I can kind of see where he's coming from, but he's placing too much emphasis on symbols. They're not STATUS symbols; they're meant to show support, not just broadcast to everyone who you are. Saying straight people shouldn't wear rainbows is like saying no one should ever show solidarity. Basically, "No one can support me unless they ARE me!"
I, in fact, would love it if white people wore black power shirts. It would be weird, yeah, but unless he's trying to be ironic, I can at least be assured that he's trying to be supportive. Which is the whole point.
Yeah but you will never see "white power" anything. There is no "heterosexuals unite!" flag because those two points are discriminatory against others when in full reality they are conveying the same message as a pride flag.
The KKK do not own the rights to "white power".
I'm proud of my race and that's not an inherently racist statement. And by my race I just mean generally proud of northern European/ european american heritage.
Honestly I find any kind of race celebrations to be horrendously vague and stupid. National pride works far better.
Unfortunately, they don't convey the same message, specifically because certain groups have already ruined those symbols. There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are, but history happened and reality is reality.
I find it weird that you would say you're proud of your race and then immediately follow that up with "race celebrations are stupid." Which is it? If you're talking about things being vague, national pride isn't any better.
Im proud to be white is vague. I'm proud to be finnish is also too specific, I'm proud to be "western" but theres no name for it.
Western as in the philosophy of its creation and governance rather than the geological position.
Unfortunately the LGBTQ community has already ruined the pride flag by adding too many colors and negating the obvious infighting that will cause it to rip itself apart.
IIN he said straight people can't wear rainbows?
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I can kind of see where he's coming from, but he's placing too much emphasis on symbols. They're not STATUS symbols; they're meant to show support, not just broadcast to everyone who you are. Saying straight people shouldn't wear rainbows is like saying no one should ever show solidarity. Basically, "No one can support me unless they ARE me!"
I, in fact, would love it if white people wore black power shirts. It would be weird, yeah, but unless he's trying to be ironic, I can at least be assured that he's trying to be supportive. Which is the whole point.
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Yeah but you will never see "white power" anything. There is no "heterosexuals unite!" flag because those two points are discriminatory against others when in full reality they are conveying the same message as a pride flag.
The KKK do not own the rights to "white power".
I'm proud of my race and that's not an inherently racist statement. And by my race I just mean generally proud of northern European/ european american heritage.
Honestly I find any kind of race celebrations to be horrendously vague and stupid. National pride works far better.
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Unfortunately, they don't convey the same message, specifically because certain groups have already ruined those symbols. There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are, but history happened and reality is reality.
I find it weird that you would say you're proud of your race and then immediately follow that up with "race celebrations are stupid." Which is it? If you're talking about things being vague, national pride isn't any better.
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Im proud to be white is vague. I'm proud to be finnish is also too specific, I'm proud to be "western" but theres no name for it.
Western as in the philosophy of its creation and governance rather than the geological position.
Unfortunately the LGBTQ community has already ruined the pride flag by adding too many colors and negating the obvious infighting that will cause it to rip itself apart.
I wanna get a shirt that says "Poodle Power"!
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And some Yorkshire terrier owner will get mad.
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Only the Border Collie outranks the Poodle in intelligence.