This is a classic line from the roleplaying game “Paranoia”. The game is about you being a lowly citizen in world inhabited by an insane computer. There is no right answer to the question because it won’t tell you the rest. It’s too insane to even know what it was but answer wrong and it will kill you.
Now, you have The Rainbow Shirt Zombie Hoard are coming to get you.
The “tolerance” brigade is coming to inspect you, Citizen.
This is also the beginning of the famous McCarthy-Era question ” Are you now or have ever been…(A Member of the Communist Party)?.
Now Liberals have adopted it.
Are you now or have ever been…A Hater of the LGBTQI crowd. Answer correctly and The Rainbow Shirts will take your soul. Answer incorrectly, or not all, and the Fires of Rainbow Hell shall be visited upon you.
It’s a trick question. They are keeping a list of who has been naughty or compliant and they are checking it twice.
Since North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a controversial new LGBT bill into law March 23, corporations, government officials, universities and prominent newsmakers have come out staunchly against the measure. And a number of groups and individuals, often conservative or religiously affiliated, have come out in favor.
The new law limits legal protections of LGBT individuals by setting a statewide definition of protected classes of citizens. The new law means schools and local governments cannot adopt more inclusive rules. Legislative leaders said they were responding to Charlotte’s expanded nondiscrimination ordinance that would have allowed transgender people to use the bathroom that corresponds to the gender with which they identify.
More than 100 top executives from major companies, including major Charlotte employers like Bank of America, have signed a letter opposing the “anti-LGBT” legislation. The NBA, set to host its All-Star Game in Charlotte next year, has also said it’s against measure. Some states and cities are banning government-funded travel to North Carolina.
KeepNCSafe says over 300 businesses have signed a letter supporting the measure, though it has released publicly the names of only 38. Some business owners declined to give their names because of “vocal threats and bullying from the LGBT community,” the organization said.
The N.C. Sheriffs’ Association announced Friday that it has encouraged the legislature to overturn local ordinances that “allow persons of one gender to use the restroom of the other gender.” Sheriffs had expressed “concerns for public safety,” executive vice president Eddie Caldwell said, but the group hasn’t taken a position on other provisions in the LGBT law.
Below is a working list of those who have spoken against and those in favor of the LGBT measure. Others, including McCrory’s former employer, Duke Energy, and his alma mater, Catawba College, haven’t directly opposed new measure but instead emphasize their own nondiscrimination policies. The (Raleigh) News & Observer contributed.
The group wants to compile a list of “trans-friendly” businesses for people to be aware of. But with the information they badger from businesses owners, they can also compile a list of businesses in support of the law, which in turn allies of groups like Human Rights Watch and the North Carolina ACLU will use to browbeat them into complying with their beliefs:
Protesters have already targeted Forever Tattoo on Lexington Avenue over comments the owner made about bathroom policies. But, the owner says he doesn’t discriminate against anyone and that he wasn’t given a chance to explain his position.
Considering what happened to people in California during the Prop 8 witch hunt, and after the electronic lynch mob that shut down Indiana’s Memories Pizza after they told a local journalist they wouldn’t cater a gay wedding, can you blame individuals and businesses for not wanting to speak publicly about their support for this law?
The sad thing about all the hysteria is that the law itself allows for private businesses (imagine that!) to set their bathrooms up consistent with how they feel they should be. In other words, it doesn’t ban unisex facilities at any business.
Knocking on doors to drum up support for your candidate or cause is something everyone should support. Knocking on doors and demanding the names of people and businesses who disagree with your cause in order to “name and shame” them publicly is, frankly, one of the most un-American things I’ve seen happen in my lifetime. People, even businesses, have a right to their private beliefs.
Let the activist left’s media-aided lynch-mob-style “activism” serve as a serious warning: You will be made to comply, or they will come for you.
Against HB2:
Among the companies, groups and individuals that have publicly stated their opposition to the new law:
Lionsgate
A+E network
ACPA-College Student Educators International
PepsiCo
Hyatt
The Dow Chemical Company
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Northrop Grumman
Ralph Lauren
American Apparel
Qualcomm
Twilio
Udacity
Pandora Media
EMC Corporation
NBA
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
American Airlines
Lowe’s Cos.
