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Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson

Fascism comes as a pencil pusher with alpha male in his blue-checked twitter bio.

"Ten years after launching what has become a pillar of queer nightlife in Houston, Mabry says the ongoing push by conservative lawmakers to restrict LGBTQ rights in Texas has jeopardized her business: for the first time since its doors opened in 2013, Pearl Bar was denied an insurance policy it needs to continue operations earlier this year, specifically because it hosts drag shows. "

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-pearl-bar-drag-texas-18100109.php

Houston's only lesbian bar denied insurance for hosting drag

Julie Mabry, owner of Pearl Bar in Houston, warned that insurers are "adding drag in as a risk factor."

Chron

sandywb14 May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson 😡 What about those red neck bars where customers open carry?

Samhain Night May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson Let us not forget that IBM made the machines that catalogued the Jews in Germany, making it easier for the Nazis to kill them.

Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴May 21, 2023

@samhainnight @SrRochardBunson

It's true and I had no idea until seeing this toot
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ibm-and-quot-death-s-calculator-quot-2

IBM & "Death's Calculator"

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

Frances_Larina 🏳️‍⚧️May 21, 2023

@samhainnight @SrRochardBunson

This feels like a derailing or just going waay OT. Any chance of the convo focusing on what Texas is doing to LGBTQ people, today?

The following companies also worked with the Nazi regime. However, some like Ford are now - nearly 100 years later - strong allies of LGBTQ, Black & Jewish people.

Allianz Insurance
Associated Press
Audi
BASF
Bayer
BMW
Chase bank
Carl Zeiss AG
Deutsche Bank
Ford
Krupp
Mercedes-Benz
Merck
Opel (now Stellantis, aka Chrysler etc)
Porsche
Shell Oil
Siemens
VW

Oliver Hunt May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson remember this insurance company offers lawsuit insurance specifically for churches that abuse children

@ohunt @SrRochardBunson I'm glad shit like that is illegal in Germany since "iincentivizing and rewarding felonies" is a felony.

Also the #ChildfuckerCult should be forcibly disbanded and it's assets liquidated for reparations of those affected.

Steven Woolgar May 21, 2023

@kkarhan @ohunt @SrRochardBunson childfuckercult doesn’t really narrow down the religion much.

Catmama 🐈May 21, 2023

Pedophiles are not exclusive to one religion. You will find them in any religion. IMO, the more conservative and closed to outsiders the religious group is, the more power pedophiles have and the more the group closes rank to cover for them.

@kkarhan @ohunt @SrRochardBunson

@Catmama @woolie @ohunt @SrRochardBunson #FACT: The #CatholicChurch has this issue so rampant that it's not considered "Incitement of violence and hatred against a group" by calling it #ChildfuckerCult in #Germany according to a court decision...

I'm not making this up btw...
https://www.lawblog.de/archives/2012/02/11/katholische-kirche-darf-kinderficker-sekte-genannt-werden/

Katholische Kirche darf “Kinderficker-Sekte” genannt werden

law blog

Catmama 🐈May 21, 2023

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My post wasn't meant in any way to let the Catholic church off the hook or minimize the damage they've done, but to say they're not the only ones. Germany being a majority Catholic country, I'm not surprised they're the focus. Germany doesn't have large numbers of evangelicals, as the US does, to also point a finger to, for example.

@woolie @ohunt @SrRochardBunson

Voron May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson @xerophile I wonder what Texas would do if RuPaul’s drag race announced filming in Houston Tx 🤔

Michael Crews May 21, 2023

@voron @SrRochardBunson @xerophile

Seems like the venue would also be "denied an insurance policy... specifically because it hosts drag shows" and so the filming would be moved elsewhere.

TopKnot May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson

We all know being Pro-Business in #Texas means the polar opposite. You just need to say it with a wink and a smile and like magic, you're now a red-blooded Texas Fascist calling yourself a freedom fighter.

And when a Texan says they are freedom fighters, that means they are fighting to revoke those freedoms to people their god hates. Just a budding #Theocracy.

Virginicus May 21, 2023

@TopKnot @SrRochardBunson “freedom fighter” like “fire fighter”.

Sharon Gibson Morgan May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson From the state that has a senator who hugs a weeping law enforcement officer who, along with his armed colleagues, failed to protect children from a gunman, there's this overwhelming concern about kids' attendance at drag shows.

It's a sure bet Mabry's establishment is open to clientele who don't have an 8:30 bedtime.

It was never about the kids.

SteveBologna May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson I know this is gonna sound weird but my wife, I’m a 66 year old man, never worries about me in a lesbian/gay bar. But, she would freak out if I went into the local Redneck Stab-n-shoot. No one would reproach me in a gay bar but I could end up as collateral damage in some pretend cowboy or fake militia dive. Plus, odds are the gay bar’s going to be cleaner without spit on the floor.

Agora May 21, 2023

@SrRochardBunson this is government overreach. I am alarmed to see the erosion of freedoms on our watch.

Kim May 22, 2023

@SrRochardBunson name of insurance company?

Tattie (old account)May 22, 2023

@SrRochardBunson once again, the banality of evil