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Saviolo

(3,321 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 09:50 PM Jun 2022

I'm sorry but this really makes me angry.

Trans people are under attack in a big way, and gay rights are being chipped away while queer people are being labeled "groomers" by the far right in order to other them and further erode gay acceptance, and Dr. Jill Biden decides at the beginning of Pride month to unveil a stamp honouring...

Nancy Reagan.

It's so absurd as to be satire, but no, this is apparently a thing that is happening.





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@FLOTUS will unveil a new Nancy Reagan stamp on Monday
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More here: https://www.queerty.com/usps-kicks-off-pride-month-nancy-reagan-commemorative-stamp-gays-not-20220601
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I'm sorry but this really makes me angry. (Original Post) Saviolo Jun 2022 OP
I'm angry too IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #1
And with that fucker DeJoy as an honoured guest. Celerity Jun 2022 #8
It's weird vercetti2021 Jun 2022 #2
Nancy belongs in the dust bin of history not on a stamp. LoisB Jun 2022 #3
Why does she deserve a stamp? Bluethroughu Jun 2022 #4
Would you settle for Robert E. Lee? Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #6
No thanks. Bluethroughu Jun 2022 #7
It was a gut punch to me Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #5
First Ladies gotta stick together? Sandy Becker Jun 2022 #9
Essentially, yes IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #11
I share your anger and outrage. Mickju Jun 2022 #10
 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
1. I'm angry too
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 09:53 PM
Jun 2022

We have not forgotten what the true Nancy Reagan was like. Honoring her on a stamp, while we are under attack by the UltraMAGAs, during Pride Month, really bothers me.

I don't think Nancy Reagan belongs on a stamp, period... But not in 2022, and definitely not in June 2022.

Bluethroughu

(5,759 posts)
4. Why does she deserve a stamp?
Wed Jun 1, 2022, 10:02 PM
Jun 2022

Yes, she is part of our history, but let's leave it there and not white wash her history of advocating against equality for everyone.

Is Governor Wallace next on the stamp, with a Confederate flag?

Why can't these people be part of a chapter in American history titled, "Leave that ideology behind"and only look back for reference of what not to do. We don't have time for these people anymore, there are more pressing issues.

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
11. Essentially, yes
Sat Jun 4, 2022, 07:11 AM
Jun 2022

They view themselves as one tight-knit club.

Joke's gonna be on them when they realize that Melanie Drumpf has no intention to play nice or be part of the club or show the same respect that other first ladies show to each other.

But that said.. This really is poor timing, Jill. The LGBTQ community knows the Reagans were not our friends, and we have not forgotten their bigotry.

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