• Flambo@lemmy.world
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    Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation — that the artist he helped rescue from obscurity had a gay son. Rather than acquiesce, he canceled the last of his talks.

    “We’re long past the point where we should be policing people talking about who they love,” Nobleman said in a telephone interview. “And that’s what I’m hoping will happen in this community.”

    They didn’t ask him not to “say ‘gay’”, as the title all but claims. They asked him to participate in the erasure of a relevant gay person from a story he was teaching to children.

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      I dunno, would he mention the artist had a straight son? Or is it just a son in that case?

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        No one wants to hang you for being straight. But you know that. You are just trying to start shit.

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          What are you talking about?

          Was this guy hanged?

          This is the second reply you’ve made that doesn’t make any sense, lol.

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            OP is making a point that the visibility of queer and other minorities in history and in public is more important than the visibility of straight/non-minority people. Their point was that non-minority groups aren’t hated and target for who they are unlike minority groups. It is important to display and teach about the humanity of different groups in order to prevent mistrust and violence against them by the majorities.

            If you really didn’t understand this then you should get your head out of your ass and wake up to reality.

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              Or just explain your case better? It seems you’re the one who doesn’t understand what I’m saying, based on your other reply.

              Lol. Not sure why you’re calling me a ‘dog.’ Let’s leave the personal attacks at home, eh?

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                🤣🤣🤣 My fuckin’ sides, dude. You are jumping into an argument about language and you don’t even understand the slang use of the word dog. I mean, “what’s up, dog” has been part of the American vernacular for so long that even if you are ESL, it should have permeated through long ago. Here, lemme rephrase that post so you understand the intent better:

                “learn some reading comprehension, dog man.”

                “learn some reading comprehension, dog dude.”

                “learn some reading comprehension, dog friend.”

                EDIT: knew you didn’t block me, you big ol’ fibber.

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      Wait, was it a relevant person?

      It’s the son of the artist, right? Did the son have anything to do with Batman? Did the son’s sexual orientation have anything to do with Batman?

      What else is relevant about the son? Was he an artist? A writer? What did he do for a living? Did he have any relevant health disorders? Food preferences? Did he have any children?

      BROADLY SPEAKING, your sexual preferences are the least interesting or relevant things in any conversation, unless we’re considering dating each other.

      I don’t know the history of Batman so maybe it’s actually relevant, but my gut says it’s just not.