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[PaulP]

This is art immitating life.

The ribbon in this case was a cause that everyone can get behind right?

But, the point is, that this could be anything including causes that not everyone can or wants to get behind.  Why is personal.  The whole point is that you dont have to be in complete 100% solidarity with any cause, you just shouldnt be in opposition to it, and that should be enough.

It's called casual or nuanced bigotry. It operates at levels that some outside the affected groups will never notice. You can read anything Chad Wingard has written recently about his experiences with subtle racism. He's not gay, but the principle is exactly the same.

Sitting on the fence and absolving yourself from taking a position, or taking a weak, tokenistic position, is not good enough IMO.

The biggest problem with white male privilege is not cold hardheartedness, it's not lack of intelligence, it's blindness.