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[Social Media] Twitter uproar over "symbolic" LGBT photo
Headcrab Zombie:
The struggles of the LGBT community, especially in the US, definitely pale in comparison to those of soldiers.
However, reducing it down to "today someone called me a mean word :(" is just plain dishonest.
Both sides of this argument are stupid. It's just a photo, stop getting so wound up over a photo.
SeventhSandwich:
This is a dumb argument and both sides are wrong for their own reasons. Being gay and being a soldier are two struggles that are incomparable because one of them is being a soldier and one of them is being gay. Trying to argue over which one has the 'worse' experience is basically the textbook definition of a pissing contest.
That being said, the image here isn't positing that soldiers and gays struggle on equal levels. It's a visual metaphor for the fight for equal rights - one that isn't literal and shouldn't be taken as such. When you tell your friend to 'soldier on' while studying for a test, you're not making some broad statement that preparing for an algebra exam is worse than active duty; you're just drawing a thematic similarity between the two. If this image really bothers you, consider chilling the forget out.
gr8dayseth:
boy people will complain about anything won't they
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: gr8dayseth on July 03, 2017, 06:14:41 PM ---boy people will complain about anything won't they
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Dreams_Of_Cheese:
--- Quote from: e-maxx on July 03, 2017, 05:43:03 PM ---^i also agree with those above 3 posts
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