Someone Uses Military As An Argument To Insult LGBTQ, Gets Shut Down With 16 Responses

I do understand pride month. I don't understand people trying to undermine it.

Yet, the point still remains, all lives matter. Saying only black lives matter is still racism, even though everyone refuses to accept it. A human is still a freaking HUMAN, and we should all be treated as equals! And downvote this as much as you want, but the fact that you did proves to me that you read it, and understand my point, even if you refuse to accept that.

Cp, I think you've misunderstood Jarno. I took his comment to be directed at the meme maker - don't try to claim having pride in one group somehow takes away from another. You can appreciate them all. And why just for a month?

Nobody said just black lives matter. *You* read into that. That's the point. And that illustrates *your* ingrained racist cultural biased. Every friggin day for centuries has been White Lives Matter. Every friggin day is straight pride, cis pride. When the lives of certain groups of people are treated with enmity, when certain groups of people are told they should be ashamed of who they are, those groups are not claiming superiority over any other group when they reclaim their own value and pride. And when a member of the dominant group again tries to shut them down and shame them by scolding "all lives matter" "everyone should be proud" "that's reverse bigotry," that person is engaging in a further act of oppression veiled in martyrdom. But we see through you. We see through your bigotry. Even if you cannot yet face that ugly part of yourself. We will be ready to move forward as friends when you shed that. But in the meantime, we will no longer be shamed into silence.

WillemPenn, I feel like you're not getting what I was trying to say, and I realize that I tried to communicate it in a very poor way. I understand that you feel strongly about what you're saying. I feel that if we say all lives matter, and just basically drop the terms separating us and just say "human" like WE'RE ALL HUMAN then it'd be better. If we could just stop trying to find ways that we're different, then it'd be better. I understand that people have been told that it's wrong to be black, gay, transgender, or anything besides "cis straight white" but I disagree with that. If we just accept that humans are humans, then there wouldn't really be any need for that to happen. I understand wanting to celebrate what you believe in. I understand that when I talked about saying "black lives matter" is racism, that I was being super freaking hypocritical and really racist, and I apologise for that. But I feel like things would be better if we just said "human".

I do understand feeling a sense of pride in who you are, especially if what you stand for has been opposed by many, many, many people. All I'm trying to say is humans are humans. I understand I've said that very poorly and insulted anyone. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to communicate it that way.

You know what he means. He's not suggesting you appreciate rapists and pedophiles.

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE currently alive has done something to help SOMEONE, meaning they're worth appreciation. Maybe not every single belief, but everyone.

What, do you think some people are better just because they're LGBTQ+? If everyone was celebrated as human, there wouldn't be as many homophobic people, because they'd realize the LGBTQ+ supporters ARE HUMAN TOO.