Indoctrination / DoublethinkSeas of butchered rainbow flags "symbolize an ideological movement that is hostile to gay people and women's rights" - Andrew Doyle on Twitter

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[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I can't see the tweet because I've blocked Twitter, but I agree with the sentiment expressed in the post title. That's how I feel when I see the various iterations of the hijacked rainbow flag.

It's also how I feel when I see pronouns in someone's email signature. It puts me on edge around that person and causes me to wonder what mindset led to them putting that there. That's obviously toxic to a workplace and to a healthcare worker/patient relationship. My therapist has them in her email signature and I let her know that's how I felt and that it diminished my ability to trust her. When I receive an email from her, seeing it makes me wince and wonder how much I can share with her. I actually never asked her what led to her putting pronouns there and to then keep them there, but maybe I should. She's extremely feminine and unambiguously female looking and has an unambiguously female name so there's no practical purpose. So I wonder if it's more virtue signaling or external pressure, or both.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'll quote in the tweet for you.

For some, these flags represent diversity and inclusion.

But for many, they symbolise an ideological movement that is hostile to gay people and women’s rights, opposes free speech, legitimises violence and bullying, and hounds people out of their jobs if they fail to conform.

[–]yousaythosethingsFind and Replace "gatekeeping" with "having boundaries" 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks! The full quote is quite accurate (unfortunately).

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's also how I feel when I see pronouns in someone's email signature. It puts me on edge around that person and causes me to wonder what mindset led to them putting that there.

Ugh, yes. Same here. I've found it incredibly hard to regain that trust once I see that. I'm currently getting to know someone (friend of a friend, not romantic) who has her pronouns in all her bios and it's incredibly off-putting to me. But she seems very thoughtful and cares about women's health, and actually calls it that, not "uterus-havers' health" or whatever other insanity people are saying. So I'm hoping she falls into the category of "means well but has no idea what she's endorsing."

My therapist has them in her email signature and I let her know that's how I felt and that it diminished my ability to trust her.

Good for you! Did she stop doing that?

So I wonder if it's more virtue signaling or external pressure, or both.

Yeah, hard to say. My therapist rocks and was completely on board when I described the homophobia coming from the trans movement and how that's impacting me. So glad to have found a sane one... I was really careful about vetting therapists. If you want any suggestions, or just want to talk about it more, let me know! I'm always curious to hear about people's experience with therapists spouting this ideological nonsense. I think it's gonna be really hard for most LGB people to ever trust a therapist once knowledge of modern conversion therapy hits the mainstream... I wish ones like mine were way easier to find! I had to hunt for months.

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry, I didn't realize that the archive link hadn't saved the post! Hmm... that's concerning.

Link, so that you can see the disturbing images as well: https://archive.ph/6UiSY

[–]automoderatorHuman-Exclusionary Radical Overlord[M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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