Facebook
Google
Box
Salesforce
Levi Strauss & Co.
Encore Music Publishers
Airbnb
Apple
Red Hat
Citrix
Square
Twitter
Lyft
Pfizer Inc.
LinkedIn
Glassdoor
Dropbox
YouTube
Starbucks
Citibank
TD Bank
Hilton
Starwood
Accenture
Kellogg’s
Uber
Tumblr
Gogobot
Intel
Yahoo
Orbitz.com
CheapTickets.com
Gilt
Replacements, Ltd.
Zynga
Jawbone
Braintree
Matrix Partners
Cisco Systems
IBM
Biogen
Miramax
PayPal
Pinterest
Marriott International
Microsoft
Yelp
Nextdoor
Adam Shankman, director and producer
Rob Reiner, director
Duke University
State of New York
State of Vermont
State of Washington
State of Minnesota
City of San Francisco
City of Boston
City of Seattle
City of West Palm Beach, Fla.
NC League of Municipalities
Human Rights Campaign
Equality NC
Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
American Society of Association Executives
Computer & Communications Industry Association
Consumer Technology Association
Software & Information Industry Association
Motion Picture Association of America
Steven R. Boal, CEO, Quotient Technology Inc.
Brandee Barker, Cofounder, The Pramana Collective
Michael Birch, Founder, Blab
Lorna Borenstein, CEO, Grokker
Brad Brinegar, Chairman and CEO, McKinney
Lloyd Carney, CEO, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Ron Conway, Founder and Co-Managing Partner, SV Angel
Dean Debnam, Chairman and CEO, Workplace Options
David Ebersman, Cofounder and CEO, Lyra Health
Jared Fliesler, General Partner, Matrix Partners
Jason Goldberg, CEO, Pepo
Alan King, President and COO, Workplace Options
Kristen Koh Goldstein, CEO, BackOps
Mitchell Gold, co-founder and chair-man, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator
David Hassell, CEO, 15Five
Dave Imre, Partner and CEO, IMRE
Dev Ittycheria, President & CEO, MongoDB
Laurene Powell Jobs, President, Emerson Collective
Cecily Joseph, VP Corporate Responsibility and Chief Diversity Officer, Symantec Corporation
Joshua Kushner, Managing Partner, Thrive Capital
Max Levchin, CEO, Affirm
Dion Lim, CEO, NextLesson
Shan-lyn Ma, CEO, Zola
Bill Maris, CEO, Google Ventures
Melody McCloskey, CEO, StyleSeat
Douglas Merrill, CEO, Zestfinance
Dyke Messinger, President and CEO, Power Curbers Inc.
Michael Natenshon, CEO, Marine Layer
Alexi G. Nazem, Cofounder and CEO, Nomad Health
Laurie J. Olson, EVP, Strategy, Portfolio and Commercial Operations, Pfizer Inc.
Evan Reece, CEO, Liftopia
Stan Reiss, General Partner, Matrix Partners
John Replogle, CEO, Seventh Generation
Dan Rosensweig, CEO, Chegg
Kevin P. Ryan, Founder and Chairman, Alleycorp
Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital
Julie Samuels, President, Engine
David A. Shaywitz, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, DNAnexus
Behshad Sheldon, President and CEO, Braeburn Pharmaceuticals
David Spector, Cofounder, ThirdLove
Bret Taylor, CEO, Quip
Todd Thibodeaux, CEO, CompTIA
David Tisch, Managing Partner, BoxGroup
Kevin A. Trapani, President and CEO, The Redwood Groups
Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Co-Founders and Co-Chairmen, The Weinstein Company
Supporting HB2
Among those who have publicly stated their support of the new law:
Civitas Institute
The Charlotte Christian Chamber
North Carolina Values Coalition
Keep NC Safe Coalition
Archangel Michael Orthodox Christian Bookstore
To Your Health Bakery
Sallie Caldwell, S & S Cleaning Service, LLC
Reese Cao, XG Technologies Inc
Jennifer Champion, Total Life Changes
Sam Cowles, Main Street Investments, LLC
Mark & Lora Godwin, Mark Godwin Family Farms Inc.
