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[–][deleted] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

LOL, right!

lesbian, gay, and queer are all slurs. they’ve all been used to insult us

Insult? I mean, lesbians and gay men are fine with being called lesbians and gay. So what's the argument again, who is being insulted?

anyone can identify with other minorities, like racial minorities

Anytime someone brings that up, they backpedal and go the "no true Scotsman" route, and then try to redirect the argument to something else.

[–]8bitgay 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was thinking more about statistics and stuff. For example, we can try to understand effects of structural racism by looking at statistics of different groups. If people suddenly started identifying as a new race, then this would skew statistics and other discussions. How can people discuss the racial discrimination they face when other people that never faced racial discrimination are demanding to use the same space to talk about their new-race?

Yet this is what is happening with queer people. Sure, in something they're right: they are "accepting" everyone. Which means the queer category goes from gays/lesbians who are coopted to use the word all the way to straight people who use it to be special. How can we discuss the discriminations that LGB face when every discussion must include Q people, considering that lots of Q people are actually just straight people that will never face any discrimination? How can we have accurate understanding about the issues that gay/lesbian/bi people are facing when they're being coopted to identify as queer?