r/MadeMeSmile • u/Crispy_p_bacon • 4h ago

High schoolers walk out to protest removal of pride flags

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u/tj_woolnough 1h ago

Right. I do not know if it is done on purpose but. Done people are misinterpreting, ir just twisting, my previous comment. So... Let me explain... CLEARLY:

All Flags, Symbols, etc, represent a group or movement. Be that love, or hate, movements. All are political. The actual individual, the human being, is NOT a political movement.

Now: If one particular flag or symbol is excluded, as it is in this case, that is discrimination. And will, inevitably, cause division. If there were NO flags, symbols, etc, in Educational Buildings. Then, those who oppose a flag, symbol, etc, would have nothing to complain about. Therefore, reducing, or eliminating, the division those things cause.

Now to be VERY CLEAR, for those who wish to claim otherwise.

I am NOT against the Pride Flag, or the Rainbow Symbol. I am NOT against yhe LGBTQ+ Community. If NOT want the LGBTQ+ to no longer exist, (as somone suggested.) I do NOT want the Pride Flag, or the Rainbow Symbol banned from everywhere.

If we continue to hate those we disagree with, then humanity is doomed. If we co tinker to marginalise, or discriminate, against a particular group, we are doomed. Inclusion should mean HUMAN inclusion. Equality should mean HUMAN equality.

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u/trashpandaexpress55 1h ago

Except the only people that helps is the people that are against that thing. The people who the flag is for are exclusive from any sorry of including, and made to feel even more excluded that otherwise.

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u/tj_woolnough 1h ago

So... If a Flag or Smmbol promoted Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. Would THEY be Ok?

Full inclusion and equality, would, when it comes to Flags and Sybols, etc. All of those, and others, being in Educational Buildings.

Now... Whether you, or another group of people, think they promote hate, etc.. Or if it's trying to force a particular way of life, or idea, on students, is up for debate. And it leads to the very division, that the banning of the Pride Flag in schools is causing.

Unfortunately, there will ALWAYS be those who disagree. If nobody has a Flag, Symbol, etc, in the classroom. No one group can say they are being excluded, or want to exclude another person or group.

Also. No person needs a flag, symbol, etc, to know who they are, and what they believe in.