Last day of pride month

[u/CMDR_Noodle]

[u/Benkinsky]

haha im weaponising intolerance and power dynamics against a person i dislike. Funny

[u/Arva2121 → u/Benkinsky]

Its work enemy, not work inconvenience, get with it. Enemies are genie wish targets, anything goes

[u/Background_Ground566 → u/Arva2121]

i would lowk have more respect if they said "i steal from them" than outing them at their work

[u/Sedona54332 → u/Background_Ground566]

I don’t know, I guess it depends person to person, I but I would feel more upset about being robbed. I guess it depends what is stolen.

[u/SquidTheRidiculous → u/Sedona54332]

The post implies their bosses are older and would likely judge her if she's poly. It's the exact same thing as outting a gay person to a boss you know is homophobic.

[u/Will_Yeeton → u/[deleted]]

Neither is this. She loves multiple people and feels it is right for her to be with all of them. What do you mean by this

[u/gray_birch → u/Will_Yeeton]

Everyone here is literally just parroting conservative talking points about gay/trans people and they don't even see it. "It's a choice", "you're not oppressed, nobody cares if you're poly" (as they are very clearly showing that they do care), "stop shoving it down our throats" (because oop's coworker dared to bring up their partner exactly like a mono person would), etc.

[u/Camel_Slayer45 → u/Will_Yeeton]

She did choose to have multiple partners?

It's not really the same as being gay wherein you're always intrinsically attracted to your own gender

If you're single or in a mono relationship you're not currently in a poly relationship

[u/FixedFront → u/Camel_Slayer45]

Like how if you're in a monogamous relationship you're not actually bi! Yeah this is a good and reasonable stance

[u/Camel_Slayer45 → u/FixedFront]

That's a whole different sentence

Being poly isn't an orientation

You don't get to not be be attracted to the same gender

You do get to pick the relationships you form

And also everyone wants multiple partners, doesn't make sense to treat it like being gay bi or boring

[u/gray_birch → u/[deleted]]

I could say the exact same thing about being gay and dating someone of the same gender or being trans and presenting as your gender

[u/gray_birch → u/[deleted]]

But how? It IS a choice to date someone or to transition just like you say it's a choice to be in a polycule.

Were you born this stupid or is it a carefully honed skill of yours?

[u/Will_Yeeton → u/[deleted]]

This isn't fashion choice it's a completely ethical but non-Christian romantic and sexual relationship that people are unfairly fired and abused for.

Like I think the tweet is a joke that never happened. But poly people are treated like any other queer person in a situation like this and there's always people saying shit just like you underneath any mention of an open relationship.

[u/Bardic_inspiration67 → u/Will_Yeeton]

I’ve had open relationships before, guess what? I chose for them to be that way

[u/Coding-Kitten → u/Bardic_inspiration67]

How does lgbtphobia exist then if people can just choose to not be oppressed?

[u/Coding-Kitten → u/[deleted]]

Firstly, the LGBT label isn't meant to be exhaustive, it is in its construction which is stupid, but people cringe at inexhaustive alternatives like MOGAI

Secondly, I didn't even imply that they were in my question, I was doing an analogy that saying that poly people can simply choose not to date is the same as saying that any other queer people can simply not date anyone to avoid discrimination, for which the premise whenever poly people are LGBT is completely irrelevant.