Comment on Olive Branch MS mayor refusing to lower flag for Dolly

voiceofchris@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• terranoid@lemmy.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As long as this is the legitimate reason and not just the cleaned up political correct reason

  As long as it’s not “she supported the transgender” or some bullshit in other words

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  • huppakee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I might get a lot of downvotes for this, but in a perfectly working democracy “she supported the transgender” can be a legitimate reason not to honor them with a flag at half pole. But usually in a perfectly working democracy the ruling parties dont need a scapegoat, nor would there be much reason to incite so much prejudice that supporting trans rights is a bad thing. But still, i’d argue if a majority doesn’t want trans people to have human rights, the leader of that majority would have a democratically legitimate reason for that bullshit. Not saying that is the right thing, but we can’t only persue democracy if we like the results - if we fifight for it, we should also accept the bad.

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    • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You seem fun at parties

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      • huppakee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        People don’t invite me for the fun

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  • voiceofchris@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean… that would make him a shitty person but it would not invalidate his points.

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• Apeman42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, they’re not. You know what actually “lessens the meaning of the gesture”? Doing it for every grifting politician and shitty soldier instead of someone who’s actually tried to make the world a better place.

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• TheGoldenV@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They could be if not for the blatant hypocrisy of lowering it for the neck breather on the governors order and not this time.

  Sooo… I’m going with him being a shitheel from the south.

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  • voiceofchris@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What’s a neck breather?

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    • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone with a sudden involuntary ventilation hole in their neck.

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• Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  … Except he lowered it for Charlie Kirk.

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• lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You and the 33%

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  • voiceofchris@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Who are the 33%?

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• ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same. Every once and a while we get a weird half-staff death, we’ve had more than a few weird ones under Trump, Charlie Kirk obviously comes to mind. Tim Curry died a few days later, and I found him to be a much more noteworthy celebrity in my lifetime, so why does Dolly get a half-staff? The system necessarily means you’re ranking people’s value, and requires that you draw a line somewhere.

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