The Los Angeles Metropolis Council has determined to take away ‘No U-Flip’ indicators from a homosexual neighborhood, claiming they’re homophobic.
In an period the place ideologies needs to be advancing, it’s baffling that the far-left stays caught prior to now, misreading on a regular basis symbols as politicized messages.
Who, within the yr 2024, nonetheless believes that street indicators like “No U-Flip” are covert directives aimed on the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, instructing them to not interact in wild intercourse within the streets?
I didn’t know that visitors indicators have been hurting emotions.
In keeping with the LA Occasions:
Messages like, “No cruising. No U-turns. Midnight to six am” have been posted across the neighborhood in 1997, with the intent to curb homosexual males from roaming the streets to hook up.
For years the indicators remained, at the same time as the town’s management modified and the neighborhood grew — till this week. In a celebration with LGBTQ neighborhood members, District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman and District 13 Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez retired the indicators on Monday.
“Los Angeles has a wealthy historical past of welcoming the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood, however there has additionally been actual and current homophobia— which at instances has been inscribed into the town’s bodily areas, as with these no-U-turn indicators,” Raman mentioned in a ready assertion.
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“I might fully agree that we have to do extra to guard these areas,” mentioned Soto-Martinez. “It’s not simply distinctive to Los Angeles…we’re all kind of going through the identical very critical challenges.”
WATCH:
BREAKING: LA Metropolis Council members have eliminated “No U-Flip” visitors indicators in a homosexual neighborhood.
They are saying the indicators have been homophobic.
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But, this clarification doesn’t sit effectively with many who see the removing as a knee-jerk response to a non-existent situation. Critics argue that repurposing customary visitors management measures into an anti-LGBTQ+ narrative is a stretch.
One social media person expressed disbelief, saying, “How tf is a uturn homophobic? We have now real-life points occurring, and these silly fvcks defeated a uturn sign. You possibly can’t make this up.”
One other person highlighted broader city challenges, commenting, “There’s a lot crime in Los Angeles however that is what they’re involved about”
One other added, “Think about having nothing higher to do together with your life than search for methods to be offended like these persons are doing. It’s pathetic.”
