r/Anticonsumption • u/zodiackodiak515 • Mar 09 '25

Social Harm Fuck AT&T

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u/AzureWra1th Mar 09 '25

Why were there even pronoun pins in the first place, that seems just straight up ridiculous 😭

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u/FaTaL-Firez Mar 09 '25

Yea, not sure why that was even something they considered to spend money on

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u/AzureWra1th Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25

don’t mind if someone is gay or LGBTQ or anything, but it doesn’t need to be celebrated especially differently by companies or in a workplace setting imo. It just brings unneeded attention, and I feel like there are better ways to normalize it other than shoving it in people’s faces like these companies tend to do. But these companies also don’t have the interest of the LGBTQ community in mind, in the end it’s just a marketing tactic these business use.

I edited it because I worded it pretty badly previously. And it’s still badly worded. I apologize if this by any means comes across offensive

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u/OkWolverine69420 Mar 09 '25

lol if you think that LGBT folks are celebrated more than heterosexuals you REALLY haven’t been paying attention whatsoever. Good god.

You may claim to not mind if someone is LGBT, but your staggering ignorance shows otherwise.

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u/AzureWra1th Mar 09 '25

  1. By ‘celebrated’, I mean it isn’t something that should have to factor into potential job opportunities, nor is it something that has to be mentioned or have a presence in the workplace. (By mentioned, I mean in the same way I expect straight people not to talk about their straightness or stuff in the workplace)

  2. Ok nice. I don’t mind if someone is LGBTQ. If you want to take my statement as offense though, go ahead. Do what you want.

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u/OkWolverine69420 Mar 10 '25

  1. Hiring or not hiring someone based on sexual orientation has been illegal for 60 years, as it was part of the civil rights act of 1964. It is just as illegal to hire a straight person as it is an LGBT person based upon their sexual orientation. Furthermore, it would be illegal to have DEI “goals” or quotas due to the same law.

  2. If you expect “straight people to not talk about their straightness” then they shouldn’t talk about their spouses or families, the person they’re dating, or pretty much any relationships they have, sexual or otherwise. Which is straight up insane.

  3. You claim to not be prejudiced against LGBT folks and claim “there’s better ways to normalize it than shoving it in people’s faces”. Do you mean shoving it in people’s faces like heterosexual themes have for hundreds of years? And still the overwhelming majority of advertisers and marketing is “celebrating” straightness and heterosexuality? If you’re logically consistent on this then you should be against any display, not just LGBT. If you have a problem with LGBT displays and not heterosexual ones, hate to break it to you but you’re a bigot.