One Small Victory

**AetheLove** · 02-22-11, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I'm surprised that those weren't there already. Has facebook generally had a right-wing tilt before?

lol everything has to be politically motivated in here.

Homosexuality became a political issue when a bunch of people who were completely unaffected by it made it a political issue.

Maybe that's true, but I can't figure out what that has to do with anything in this thread.

I suppose it could be true that Facebook has been a subtle stalking horse for an insidious right-wing agenda from the very beginning. It seems much more likely to me that they're so busy mining data and building commerce-hooks into the site that they're barely able to keep up with the constant process of revising and incrementally improving all the half-assery and ad-hoc-ery that has plagued them from the very beginning. Also, they've had venture capital for a while - which means that if three years ago an engineer went to add Civil Union and Domestic Partnership to the drop-down then they were most likely prevented from changing anything until The Money had made a determination that the timing was good, the wording was correct, and that only the appropriate boats would be rocked.

There is plenty of actual, real, homophobia in the world. Some of it is insidious. If you are in charge of any actual, real, resources that can be used to fight bigotry, then please spend them wisely.

... unless you were joking, in which case; "Ha! Good one."

Cheers,

AetheLove

**dex71** · 02-22-11, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Are you saying that there aren't any anti-gay bumper stickers out there?

Oh boy......Is this even worth responding?

OK.....I'll bite. I've never seen one. But I have seen plenty of rainbows, and parades, and protests, and marches. And again....good on 'em.

**CivilWars** · 02-22-11, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

Are you saying that there aren't any anti-gay bumper stickers out there?

No, because that would be a hate crime, which is bad.

**deathgodusmc** · 02-22-11, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I didn't suggest that that's what they were thinking.

Sure you did when you said this...

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I'm surprised that those weren't there already. Has facebook generally had a right-wing tilt before?

You took something that had nothing to do with politics what so ever and tried to make it one. Not everything people do is based on party politics and its pretty weak to try and make it about politics every time.

**deathgodusmc** · 02-22-11, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by dex71

Oh boy......Is this even worth responding?

OK.....I'll bite. I've never seen one. But I have seen plenty of rainbows, and parades, and protests, and marches. And again....good on 'em.

Sure they are out there but how many people actually have one and more importantly did they exsist prior to the gay movement?

**deathgodusmc** · 02-22-11, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by CivilWars

No, because that would be a hate crime, which is bad.

Aren't you the racist from the other thread?

**CivilWars** · 02-22-11, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Aren't you the racist from the other thread?

Haven't you learned by now that I apparently hate everyone, especially people who use Facebook.

**DJ Ms. White** · 02-22-11, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by dex71

Oh boy......Is this even worth responding?

OK.....I'll bite. I've never seen one. But I have seen plenty of rainbows, and parades, and protests, and marches. And again....good on 'em.

I've seen a few, but that's in Dallas so the % of people with them is like .001%. On a side note, I still see the occasional Kerry bumper sticker. Can't stand bumper stickers myself; they ruin the look of cars.

**dex71** · 02-22-11, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Can't stand bumper stickers myself; they ruin the look of cars.

Me too. Whenever I buy a vehicle, either the dealer sticker comes off, or they take $1000 off the price....their choice. I've never had a dealer sticker yet.

And I also think political bumper stickers are lame. I could care less who the idiot next to me in traffic voted for, or what cause they are championing.

**WickedTribe** · 02-22-11, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by dex71

Oh boy......Is this even worth responding?

OK.....I'll bite. I've never seen one. But I have seen plenty of rainbows, and parades, and protests, and marches. And again....good on 'em.

Rainbow bumper stickers are not a political statement, any more than having a cross, or an Irish flag on your car is a political statement. Parades and protests may be, but they certainly didn't predate the oppression that they were protesting against. Homophobia is much, much older than any gay rights movement.

I'm sure that if you drove through CA, you'd still be able to find plenty of prop 8 bumper stickers. Certainly, when MA legalized gay marriage, you saw anti-gay rights stickers.

Also, these two sides are hardly equivalent. One side is simply stating, I exist, and I'm not going to hide. They're not trying to do anything that will affect anyone else. On the other hand, the other side's only goal is to force their beliefs onto others.