Adding the trans colors to the LGBT flag implies that trans people aren’t LGBT, which is clearly absurd. The rainbow flag was enough and, frankly, perfect for its inclusive symbolism.
I hate this because the more you try to 'include' by explicitely mentioning it, the more you actually exclude by shining light on this and that group, but not on three dozen others. "Everyone" is tons more inclusive than "everyone and black and hispanic and gay and trans and introverted and overweight and anarexic and autistic and homeless and wealthy and catholic"
democrats like to walk themselves into circles. they honestly do not care about any group of people except their own (government)... because remember they get to investigate themselves so they never get found guilty... we pay money and they pocket a large portion of it to then dictate for us everything while ignoring us.
this is kind of stupid. The stars and stripes is an American thing you can’t generalise this over all all ppl that are not form the USA you just a clown USA supremacist ideology 😅 you must be kidding me you can’t be this dump
The rainbow colour gay flag is been marred. I am gay and it is despicable that these other groups have leached on our flag. Shameful. All the work we did to move forward with rights, etc. Do not leach onto our flag and drag us down with your issues. An added note the government has done everything to split groups out against each other in the country
Why do you need a flag in the first place? Do I get a flag? Say another guy wants a flag and he does not want your flag or my flag? Do we just make another flag to make him happy?
@@stubbyfoamz1 You are not understanding the bigger picture here. The LGBT community has fought for decades in order to secure their rights and to win their rightful place in society. It was to celebrate this victory that we have achieved and as a symbol of freedom that the pride flag was created. Almost all groups and minorities within the society have their own symbols to represent themselves, not just us (Eg:- The clenched fist for feminists) and I have never seen a person question them about anything related to it. So it is your pure hypocrisy that you're expressing...
@KGTKK you didn't achieve anything. You have infact done nothing but damage your image to the rest of society. There was no problem before this new generation of radical do nothing's showed up and forced your nonsense down our throats. It's been tolerated long enough to try and be nice but you are over stepping boundaries and we are waking up to what is really going on now. The pendulum is swinging and it's time for you all to grow up and put the flags away. Your just hurting yourselves.
I honestly don’t know how someone can take one of the most beautiful things in nature and turn it into the ugliest design I’ve ever seen. It’s so loud and all the colors clash with each other
When I was living in San Francisco in the 90's, the Rainbow Flag was only flown in the Castro (the "gay" neighborhood). Fast forward 30 years and it is being hung at the White House. So sad.
The emphasis is on sexual identity more so than race. I don't want to be represented by a flag that was conceived to show pride in having sex with someone of your same sex. Don't let this "who you love" business confuse you, you don't have to be in love with someone to have sex with them.
I definitely agree that all these progress pride flags look horrendous and the idea behind them is plain human segregation... but putting the Statian flag in the place of a pride flag is quite absurd - LGBT+ pride or generally the concept of unifying all is not confined to the USA.
1. I dont get whats wrong with a flag that represents many people and changes or whatever 2. How is the american flag representing everybody? There are lgbtq+ people all over the world and the american flag is def not for everyone. 3. American flag displays nationality and pride flags mostly represent sexual orientation and gender idetity
The idea of a flag is to provide a symbol of a common cultural identity around which people can join each other in solidarity. The "pride flag" is the opposite: it is a symbol of defiance against a common cultural identity; a symbol of the rejection of tradition. It will constantly change and will never have permanence because at its root is an ideology of self-centeredness, contempt, and discontent.
I look at the additions as a wedge dividing the LGB community, We included the real T because they were always present and most MTF Trans were considered gay men before their transition.
@@Amanda-Meme-WitchThe term queer actually means weird. It's been bastardized by the West. If you go to Europe, they still use it to mean weird. The same way the term fag is supposed to mean kindling or cigarette. It was bastardized.
@@Balls1414 that’s the point, politicians and business leaders ignore big issues. Instead they focus on Pride because it’s easy. Effective policies take work, coloring the town in rainbows is just masking the problems
The LGBT flag should be to represent all of the community. What has happened is that other external groups have attached themselves to the community and have started spreading their own ideologies under the shade of it so that if a person is to speak against them, it would be considered as homophobic. This itself has placed the entire community under a bad light. The original rainbow flag is to symbolise all of the suffering that our community went through for decades fighting for our rights and to receive our rightful place in the society and as a symbol of peace. My belief is that the original rainbow flag is what truely represents our community and that no alteration should be done to it. 🏳️🌈
I may be straight. But I always viewed OG Flag as a sign of change and unity. I’m glad people like you are calling this out. We need voices like you. 👍🏾
It's a Gorgeous flag we should make the pride flag An American Flag it would be awesome to make an American flag with the gay pride flag in it as well that would look so cool
They should not made a rainbow there pride flag ,there are many people who love rainbow colours but because these people put those on there flag to indicate them they should use any special symbol to indicate them instead of rainbow
It is also unnecessarily provocative to religious people who have always had a different meaning of the rainbow as a covenant between God and His people. To have that image taken and used for political agendas is entirely offensive. If people want to be offensive and provocative then they're doing a great job. However, if they want to gain sympathy and understanding they might wish to change tactics.
