• Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Overtly stating anything about your identity is one of the dumbest and most boring things.

    I don’t care how you identify. It doesn’t tell me anything about you, and it doesn’t tell me anything about the thing. And generally, it’s considered rude to talk about a person’s identity.

    You’d be better off telling me something you’re interested in.

    John Doe (likes trains)

    There are two kinds of people… No wait, three kinds of people that care.

    1. people who are emotionally fragile, mentally ill, or otherwise can’t handle literally any friction of any kind in any of their interactions.

    2. people who are excessively polite, virtue signaling, it SJWs. These people don’t care for themselves but they care SO MUCH because they think it makes to OTHER people.

    3. people who are afraid of complaints or legal action (business, public figures, etc)

    I can count on one hand the number of times identity has mattered in a human interaction I’ve had.

    The amount of energy we waste of identity is fucking absurd considering the literal zero value or brings to the world.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You don’t care. LGBT people are not necessarily prideful because of you. They’re prideful because of the half of America that wants them oppressed, imprisoned or dead because of who they are.

      If that’s not you, they’re not talking about you, but they are still facing a lot of homophobic people. Until that ends, pride is the correct reaction to those people.