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The rejected EU flag from 2002. (feddit.org)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The queer community deserves a better flag. The rainbow was great and made sense - the whole spectrum of the rainbow; everybody. Now it’s just displeasing to look at with clashing colors. Maybe a vexillologist can chime in to put that into better words.

This is not a critique of people, just my opinion of this flag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno man, I really like the flag. Like you I dont have a good reason for why either, and thats fine, tastes are different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

"The queer community"

In fact what was wrong with queer vs an ever-changing acronym? Or could we just use rainbow?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I really like saying LGBTQ in a French way, though.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Many dislike queer because it is a slur, in recent years though it is being reclaimed more and more by the community.

I remember even just a few years ago you could tell just how politically motivated someone was by weather they identified as "queer" or one of the many individual flavors of the rainbow (lesbian, gay, etc)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It was a slur, then it was reclaimed but now it has fallen into disuse because of the acronym so it may have already slipped back into being a slur.

how politically motivated someone was by weather they identified as "queer" or one of the many individual flavors of the rainbow (lesbian, gay, etc)

Which was more politically motivated? Queer or the individual favours?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Queer was more politically motivated in my experience.