If it weren't for such religious people, there wouldn't be a need for Pride. And why does anyone need permission from the religious right, and why do people such as yourself care so much?
@@ilyachapThat's the same as saying every other month is white people month, when it isn't. That's wrong. In fact, the amount of people who identify as Christian has gone down since the 80s.
Are you also opposed to state flags? many of those are horrendously ugly and an affront to the stars and stripes. Why would a state need its own divisive flag when we have one flag for all of us?
That American flag doesn't represent all US citizens. What about Puerto Rico? Guam? the U.S. Virgin Islands? American Samoa should count...and the Northern Mariana Islands? No one ever remembers them! Just kidding. I love our flag. But more stars would look awesome.
Yes, but who cares. Let's work on real issues. Like people not being attacked. I could care less about flags and pronouns, I'm just sick of the attacks and prejudice.
The problem with pride flag is that there are no rules, so therefore it can be changed. It’s followers can be manipulated. Someone could say oh pride is about sacrificing your favorite pet once a year. Pride is about burning down churches to free you from oppression. Anyone can join. The pride flag keeps changing. None of the colors are set in stone. A powerful influencer could put a goat head on it and everyone else would follow. The purest children can easily be manipulated into joining LGBT. That’s why it’s dangerous. A 6yr old kid who would’ve been the next president gets tricked into thinking he’s a girl. The teachers and his parents tell him oh you would look so pretty in a dress. You show signs of being a “she”. By the times he’s 13 he would realize he’s actually been a boy this whole time and his whole identity would be baseless. He’d be too afraid to speak up, too shameful having to keep dresses in his closet only to wear them in his sleep, and put on work clothes in the day.
Actually, the color test pattern has a very specific technical purpose every color even the order they are in is important in calibrating tv equipment.
@@hifijohn Well yes, we know this. I worked in the music biz' my whole life, built studios, and had friends in audio for video post production and in broadcasting studios. I clearly understand the usage in calibration. The "joke" (I was quoting btw, not MY joke) was about its "visual appeal" or lack thereof. Did you "get" the "joke"? Are you devoid of a sense of humor? Did the joke or the comment mention that the "test pattern" was useless or had no purpose? Are you one of those extremely rare individuals that actually finds "visual appeal" in the broadcasting test pattern? Why is it we can't even f**kn joke with each other any more? wtf...? That's it... I'm going to that other planet that still has the humor on it... where was that place again..? Oh wait, I have this great bit about turtle wax.. nah, never mind. This place is loaded with hecklers tonight. Tough crowd, Tough crowd! Hey! I don't go to where YOU work and knock the license plate outta' YOUR hands! 🙄 Speaking of which... Yeah y'now I really don't think Martha Stewart should've gone to JAIL! That really was not the right thing to do. I noticed something though.. for the time she was in there, I really was getting to like that floral trim around the license plates! And I had lovely doily for my shiv! ...what? ...too soon? 🤣🤣🤣 ~JSV
@@jsv438Goodgod who shoved a broom handle up your rear end?? All I did was make a comment and your giving me a 10 page unhinged tirade and personally I dont give a monkeys ass about your illustrative careen in the A/V business, maybe you should be writing for the national mental health review.
They also renamed my favorite one to 'midnight blue' because some idiot teacher didn't know how to tell her students what a Prussia was. Instead of using the color as a teaching moment, she decided that it wasn't important enough to remember history and petitioned for the color to be changed.
LOL at "destined to fail,,, been going strong since 1978 . ORIGINAL Color meanings = red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.
So go back to the original. Whoever designs the new flags is always, for all intents and purposes, bi-curious sexually at best but still straight romantically
The Philadelphia and Pride Progress flags were meant not to indicate any kind of deficiency or non-inclusion by the regular Rainbow Flag, but to give special emphasis to first people of color, and then to transgender and intersex people. It's not a contest, and the regular Rainbow Flag remains perfectly fine. As for the number of stripes being reduce from eight down to six, that was a change done by original Rainbow Flag designer Gilbert Baker back in the 1970s. He eliminated a couple of fabric colors that were not as easy to find. It didn't affect the intended meaning of the flag at all. If the U.S. flag truly represented everyone, then anti-LGBT+ discrimination would not continue to exist, and the Republican Party would not still be refusing to pass the Equality Act.
