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A Vote for Trump Was A Hate Crime (Comedy gold)
The Huffington Post ^ | November 10, 2016 | Cathy Renna

Posted on 11/10/2016 4:18:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

We are all still reeling from the shock of the election results. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote yet we now must brace ourselves for a Trump Administration. The more I think about it and see the reactions from all sides, the more this feels like the aftermath of an attack ― a literal attack ― on our communities.

The groups that those “deplorables” love to hate and feel threatened by are now under attack: LGBT people, people of color, women, Muslims, the disabled and many others. This election was a hate crime. Not physical but psychological, and one that may well lead to legal and physical manifestations that would very much be categorized as hate crimes.

I saw and heard about such pain and fear on social media and personally as we realized Trump would take the election. And it has not let up. I checked on several people who were expressing a level of fear that seem like it could lead to self-harm. I saw friends saying that they desperately needed to seek support at a twelve-step meeting or some other refuge. I saw pleas for self-care and to not let fear overwhelm us.

So it was already a concern and after finally being able to get some sleep, a vandalized Hillary bumper sticker welcomed me as I got my car to go grocery shopping this morning....

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; hillary; homosexualagenda; liars; pathological; propaganda; trump; usefulidiot
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Cathy is the Managing Partner of Target Cue, an LGBT and HIV focused public relations and communications firm.

Prior to that, she was a founder of Renna Communications. Over her seven years with the firm, Renna Communications partnered with dozens of different organizations, including the Matthew Shepard Foundation, Family Equality Council, the Point Foundation, ACT-UP, the New York LGBTQ Center, Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, Soulforce, Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE), the Family Acceptance Project, the Williams Institute, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and many more.

Cathy is nationally recognized as both a media relations and communications expert and a leader within the LGBTQ community. She has played a critical role in media related to nearly every issue affecting LGBTQ populations, from high visibility issues like marriage equality and the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” to being the force behind creating more visibility for older LGBTQ people, homeless LGBTQ youth, transgender youth and a host of other populations and issues

In the 1990′s through 2003, she was a major force behind the success and growth of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Cathy served as a primary spokesperson for GLAAD, with her final position as its first National News Media Director. She contributed to the strategic, crisis communications and community relations components of the organization’s most visible campaigns. Cathy developed the materials and curriculum for GLAAD’s popular and well-respected “Media Essentials” training series. In her role as Community Relations Director at GLAAD, Cathy conducted hundreds of media trainings and presentations across the country to a diverse array of progressive groups of all sizes.

With her particular expertise in crisis and strategic communications, Cathy played a central role while at GLAAD in shaping media coverage of both the beating death of Matthew Shepard in 1998, a tragedy that became a cultural marker for a shift in the level of media visibility of LGBTQ issues, and the sexual abuse scandal within the Catholic Church, during which her efforts successfully framed child sexual abuse as a clinical issue that was unrelated to sexual orientation. Her work with these issues continues today and she is a source and resource to media at the national and local levels on a host of issues.

In her over 25 years working in media relations, Cathy has garnered placements in every major online, broadcast and other outlets in the country, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Buzzfeed.com, The Associated Press, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post and a cover stories in both Time and Newsweek magazines. In addition to her work as a communications consultant, Cathy continues to be highly sought after by the media as a spokesperson on LGBTQ issues and has appeared on the O’Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes, CNN, MSNBC, Good Morning America and numerous local affiliate shows throughout the country. Cathy is also a writer and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. She has authored pieces published in the Washington Post, the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy and other media outlets and books.

After leaving GLAAD, Cathy joined Fenton Communications as its New York office Media Director and worked with clients such as 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai and MoveOn.org. In 2006, Cathy co-founded Target Cue in order to respond to the need for a media relations firm capable of bringing high-level communications strategies and particular expertise in LGBTQ issues to progressive non-profit organizations.

Renna’s work has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the American Association of LGBT Psychiatrists, the Bisexual Resource Center, Queens Pride, the Long Island Crisis Center, the Capital Area LGBT Chamber of Commerce and others. Her work has been recognized by PR Week, a leading trade publication in the field of public relations.

She lives in Montclair, NJ with her partner Karen Ciaramella.

1 posted on 11/10/2016 4:18:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This article is a hate crime.


2 posted on 11/10/2016 4:19:21 PM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These people are mentally ill. They need therapy.

The actually believe the lies spewed out by the leftist media. Crazy.


3 posted on 11/10/2016 4:19:41 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
cleanest one i could find


4 posted on 11/10/2016 4:21:03 PM PST by stylin19a (obama = Fredo smart)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
a vandalized Hillary bumper sticker welcomed me as I got my car to go grocery shopping this morning....

Welcome to our world Kathy.

5 posted on 11/10/2016 4:21:17 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Somebody needs to tell these “highly educated”/very low intelligence retarded snowflakes that we don’t pick the winner by the popular vote.


6 posted on 11/10/2016 4:24:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud and defiant irredeemable deplorable!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The groups that those “deplorables” love to hate and feel threatened by are now under attack: LGBT people, people of color, women, Muslims, the disabled

I have nothing against women or the disabled. The others? Yeah, they're perverts, mostly parasites, and savages. What's not to hate?

7 posted on 11/10/2016 4:24:40 PM PST by IronJack
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yet we now must brace ourselves for a Trump Administration.

Don't forget about the Republican Congress, the Republican state houses, and the soon to be Republican Supreme court.

this feels like the aftermath of an attack

The attack has just started.

8 posted on 11/10/2016 4:27:57 PM PST by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: rightwingcrazy

+1


9 posted on 11/10/2016 4:28:54 PM PST by sauropod (Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
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To: stylin19a

10 posted on 11/10/2016 4:30:20 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: rightwingcrazy
The groups that those “deplorables” love to hate and feel threatened by are now under attack: LGBT people, people of color, women, Muslims, the disabled and many others.

really “deplorables” hate the disabled?... news to me because i’m am “disabled”.. and owner of this board is “disabled”...and we are talking real “disabled”... not snowflake “disabled” either..

The problem with the left it they believe their own propaganda

11 posted on 11/10/2016 4:31:28 PM PST by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would think muslims would declare a jihad on democrats for being lumped in with the LGBTQs.


12 posted on 11/10/2016 4:37:09 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“I won”


13 posted on 11/10/2016 4:37:11 PM PST by dontreadthis (I finally came up with this tagline)
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To: tophat9000

If they really believe that everyone else hates them, that explains why so many of them have other problems.


14 posted on 11/10/2016 4:37:30 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

What a dapper fellow..


15 posted on 11/10/2016 4:40:24 PM PST by Molon Labbie (In Safe Space, no one can hear you weep....No one cares either.)
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16 posted on 11/10/2016 4:40:29 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry, I don’t see this as remotely funny. It shows the fascistic mentality of homosexual activists.


17 posted on 11/10/2016 4:43:23 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: rightwingcrazy

A vote for Hillary was aiding and abetting a criminal.


18 posted on 11/10/2016 4:46:00 PM PST by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: rightwingcrazy

A vote for Hillary was aiding and abetting a criminal.


19 posted on 11/10/2016 4:46:04 PM PST by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I checked on several people who were expressing a level of fear that seem like it could lead to self-harm.

If these several people do not want to be delivered from their demon possession by a Believer in Jesus, then they should be on massive doses of Thorazine. STAT.

20 posted on 11/10/2016 4:50:04 PM PST by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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