Conservative politician attacks rainbow crosswalks for the dumbest reason ever

Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, has come out against a rainbow crosswalk that was unveiled in west London earlier this month. The Baroness, an unelected conservative member of the U.K.’s House of Lords, falsely claimed that the colorful stripes will trigger epilepsy.

As PinkNews reports, the rainbow crosswalk featuring the colors of the Progress Pride flag was unveiled in early February in London’s Chiswick district to honor both the country’s LGBT+ History Month and Football vs Homophobia Month of Action.

On February 2, local councilor John Stroud-Turp, a member of the center-left Labour Party, posted a photo of the crosswalk thanking the Hounslow Council and the Gunnersbury Ward Councilors for helping make it happen. Two days later, Baroness Nicholson quote tweeted Stroud-Turp’s post.

“Dear Councillor,” she wrote, “I live in Westminster but regularly visit Chiswick. This crossing will inevitably cause…

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