soldiers fought for the people who couldn't, in order to save their entire country, not just the people within their specified love, race, loveuality etc.
the threat was 100% lethal and it basically guaranteed that they had to give it their all or they would die
but yeah let's compare that to a group fighting for exclusively their group (because who else would benefit from same-love marriage) who has a small chance of being killed by super-bigots and the mentally-ill
yet soldiers are the ones who are able to choose to fight - lgbt people
had/have to fight for equality, they had no other way of attaining it.
Millions in a war against people who wanted to take over the world? If anyone thinks what gays went through is comparable to what the soldiers went through they're loving handicapped. These guys went months at a time wondering if they would be next as they watched someone they've become friends with get their head blown to bits.
and lgbt people watched as HIV/AIDS killed their friends and families under the reagan administration. both are horrific
i just dont see a point in splitting hairs about which is worse or why one being worse makes this disrespectful. this image isn't comparing the
suffering of soldiers and LGBT - its comparing their victories (its main statement is that LGBT people have won in their battle for rights)
perhaps if some parallel between soldiers suffering in trenches and lgbt people was being made i'd see the point yall are making. but the original image is triumphant not painful
