My friend’s brother told his family that he had this big announcement for them when they all got home and he gathered them up in the living room and they all thought he was coming out and his mother was already crying and her and my friend who were out together before that already had a speech prepared for him about how much they love him and how nothing has changed but turns out that his big reveal was telling his family that he is coming out as a furry to them and apparently the mom has been laughing hysterically and staring at a blank space in the wall for the past half an hour while the dad is googling everything about furries and sighing every few minutes and my friend is sending updates to our gc while the brother is just kind of awkwardly still standing there waiting for some other reaction I’m
please… tell me this was actually a dream and not an untagged irl thing
(I’m not posting this less to correct the timeline portrayed in Bohemian Rhapsody, which I mostly really enjoyed, than simply to share a beautiful story that shines light on who Freddie actually was, up to the very end.)
This is Shelby Shoup. She is a Jewish woman who is facingbattery charges for throwing drops ofchocolate milk, and is being doxxed and having her and her family’s personal information exposed. Her venmo is shelby-shoup, if you can donate and help her, please do.
[image 1: “Shelby Shoup, a Jewish woman at FSU, was arrested for throwing chocolate milk at members of the GOP-Nazi Party days after our people were slaughtered while praying. Now she’s the target of a massive antisemitic harassment campaign.
image 2: Everybody asking about the legitimacy of Shelby’s Venmo: yes it’s real, no it’s not fake. Please donate to help her cover legal fees, counseling, etc. shelby-shoup]
People are acting like she deserves this, like it’s a despicable act, but she literally threw drops of chocolate milk at them, and she’s facing battery charges. Some people say she should be charged with assault. She’s being targeted heavily by antisemitic attacks, which surpises no one. I haven’t seen anyone talk about her yet, and I really hope she is able to get through this because she does not deserve these charges or these attacks.
UPDATE:
[image 1: “Grand Wizard of the KKK David Duke has now gotten ahold of Shelby’s case & it’s on his timeline. He was involved in the Unite the Right rally at which Heather Heyer was killed. Shelby is now afraid for her parents safety. @floridastate plz comment. REPORT & SPREAD THIS WIDELY.
image 2: From David Duke’s Twitter, “This behavior warrants expulsion.” On a tweet about Shelby.]
David Duke knows about Shelby. The Grand Wizard of the KKK knows about this vulnerable Jewish woman. Please donate and help her if you can, she is fearing for her family’s safety and it’s very, very common for jewish people to be attacked and have people look the other way.
[image: @ReemOlive on twitter: “I’m raising money for SUPPORT AND PROTECT SHELBY SHOUP. GO FUND ME FOR SHELBY IS UP. DONATE HERE.” with a link to the gofundme.]
After they reach their goal, any extra donations will go to help with Hurricane Michael.
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