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Hey Bigots! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

The colors are the trans support flag. Trans people make up about 1% of the population.

Whom is the message directed at? People who would get those frames of reference?

Telling gender activists who would get those frames of reference that they are focusing on the wrong 1% would be odd. Telling the people focusing on the wrong 1% using frames of reference they would likely miss is odder still.

For lack of a better word, the message is a bit subculture-centric by assuming everyone shares a particular frame of reference. Of course, you understand, but that's preaching to the choir.

Unless you immediately get the frames of reference, it is hard to understand. That you think it isn't indicates a self-centered myopia.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    That was a very long way of saying, "I don't know pride flags"

    Most bigots know which flags they hate. This is a moot argument.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    That's a very short way of missing the point.

    You think bigots or anyone else would bother recalling/recognizing flags of low relevance in their experience? It looks like faded red, white, and blue.

    I'm sorry, bruh: you're just confirming everything I wrote about self-centered myopia.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Put a pride flag outside your house and count how many bigots start asking you about it. Go to any conservative event with a pride flag of any kind and they'll all know what it is.

    It's okay to admit you didn't know something.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Maybe some will if it's clearly a flag. This isn't a flag, though: it's a shirt with a vague color scheme.

    Recognizing a flag there takes a step & a frame of reference. Again, you're just telling me it's clear from your perspective, which doesn't mean much.

    For something to hit hard, it first needs to hit the audience it's directed at, which isn't you. If only likeminded thinkers it's not directed at think it hits, then it isn't hitting shit.

    But sure: go ahead and discount an outside perspective telling you they're not getting this. Pretend it doesn't matter because likeminded thinkers in your echo chamber do get it, so of course everyone else should get it, too. That's totally valid reasoning & not exactly the way a fundamentalist thinks.

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