Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>How a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SenateHearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenateHearing</span></a> Designed to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Combat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Combat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> Ended Up <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Exhibiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exhibiting</span></a> It. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> wanted to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/understand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>understand</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/problem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>problem</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a>, and to find <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solutions</span></a> to arrest its growth. While <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> did their best to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PourGasolineOnTheFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PourGasolineOnTheFire</span></a>. It was shameful to watch. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hategroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hategroups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/senate-hearing-on-hate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/senat</span><span class="invisible">e-hearing-on-hate</span></a></p>