It's barely June, and the Mayor of London is causing ANOTHER pride flag discourse on the app that is Twitter (www.thepinknews.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by NoOnesLazyInLazyTown@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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Queer people are getting their rights violated and removed in real time, and now we have ppl from all across the political spectrum arguing over a flag I have never seen before.

At this point, I'm convinced that the flag is an intentional psyop designed to sow division in the community over colours on a rectangle to distract from actual issues.

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[-] midnight@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago

I think a more direct comparison would be flying the US flag with a state flag covering half of it.

Personal identity flags are perfectly fine, alongside the rainbow pride flag or just on their own. Just don't cover over the "everyone" flag with specific identities. That's like the opposite of the flag's meaning.

[-] iso@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 7 months ago

The union jack shows a prime example of the opposite

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

You mean the flag that excludes 1/4 of the membership of the union? Combining specific symbols to try and make groups feel included only ever ends up making another group feel excluded. No one is arguing against symbols for trans people, or intersex, or POC people, just that the standard Rainbow flag was intended to represent them all.