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   On 19 Dec 2021, Rudy Canoza  posted some   
   news:zSLvJ.66163$Gco3.33363@fx01.iad:   
      
   > Burn the faggot who ran it up the flag pole.   
      
   A Pride flag was taken down and burned outside of a City Hall building in   
   Tempe, Arizona, officials said Tuesday.   
      
   The flag — which flew alongside the American, Arizona state and Juneteenth   
   flags — was raised this month to commemorate LGBTQ Pride Month.   
      
   City officials confirmed that the act of vandalism is under investigation   
   by police.   
      
   “This act of aggression does not represent our community. Hate has no   
   place in Tempe," City Manager Andrew Ching said in a statement. "We are   
   committed to championing diversity, inclusion and equity and ensuring that   
   our community is safe and welcoming for everyone."   
      
   The flag-burning comes months after a bomb threat was made to an LGBTQ-   
   owned coffee shop in Tempe, a city of 186,000 people that's about 10 miles   
   east of Phoenix.   
      
   In February, police evacuated Brick Road Coffee 20 minutes into a Drag   
   Story Hour event. The popular national storytelling program, where drag   
   performers read children's books to kids at libraries, schools and other   
   venues, has drawn particular ire from right-wing extremists.   
      
   The shop's co-owner, Gabe Hagen, said that no bomb was found, but that   
   detectives had told him far-right extremists were in the area that day,   
   according to KPNX-TV, an NBC affiliate that serves the Phoenix area.   
      
   “That was an unfortunate instance of hate,” Hagen said, regarding the bomb   
   threat. “It’s just misguided, unfortunately, and that’s disappointing to   
   see.”   
      
   Hagen told KPNX that authorities informed him that the investigation had   
   been recently turned over to the FBI.   
      
   The threats and acts of violence toward the queer community in Tempe come   
   amid a surge in similar anti-LGBTQ demonstrations across the country.   
      
   Since June 2022, there have been an average of 39 anti-LGBTQ protests   
   nationwide each month, compared with just three per month from January   
   2017 through May 2022, according to a recent report by the Crowd Counting   
   Consortium, a research group that tracks the size of political protests.   
      
   Even liberal enclaves such as New York City have faced several anti-LGBTQ   
   attacks, including a Pride flag that was set ablaze outside of a Manhattan   
   restaurant in February.   
      
   Officials in Tempe said Tuesday that a new Pride flag had been raised at   
   City Hall.   
      
   “Cities are great because of the people who live in them,” Tempe Mayor   
   Corey Woods said in a statement. “We will not stand by while someone tries   
   to threaten, bully and intimidate members of our community. We will   
   continue our efforts to make our city stronger, even more welcoming, and   
   even more inclusive. We support our LGBTQ+ community. We stand as one with   
   them.”   
      
   Then you can pay the price for standing with them.  See that blinking   
   light in the distance?  That's your political career dissipation light.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/pride-flag-burned-   
   city-hall-arizona-rcna88112   
      
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