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It is altruism I promise it's not because you're a walking wallet haha yes (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I can see a small silver lining here.

  • Queer folx (at least on the Fediverse) are too smart to fall for it.
  • Conservatives are dumb enough to get upset.

Public, profit-motivated veneers of support are at least not public displays of homophobia.

A society where 100% of its e.g. banking sector pretends to care about pride month should normalize gay lifestyles more than a society where that sector is openly hostile to them. If someone raises a kid who sees pride flags on every building, even if their parents suck those shallow displays may subconsciously still have a positive effect at the end of the day.

I’d rather have genuine support but the fake crap is at least better than hate?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Public, profit-motivated veneers of support are at least not public displays of homophobia.

Have you seen Target's pride month collection this year? I'd say that it counts as a public display of homophobia, it's so bad. (Also they aren't crediting their few artists this year.)

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