David Griffin, Griffin Tile & Marble Inc.
David & Judith Hale, Lighthouse Electric of Charlotte
Dusten Harward, D Harward Marketing
Debra Hasty, Hasty Home Resources
H. Ralph Henderson, Omnichannel Productions
Tim Herlihy, Occupational Health Concepts
Rebekah Hopkins, Beethoven’s Piano Revelers Studio
Jana Huffstetler, Collision Center of Stanley County
Gregory Humphrey, Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning
Cheryl Jones, ICI Lamp Company
Sergey Kholod, Serglandscape Company
Tony Mazzone, Comfort Security
Adam and Michelle Mills, Mills Inc.
Bill Montross, Christian Business Men Connections
Jesse Newton, Green Branch Construction, Inc.
Ronald Obie, WCRG
James Potts, Overhead Door Co. of Charlotte
Justin Reeder, Superior Wash Southeast
David & Jason Benham, Benham Real Estate Group
Lila Sanacore, Prayerful Touch Massage
Doug Schmeuszer, Sunbelt Packaging LLC
Tim Steele, Thermal Services, Inc.
Gretchen, Tate, God’s Glamorous Girls
Lisa Todd, Todd Group
Keith Vance, Vance Resource llc
Maria Vari, Strategic Resource Development
Elizabeth Walker, Oexning Silversmiths, Inc.
Paul, Weaver, AWPC, Inc
Michael Wolff, KC Solutions Group
Charles O’Connor, Advanced Enclosure Consulting
Tracey Sellers, The Balanced Body Center
Richard Gavin, Riverside Millwork
Angela Smith, Lombardo Swimming Pools
Shardae White, Personal Catering llc
Carl Ford, South Rowan Broadcasting Inc.
Alva Yandle, Melatex, Inc
Carl Ford, Ford Broadcasting Inc.
David Snyder, Snyder Packaging, Inc.
Not content with getting big corporations involved in public policy, something the activist left used to oppose, Democrats in North Carolina and beyond are demanding Governor McCrory name the names of the businesses he has said supports the bill known as “HB2”:
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said Tuesday at the press conference he wants the governor to release that list of businesses supporting HB2. “Let us know what CEOs he’s heard from that think this legislation is good for their business, good for their employees, good for their customers, good for the rest of the community and the state.”
NC Values, a conservative group and proponent of HB2, released a list of mostly local small businesses this week that support bill. Some of them, the group said, didn’t want to be named due to fear of backlash. The list, which includes many Christian-based businesses, has been endlessly analyzed and dissected by various Raleigh News and Observer journos.
This was emblematic of the activist left’s reaction to NC Values’ list:
I❤ the anoymous list part! Bc why would you want to be publicly outed as a bigot? https://t.co/fAbE1h7xHv #ncpol https://t.co/4VQL2BdnD5
— Tori Taylor (@toritaylor) March 29, 2016
The News and Observer’s Colin Campbell helpfully retweeted info from a North Carolina liberal activist who was calling businesses to determine where they stood on HB2:
More questions raised about accuracy of @NCValues #HB2 supporter list; @BullCityVA is calling businesses. #ncpol https://t.co/kiygs5uXM2
— Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) March 30, 2016
.@RaleighReporter Just called Edifice: “Would James Hartsell be authorized to register you for #HB2 supporters?” “No.”
— BullCityVA (@BullCityVA) March 30, 2016
A pro “transgender rights” group is going door to door in Asheville, NC to find out if businesses are for or against the new law:
The transgender community is urging Asheville businesses to ensure the safety of people using their bathrooms after discussion over House Bill 2 has heated up.
[…]
A group from Asheville’s Tranzmission will be canvassing businesses, beginning downtown and continuing through West and South Asheville, and asking whether their bathrooms would be safe for transgender people to use.
(The Charlotte Observer and INJO)
They know who you are. They know whether you’ve been bad or good and they are coming for you…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYR3dorshwA
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