I wish my town had a gay cross walk, so then there would be more gay people. Rainbows make people gay and gay people throw great parties and have nice communities. I need that shit in my town.
Be the gay you need. Once you get the gay it will spread and make more people get gay. Gay the fuck out of the place. Gay that mother fucking town up!
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA GAY IS WHAT WELL BEE
What’s a real “safety issue” is this nazi fucking regime.
If rainbow sidewalks were actually unsafe, the engineers would know it already (because that’s their fucking job) and wouldn’t need a goddamned politician to tell them.
That’s 100% proof by itself (as if we needed any more) that Abbott is a bigot and a liar.
Whatever happened to that “libertarian” way of thinking? Used to be that they wouldn’t listen to no goddamn politician now every one of those gadsden flag touting fucks are on their knees awaiting their favorite politician to tell them to say “ah”.
Actual libertarians support people like Bernie Sanders. (Yeah, he’s big on social programs, but he’s also bigger on civil liberties than most Democrats, let alone Republicans.)
The main stream libertarian voice and narrative was stolen in 2010 and alas we never really got them back, even in the time of tyranny. No one in power wanted us on the sidelines talking about the importance of balancing liberty and security through policy. Certainly not fiscal discipline, or accountable government. I’m appalled by the people I meet who call them selves libertarian. Most of who are just conservatives that started smoking weed after seeing Joe Rogan do it.
I’m appalled by the people I meet who call them selves libertarian. Most of who are just conservatives that started smoking weed after seeing Joe Rogan do it.
I thought that was the joke about Libertarians since…forever - “Republicans who smoke weed”.
I mean they are a type who is attracted to the political ideals. Perhaps that type took over the party. Idk I hold a pretty rigid standard on who gets to call themselves libertarian. You gotta be ready to put your life down for someone else’s liberty. The dudes that volunteered to help Ukraine? Those are real libertarians. Putting your life and liberty at risk to defend the next man’s.
One of the corner stones of the libertarian movement was opposing global banking, and the surveillance state that bush set up. And then black president and then poof, we’re now the party of Sarah Palin?
Politics are more tribal than ideological. Most people just repeat the slogans of their political tribe without putting too much thought into it. So calling out hypocrisy does nothing, most of politics isn’t really about having a consistent ideology.
Fascists are anti intellectual after all.
They technically are unsafe. They screw with Seeing Eye Dogs. That being said, it’s just as easy to hang Pride Flags at cross walks.
RNIB Scotland Director, James Adams, said: “Traditional black and white pedestrian crossings offer high contrast, which is essential for people with low vision to detect and cross roads safely. Designs and colours which are not consistent with traditional designs could cause confusion to people with sight loss, and to guide dogs which are trained to stop at crossings.
You’ll also have to train dogs to recognize both approaches because the starting color will be different.
Oh the colorblind seeing eye dogs? 🤔
I don’t want to dispute this, because it’s just provably true, but I have never been able to figure out why my dog’s favorite color was red. It was definitely 100% his favorite color, even when there were balls that looked identical in every other way except were green, which should have appeared like pretty much the same color to him. And it wasn’t just a single favorite ball. He preferred red for several different toys that came in packs of multiple identical units except for color.
Lol I’m sure this is about safety and not a guy trying to feed a bunch of haters red meat so they don’t look at the death rates in texas hospitals
“Texans expect their taxpayer dollars to be used wisely,” which apparently means removing already existing crosswalks and making new ones, for no other reason than the manbaby is afraid of rainbows.
It’s an issue for the safety of his fragile worldview and values.
We should remove all safety and handicap ramps that lean to the left. For safety
His sycophants would carry him on a large palanquins and only the poor would suffer. It’s a shame you can’t make him suffer the fate of his disabled peers. These people will probably never be punished under their own rules unfortunately
America’s war on color continues.
Waiting for them to ban rainbows from kindergartens.
So there’s this daycare down the street from me. It has had a rainbow colored access ramp for as long as I can remember.
It’s now painted black.
It could be completely unrelated, but I highly doubt it.
You should complain.
Or at least, the non-bigoted daycare parents should. A huge part of this problem is caused by a relatively few assholes going full Karen about their own fucking hangups and making them everyone else’s problem. The solution is that decent people need to get EVEN LOUDER AND MORE PISSED OFF than they are, so that decision makers understand whose opinion actually matters here.
I just had a very similar conversation last night with some family and friends. There was a time when I would ignore shitty people’s opinions… After all, neither of us will change each other’s minds. However, that’s exactly how we got here. Those seemingly fringe, hurtful opinions now decide things for everyone. I’m not quiet any more.
Just like the famous Rolling Stones song. “I see a kindergarten access ramp and I want it painted black…”
If it had grip sand integrated into the paint it would make sense that it needed repainted, and getting one color of deck paint is cheaper, and black paint absorbs more sunlight so they need to salt less.
Still sucks, but it’s the same reason we can’t have cool cars anymore.
I’d go even further: public money is perfectly justified in painting it exactly one color, the color chosen for visibility. Beautifying the street, Adding color, character, interest to the neighborhood was privately funded and that should continue to be encouraged
It did not have sand in the paint. It had the adhesive strips on top of the paint.
Well then fuck those fascists
The Texas governor is a safety issue
Hold him dkwn and paint rainbows on his face
Also, unmarked crosswalks are perfectly safe because drivers know pretty much every intersection has an implied crosswalk whether marked or not. This comment has been brought to you by the letter S and viewers like you.
You must have missed the post the other day, where some idiot texting ran over a girl in a crosswalk, then got out of his car to yell at her
So far Austin has sworn to comply and SAN ANTONIO has refused! Cant believe we lost Austin first!!
Time to paint the roads. Bring guns jic they get triggered and Sen thugs like they did in Florida
Keep Austin Bland!
Good riddance, those rainbow crosswalks jumped me stole my wallet, and dressed me up as a woman 6 times last week.
This is just embarrassing.
Terrified of a rainbow.
Look. I don’t disagree on the safety thing. We chose white reflective lines for high contrast and visibility for what it is. We don’t paint our stop signs brown or green, and we don’t wear blue high-vis vests.
The crosswalk is a bad thing to colour up. I like what the Iceland solution was:
Anyway, here I’ve gone and agreed with a Republican and suggested safety markings should be consistent, so get with the downvoting.
The crosswalk in the photo has reflective white paint intact, and according to standard. Do you think sidewalk chalk is bad for safety too? Should we ban kids from using sidewalk chalk? Should we just ban color combinations and outdoor art?
You definitely can wear blue high vis vests. I have them in orange, yellow, blue ,green, pink, red and white.
