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by colemickens 2547 days ago
How does a company pandering to a consumer group have anything to do with the civil rights struggle of that group?

How am I, as a gay man, responsible for the fact that companies see Pride as a valuable advertising angle? I don't know a single LGBT person that is happy about it, other than it means that society doesn't ACTIVELY, VIOLENTLY HATE US ANYMORE.

>I have actually had many people from different walks of life mention this in the last month, people are taking note.

Ah yeah, Uber made the route a rainbow color, so fuck the people who would like to have basic civil protections from being fired for who they love. I love the absolutely non-existent logic of anti-gay idiots.