Post)
demmiblue
May 2017
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David__77
(23,421 posts)1. The same people who say people ask for assault are probably those who say people ask for rape.
Disgusting, and immoral.
kimrock2004
(2 posts)2. whats up
thump up whats up
demmiblue
(36,865 posts)5. Whats up? Kicking arse and taking names.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)4. Beautiful! .... A tutu is worth a thousand words in Wyoming...
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)6. This is delightfully imaginative.
Great pics at the link.
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)7. More from local media:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1085452
Apparently the senator does not know the difference between a tutu and a skirt.
Apparently the senator does not know the difference between a tutu and a skirt.