After an anonymous homophobe tore up his Pride decor, one man decided to prove that you can’t stop a rainbow from forming.
Albuquerque resident Addison Foskey found the human rights sign and two Pride flags he’d planted in his yard vandalized earlier this month. Rather than despair or anger, he opted for the perfect response: rainbow revenge.
@addison.foskey Gonna be able to see our house from SPACE!!! 🌈 #pride #lgbtq #lgbtqplus #rainbows #humanrights #prideflag #AmazonVirtualTryOn #CatchChobaniOatmilk #sweetrevenge #clonedsim #addisonfoskey #getready ♬ original sound – ClonedSIM
First, Foskey got local news on the scene almost immediately in hopes that his vandal would hear his message.
“I have ordered 100 more flags, and the yard will be awash in color,” Foskey told KOB 4. “We will — if that one person was so upset by that one flag — see their head explode when all the flags are up.”
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Between the news segment and the wildfire spread of his story on TikTok, many were outraged and ready to support Foskey in his plan. Folks from across the country sent in hundreds of additional Pride flags and stickers to add to his increasingly huge collection.
@addison.foskey Yup…. 🏳️🌈 #pride #pride2022🏳️🌈 #ally #lgbtqplus #prideflag #nobigotsallowed #lgbtqally #clonedsim #addisonfoskey #sonofabitch #paintitrainbow #🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 ♬ Hair Of The Dog (Album Version) – Britny Fox
After spending days gathering flags, mapping out the yard, and installing new flagpoles, Foskey set up one of the most flagrantly fruity displays his town has ever seen.
@addison.foskey Thank you soooo much to everyone who participated, and a special thanks to all my wonderful donors and hard-working moderators! You guys rock!!! ❤️. #thankyou #loveislove ♬ original sound – ClonedSIM
He even wrote the names of his supporters on some of the flags, driving home the message of the queer community as a supportive and unified front.
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Foskey reportedly plans to keep the display up til the end of the week, before taking the flags to somewhere they can flourish even more: the Pride Parade in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
May every homophobe take note that tearing down one Pride flag only makes a hundred more sprout in its place.
Sqwoah
What a jerk. It’s not cool to turn your house in a garish eyesore. I guess this guy doesn’t care about his neighbors at all.
Grrrowler
Today on “Completely Missing the Point” . . .
cc423
I can’t wait till your middle school is back in session for the Fall.
ZzBomb
I’m sure the same is said about your trailer.
joeyt1969
If you want to see garish, look in the mirror.
martyvl
Sweetie.
Your commitment towards ignorance is truly remarkable.
I’m 100% certain the middle finger was invented just for you.
jt1990
@Sqwoah I agree that 100 of any flag is a bit excessive for decoration. Maybe this guy should quit shredding his own flags for attention and stick with just one.
PS Never heard the word ‘garish’ before. Thanks for the new vocab, I guess
mailliw110
Christmas must be a really hard time of the year for you. Also, do you and your roommate, JT, only have internet a few days out of the month?
Cam
@Sqwoah
What a shock, the same old right wing troll defending attacks on Transpeople and Chapelle attacking out of the closet singers attacks the victim of bigotry.
I see you’re still at your same boring old game.
Your trolling is sad and weak.
Raphael
So much for the “land of the free”, huh…. Who cares about the neighbors!? It’s not a permanent thing, also, it’s his property! As long as they don’t invade mine, I don’t give a sh*t about what my neighbors do on their property. And if some “Sqwoah” kind guy tries to give me headache about what they “see” on my frontyard, I would be like, “Just build a fence”.
monty clift
@Sqwoah, shut your whore mouth.
sirald66
HOA Nazi much?
Sqwoah
I’m sure it made a heart warming underdog-fights-back tik tok, but some things are more important than what will be popular on social media. This guy has neighbors and putting a pile of rainbow colored garbage (yes I know these things symbolize pride, but at then end of the day paper flags are ribbons are just garbage) all over his front yard is a selfish thing to do. His neighbors don’t care about how many likes he got, all they know is that their neighborhood has been defaced.
joeyt1969
You must be the garish “man” who vandalized his property.
mailliw110
Private property must be really hard for you to understand.
Cam
The desperate troll account has posted MULTIPLE times on this story to try to attack the victim and deflect from bigots committing criminal vandalization.
Mr. Stadnick
You must be a very unhappy person so desperate for any form of attention you will say obviously salacious and idiotic things. Have you always felt this need to be noticed?
Brian
The person who got angry about a 6-inch tall flag is probably also someone who uses the word “snowflake” a lot.
monty clift
right
missvamp
sqwoah- why are you here? if you’re this much of a hater- go troll elsewhere. no one wants you here.
joeyt1969
He has nothing better to do in his mom’s basement
mailliw110
Apparently, sqwoah and JT can only get on the internet a few times a month.
Man About Town
What worries me is, in the last clip, it looks and sounds like a gigantic storm is about to ruin all that hard work! Hopefully I’m mistaken.