i still stand by the fact that making "lol haha i'm illegal in X countries lmao" jokes is insensitive and shitty, but my language was unnecessarily edgy and abrasive.

there is much to criticize about white queerness, but that's not what i did

screenshots (with alt text) of the thread below before i deleted my comments so what i said doesn't just go forgotten

Screenshot of a comment thread: carotte: nah, white gays who brag about being a criminal in 72 countries while not facing much of that persecution themselves can fuck off; Techranger@infosec.pub: If there are out gays who don't face much or any persecution, I would call that a victory for the cause worth celebrating! Remember Alan Turing. Remember Harvey Milk. Both of them were white gays who paid dearly for having the audacity to be themselves. Racism is unbecoming. It's divisive. I think it's important to show solidarity to all humans struggling to be themselves under oppressive systems.; carotte: absolutely, but what im criticizing here are the (often young) white queers who didn't grow up under that oppressive system appropriating the pain of others to feel edgy and cool. that's the problem, that's what this meme is doing; Gormadt (who is the OP): When I was young, and discovering myself, my existence was illegal in my area and queer people in my area were still heavily persecuted. I won't go into details about the terrible things I've seen and experienced as I'm sure nobody here wants to hear it. Laughing not to cry and all that you know? Edit: I'm also not a fan of how you brought (and doubled down) on trying to make it a race thing.; carotte: im "making it a race thing" because it's just factual that white queers face way less oppression than queer BIPOC. and it's mostly white queers making these edgy jokes. im sorry for having assumed you were one of them, though. that was shitty and I apologize

[–] Techranger@infosec.pub 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

If there are out gays who don't face much or any persecution, I would call that a victory for the cause worth celebrating! Remember Alan Turing. Remember Harvey Milk. Both of them were white gays who paid dearly for having the audacity to be themselves. Racism is unbecoming. It's divisive. I think it's important to show solidarity to all humans struggling to be themselves under oppressive systems.

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