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NostraDavid@programming.dev ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Pride is a political movement - or did they not fight for the rights of LGBT people? Flags are inherently political. Flying a flag signals allegiance and identity, which are political at their core.

This makes pride month political.

Being Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Transgender isn’t political in and of itself, but movements are.

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CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Everything is political if you really get down to it.

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- tonytins@pawb.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  While that is true, “political” has been co-opted to dismiss legit issues so those in, ya’ know, politics can ignore the people. It’s really frustrating.
  
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yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
When being from the lgbtq community means that you are persecuted, punished and your life is threatened, doesn’t it mean it is political? why do you say it is not political? Or is that about fighting for survival? Is fighting for survival political? Does it even matter? You don’t specify it in your comment, are you supporting the other comments that because it is political companies should stay away from it?

When laws and states and governments try to push too far to limit things such as gender identities the lives of many become political as they are threatened by the laws, states, and governments. And yet, the rights and survival of people in peace is not truly political. That’s just the excuse used to try and censor the discussion of such topics.

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