title:  #WeAreNotThis: Twitter DESTROYS NC Gov. And GOP Over Sweeping Anti-LGBT Legislation (TWEETS)
text: North Carolina, long seen as the one state in the southeast with a bit of progressive common sense, is now nothing more than a complete embarrassment. They have passed a law in response to Charlotte s city ordinance protecting LGBT people that completely forbids cities, towns, and counties within the the state from putting any protections whatsoever in place for LGBT people. Of course, the internet exploded when Gov. Pat McCrory signed the hateful bill into law, giving rise to the hashtag #WeAreNotThis.Of course, most of the fear mongering came due to the so-called  bathroom bill  part of the protection ordinance, which would allow transgender people to used the public facilities that match their gender identity. The bigots insisted that men would be using the bathroom to spy on women and all kinds of other nonsense. A brave transgender man on twitter quickly shot down the absurdity of people who object to trans people in restrooms, though:@PatMcCroryNC It's now the law for me to share a restroom with your wife. #HB2 #trans #NorthCarolina #shameonNC pic.twitter.com/4b4OdmfmeN  JP Sheffield (@JayShef) March 24, 2016Others blasted Gov. Pat McCrory and his fellow bigots in the legislature:You can sugar coat it all you want to but you just signed a hate bill. You should be ashamed. #WeAreNotThis https://t.co/wiYGlDfxeu  Tristina Wright (@TristinaWright) March 24, 2016Local control? Nope. Transparency? Nope. Freedom? Nope. @NCGOP power grab today is just plain bullying. #WeAreNotThis  Andrew Perrin (@AndrewJPerrin) March 23, 2016We should have seen a bathroom bill coming since the @NCGOP has been flushing our good state down the toilet. #WeAreNotThis  ilina ewen (@ilinaP) March 23, 2016#WeAreNotThis Shorter  >#p2 pic.twitter.com/iIkYu7Bs6k  Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) March 23, 2016NC, on a rightwing tear, is eliminating non-discrimination ordinances. In 2016. I am a Tar Heel & #WeAreNOTThis. pic.twitter.com/1aZwEG3s7B  The Messinger of Joy (@joydelivery) March 23, 2016@PatMcCroryNC is by far and away the WORST leader North Carolina has ever had and I cannot wait to vote him out of office #WeAreNotThis  Emily Klapthor (@klapthor) March 23, 2016My God! Repealing 50 years non discriminatory efforts in one swoop, and people STILL want to vote Republican? Are you high?#WeAreNotThis  Nicole (@LithChronicles) March 23, 2016.@PatMcCroryNC tells me & all LGBTQ+ Tar Heels he does not care to be our Governor. Come Nov, VOTE to ensure he won't be #WeAreNotThis #HB2  Alex Hayden DiLalla (@AlexDiLalla) March 24, 2016I'm so ashamed that the state I am literally within a few hundred feet of just legalized discrimination. So shameful. #WeAreNotThis #HB2  Kenan (@kenan917) March 24, 2016In NC I need 1000% more protection from a gun in a bathroom than a transgender person. #WeAreNotThis #HB2  Rose (@RoseRunsOn) March 24, 2016There were even protests outside the governor s mansion itself:Arrests being made outside NC Gov Mansion #WeAreNotThis pic.twitter.com/RVuBsruw6y  kate medley (@katemedley) March 25, 2016And, of course, this crazy law is already having an effect on business in the state. The NBA released a statement saying that Charlotte s ability to host the All-Star game is definitely in jeopardy now:NBA Statement Regarding Legislation Recently Signed Into Law In North Carolina pic.twitter.com/xwoOo9MyeR  NBA (@NBA) March 24, 2016Dow Chemical has also come out against HB2:Dow is the first Fortune 500 company to oppose NC's pro-discrimination bill. There will be more. #WeAreNotThis pic.twitter.com/xH6ygkAvjC  Sen. Jeff Jackson (@JeffJacksonNC) March 23, 2016Even Google came out against the bill:We believe in equal rights and equal treatment for all. This North Carolina law is misguided & wrong. #WeAreNotThis pic.twitter.com/3yCayn7Tum  Google (@google) March 24, 2016North Carolina GOP and Gov. Pat McCrory, this law is terrible. Didn t you learn anything from what Indiana Gov. Mike Pence went through last summer with his equally bigoted Religious Freedom Restoration Act? You re reaping what you sow here. We will continue to fight back against your bigotry. As someone who lives 25 minutes from Charlotte, North Carolina, in the equally bigoted state of South Carolina, let me tell you   we will not stand for this. You re on the wrong side of history. Your bigotry will not be tolerated.Featured image via screen capture from Equality NC Twitter