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Originally Posted by Domino_ Right off the bat, it’s a massive red flag that you seem to think adding some pretty coloured lines to a logo in the top corner of the forum is in any way propaganda, let alone it being shoved down your throat.

You're demeaning the entire LGBTQIA+ community by stating that their logo is just mere "pretty colored lines". This is pretty much the definition of propaganda if you think one community should be given attention over the other.

Originally Posted by Domino_ Good, but that has nothing to do with the issue at hand, visibility is an important part of civil rights movements, the fact you go on to take issue with this somewhat contradicts your claim here.

Visibility can be brought in ways that do not divide or exclude other communities from it. A simple way to do so is by giving everyone respect for who they are. If you find yourself being treated unfairly, there are laws and rules that protect you. Corporate logos fail to achieve that because they cause more divisiveness amongst the general audience than you can imagine, therefore driving more hate. You always have donations and charities to support the communities you think deserve it. However, that doesn't impose me to do the same thing.

Originally Posted by Domino_ Being “Gay/etc” is not something you choose to be, and to suggest otherwise clearly highlights the importance of bringing increased visibility to the movement.

Not true. It's a sexual preference, and people can choose to be what they so please. I can be gay if I wanted to without being questioned by anyone. But yes, transgender people are different.

Originally Posted by Domino_ This makes absolutely no sense, you seem to be suggesting that due to some unspecified biases, the AM staff are reluctant to accept the disingenuousness of their pandering to corporations and advertisers.

What's so unspecified about it? They clearly stated they have a few people in their staff that belong to the community.

Originally Posted by Domino_ Well, you answered your own question, it explains why the logo has changed.

No, it didn't. Read my posts again for better clarity.

Originally Posted by Domino_ And you are clearly in the former but not the latter. It’s pretty clear that you’re rather bothered by it, so what do the people who aren’t have to do with it?

Stated this in my reply to Psykotik. People don't want to risk their lives.

Originally Posted by Domino_ This is a completely disjointed point which has nothing to do with the conversation at hand.

What's so different about being biased about one thing and not another?

Originally Posted by Domino_ Your choice of language here is, again, a massive red flag. Your entire post just screams of discomfort with the people in this community and that you’d rather have them out of sight and out of mind. You start a sentence claiming you don’t like divisions based on sexuality or gender, but end it with language used to distinguish biological sex.

Heterosexual people (Biologically Male/Female) do not belong to the LGBTQIA+ community. I never used any words to cause discomfort to anyone, it's a rational argument. You're being discomforted because you're biased towards it, not others.

Originally Posted by Domino_ You’re either very naive or just being disingenuous. Civil rights are always fought for, telling minorities to be quiet and grateful is frankly rather discomforting to read.

You're fighting the wrong fight. Equality cannot be forced upon people, as it makes people more rebellious. No one is asking any minorities to be quiet, you're just putting words in my mouth. However taking a political stance for other people on this community (Muslims, for example) isn't the correct way to go about this.

Originally Posted by Domino_ Acceptance of all forms almost always comes from interpersonal exposure to our differences.

Equality comes from treating people the right way irrespective of anything that divides us. Differences make people more divided amongst the human race. Accepting them is reaching equality.

Originally Posted by Domino_ How would you know?

Check the public discourse, both for and against to be unbiased about the situation.

Originally Posted by Domino_ Your final on topic remarks here really drive home how little you understand the issues faced. Many people, for a multitude of reasons, are not treated equally. You really ought to reflect why people are fighting for their civil rights and why complaining and pushing back against it is pretty distasteful.

You're being quite distasteful for what seems like a logical argument. You also invalidate those who have similar opinions as mine, and cannot debate about them in a rational but rather think more emotionally about this. I care about the community, but I know that there are many wrongs that need to be corrected to make people more equal and less divisive.

Originally Posted by HamletEagle To play devil's advocate: this is an off-topic sub-forum for threads that do not fit in other sub-forums. However, you still have to be on-topic inside a thread here, just like everywhere else in this forum. I'm not discussing his points or if you were indeed off-topic or not, just explaining what he meant(in my opinion).

Yeah, that's what I meant to suggest, thanks Hamlet!