Bay Area LGBTQ community fears Rep. Greene's homophobic slur will encourage more violence

State Senator Scott Wiener says he's watching his back, after the Georgia representative hurled an anti-LGBTQ slur at him on Twitter, calling him a"groomer."

The term groomer, which refers to adults who build relationships with children in an effort to abuse them, has been used by some on the far right against LGBTQ people, trading on an old stereotype that gays are predators.

So insecure. Us Muslims were getting bullied daily and called names after 9/11 and I don’t think we were in fear like that. They did that whole you can’t criticize Islam but that was dumb. Criticism led to the Egyptian awakening

This KPIX 'report' is absurdly one-sided and biased. It doesn't even pretend to be balanced. It should have ended with the message 'Hi, I am Scott Weiner and I paid for this advertisement.'

Weiner is paranoid. Even saying that in his opinion is an anti-gay 'slur' but it is true. His whole history is one of denouncing any criticism of him as an 'anti-gay slur.' Some are but there is plenty of reasonable crit of his extremist partisan agenda.

Why does conflate grooming children with homophobia - the irrational fear of things like the other? '...The term groomer, which refers to adults who build relationships with children in an effort to abuse them,...'?

really?

To all that feel intimidated, as Maya Angelou would say, 'stand up and rise'. I believe you have more support than you know. Don't let Margie's BS get to you. Democracy must win and rule. God Bless.

Having drag queen shows at schools is grooming. Telling young children that they can choose their pronouns and gender ID, while also hiding from parents is grooming. 1/2

Far right is a complete & utter lie. Only a far leftist would say this!

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