Maybe it's because the confederate flag was flown over millions of deaths and a system of oppression, while the LGBT flag has only been linked to two so far. I don't agree any flag should be banned, but this line of logic is just retarded.
Maybe it's because the confederate flag was responisible for millions of deaths and a system of oppression, while the LGBT flag has only been linked to two so far. I
Actually the LGBT flag is linked to the killing of millions of people around the world. Aids. They knew the spread of aids was within the gay community. It was no secret. Yet they kept on spreading aids and killing millions of people including children thousands who still get aids today because of their actions. All because they wanted to fuck each other in the butt. The logic is sound.
So let me get this straight. You are equating a disease with violent hate crimes? And you do realize that no one knows the origin of the disease right?
You do realize that the HIV virus affects straight people as well right? You also realize that unprotected sex is what caused HIV to spread like wildfire? You are also aware that the Catholic Church has had an ongoing anti prophylactic campaign for decades right?
I'm not for the banning of the confederate flag. I just don't think your argument makes much sense.
You do realize that the HIV virus affects straight people as well right?
55% of people who get HIV were gay. There's a CDC pdf out there about it. But I'll just post this here: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/transmission.html Look at the bottom question: "Is the risk of HIV different for different people?"
) In the same way, because the prevalence of HIV is higher among gay and bisexual men and among black and Latino men and women, members of these groups are more likely to encounter partners who are living with HIV.
Gay people are a very small minority of people. They represent 1% of the population in America. So 55% of HIV infected people being gay means a great deal.
And you do realize that no one knows the origin of the disease right?
Wrong. CDC reports:
Scientists identified a type of chimpanzee in West Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. They believe that the chimpanzee version of the immunodeficiency virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) most likely was transmitted to humans and mutated into HIV when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came into contact with their infected blood. Studies show that HIV may have jumped from apes to humans as far back as the late 1800s. Over decades, the virus slowly spread across Africa and later into other parts of the world. We know that the virus has existed in the United States since at least the mid- to late 1970s.
You are still equating a disease with a hate crime.
I believe the source of the HIV virus was not as cut and dry as some believe. Even in the excerpt you provided it clearly states that scientist believe that the virus jumped the species barrier. I'm not convinced this happened. But even if I'm wrong, and I could very well be, you are equating a disease with all out murder. The gay pride flag doesn't represent murder, enslavement, tearing families apart and so on.
Look, I don't agree with the banning of the flag. I think it was stupid. But you cannot deny that the symbol, whether rightfully so or not, has come to represent a horrible point in the history of the United States of America.
The LGBTQ flag is not tied to any hatred, or murders.
Edit: By the way, thank you for the links! I'll make sure I read that CDC article soon. Perhaps I am wrong about the certainty of the origins of HIV. Always an opportunity to learn. Thanks.
Edit 2: sorry, just read the link you provided from the CDC. I remain unconvinced that we know exactly where HIV came from. I believe scientists can only speculate at the moment. Perhaps there is a good chance that HIV came from SIV. But that article did not seem to be convincing. Nor did it provide any evidence.
I think it was stupid. But you cannot deny that the symbol, whether rightfully so or not, has come to represent a horrible point in the history of the United States of America.
I can deny it. It actually represents southern pride. Being proud to be southerner with southern values. It does not represent slavery. I'm not a southerner and don't own that flag and never had. But I still know what it represents. Only people who think it represents slavery is a bunch of revenge seeking idiots who live in the past and are racists themselves.
Pretty much exactly what I was going to say, but the Catholic anti-protection thing was a nice caveat. And also, AIDS is so rampant in Southern Africa due to heterosexual interactions (in correlation with a witch-doctor remedy saying you have to rape a virgin girl to cure it). Also, not even gonna mention needles and blood transfusions?
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Sadistic_Bastard ago
Maybe it's because the confederate flag was flown over millions of deaths and a system of oppression, while the LGBT flag has only been linked to two so far. I don't agree any flag should be banned, but this line of logic is just retarded.
toobaditworks ago
Actually the LGBT flag is linked to the killing of millions of people around the world. Aids. They knew the spread of aids was within the gay community. It was no secret. Yet they kept on spreading aids and killing millions of people including children thousands who still get aids today because of their actions. All because they wanted to fuck each other in the butt. The logic is sound.
Frankenmime ago
So let me get this straight. You are equating a disease with violent hate crimes? And you do realize that no one knows the origin of the disease right?
You do realize that the HIV virus affects straight people as well right? You also realize that unprotected sex is what caused HIV to spread like wildfire? You are also aware that the Catholic Church has had an ongoing anti prophylactic campaign for decades right?
I'm not for the banning of the confederate flag. I just don't think your argument makes much sense.
toobaditworks ago
55% of people who get HIV were gay. There's a CDC pdf out there about it. But I'll just post this here: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/transmission.html Look at the bottom question: "Is the risk of HIV different for different people?"
Gay people are a very small minority of people. They represent 1% of the population in America. So 55% of HIV infected people being gay means a great deal.
Wrong. CDC reports:
source CDC "where did HIV come from" : http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html
Frankenmime ago
You are still equating a disease with a hate crime.
I believe the source of the HIV virus was not as cut and dry as some believe. Even in the excerpt you provided it clearly states that scientist believe that the virus jumped the species barrier. I'm not convinced this happened. But even if I'm wrong, and I could very well be, you are equating a disease with all out murder. The gay pride flag doesn't represent murder, enslavement, tearing families apart and so on.
Look, I don't agree with the banning of the flag. I think it was stupid. But you cannot deny that the symbol, whether rightfully so or not, has come to represent a horrible point in the history of the United States of America.
The LGBTQ flag is not tied to any hatred, or murders.
Edit: By the way, thank you for the links! I'll make sure I read that CDC article soon. Perhaps I am wrong about the certainty of the origins of HIV. Always an opportunity to learn. Thanks.
Edit 2: sorry, just read the link you provided from the CDC. I remain unconvinced that we know exactly where HIV came from. I believe scientists can only speculate at the moment. Perhaps there is a good chance that HIV came from SIV. But that article did not seem to be convincing. Nor did it provide any evidence.
toobaditworks ago
I can deny it. It actually represents southern pride. Being proud to be southerner with southern values. It does not represent slavery. I'm not a southerner and don't own that flag and never had. But I still know what it represents. Only people who think it represents slavery is a bunch of revenge seeking idiots who live in the past and are racists themselves.
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Sadistic_Bastard ago
Pretty much exactly what I was going to say, but the Catholic anti-protection thing was a nice caveat. And also, AIDS is so rampant in Southern Africa due to heterosexual interactions (in correlation with a witch-doctor remedy saying you have to rape a virgin girl to cure it). Also, not even gonna mention needles and blood transfusions?