I don't need anyone that watched a video of Palestinians getting burned alive tell me that they're concerned about my rights. If a person's concern for human rights stops at the US border they don't care about anyones rights.
The same people screaming about protecting LGBTQ+ rights are the same ones that are saying we need to ignore what's going on in Gaza and around the world at the hands of the US so they can protect their own privilege. a person either is concerned about all human rights or they're concerned about none. And as an open and out queer, you do not get to dictate what insults me, or speak on my behalf and most likely on a group of people that you are not amongst.
No they aren’t the same people. That’s actual insanity. No one saying “protect lgbt+” is saying “la la la nothing is happening in Gaza”
Oh boy. I know your type. The “don’t you tell me not to be a bad person!”
You’re the type to say “All lives matter” at a BLM protest, missing the point entirely.
I’m gay. I find your attempts to take the focus away from my problems—in this thread—to be insulting. The world has lots of problems. We don’t have to focus on one at a time. We can multitask.
We are talking about lgbt. That is the topic. Stop insulting lgbt by trying to switch the topic to Gaza. I’m not overlooking Gaza. I’m capable of having two focused ideas. You are not.
Palestinians are the ones under threat of life. OP post is concerned about LGBTQ rights, we are not under threat of life. Right now democrats are like the republicans in the beginning of the BLM movement. 'What about us' when they are not the ones getting killed.
I'd argue the other way around. Saying "all lives matter" is technically agreeable at the surface level, but is more often than not said maliciously to detract from greater issues at play (police brutality).
In a similar sense, the US support for the genocide in Gaza is disgusting and needs to be stopped, but trying to throw the election to a fascist dictator shows that you're either ignorant or malicious about the greater context (the threat a Trump presidency poses to minorities, immigrants, and women). Not to mention Trump won't be kinder to the issue.
So in short, are you trying to throw the election out of ignorance, or out of malice?