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“Am I missing a trend of app icons that recognize other 'political' causes?” Yes.
Please provide one example.
Stop using app icons for political activism
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Re: Stop using app icons for political activism
#252Re: Stop using app icons for political activism
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In this allegory, the wolves are here, they've been here, and they keep coming. Nazis put people like me in the camps. The "good guys" left people like me there. The famous book burning photo everyone, including people who hate people like me, loves to post in relation to free speech was substantially the books of an era equivalent queer center. Pride is about making you aware of this. The threat is real, and it's he…
>In this allegory, the wolves are here, they've been here You assert this, then you proceed to describe the events of more than 75 years ago. Where exactly, in the countries you're allowed to hold pride parades today, are the nazis who want you in camps and prisons ? and how is obnoxiosly parading in the streets while wearing half-naked customs preventing those nazis from achieving what they want ? If you mean by the…
>>In this allegory, the wolves are here, they've been here
>You assert this, then you proceed to describe the events of more than 75 years ago. Where exactly, in the countries you're allowed to hold pride parades today, are the nazis who want you in camps and prisons ?
Gay bashings, murders, and targeted arrests are more recent examples. Then there’s the millions who died of AIDS while authorities twiddled their thumbs. And to top it off, throw in the social ostracism, the chance of being outed at work (fired), and a sky high suicide rate for a clearer picture.
So, no. The community has not faced any literal Nazis in the past 75 years. But, they have faced just about everything short of that.
This is not far off history. This has all occurred in my lifetime. Some of it still goes on today. Pulse Nightclub was just five years ago.
Have some compassion.
Re: Stop using app icons for political activism
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The fact that you’re speculating about what the author may or may not believe rather than contemplating what he is saying IS the problem.
There is more to communication than the words said. Context matters - including place and time. What isn’t said is also important, and “editing” is arguably the hardest part of writing. “Negative space” in art is a powerful tool that one can wield, and I think it’s just as applicable to writing as it is to visual media.
Sure. Context matters. But what you’re doing is projecting a context that fits an existing narrative which is entangled with your beliefs/preferences while entirely dismissing the stated principle. In essence, you got defensive.
And you may not believe it, but most people in non-totalitarian cultures don’t want social/cultural/political symbols planted like a flag in their personal cognitive or physical territory. It’s bad enough that corporations brand the shit out of every physical surface. Now we have intrusions by political movements and social causes.
This is spam and it shouldn’t have to be tolerated.
Re: Stop using app icons for political activism
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The guy is literally saying he and others are falsely being accused of transphboia and somehow you think that is proof of transphobia? Amazing how I knew you wouldn't have any real posts of transphobia.
He redefined “transphobia” such that any accusation of transphobia against him would be laughable. In essence, he makes the argument that transphobia doesn’t exist and is a farce. And to me, that’s transphobic in and of itself: categorically denying that it exists and asserting that any accusations of it against you are baseless.
As far as I can tell his definition of transphobia is being phobic of trans. That seems like the definition to me. You are the one expanding it to mean more than that.
Somebody who has arachnophobia is phobic of arachnids not entomologists.
Re: Stop using app icons for political activism
#257The main question I have after reading this is: what 'bargain' is the author referring to? Apps change their logos all of the time, as is their right. The timing of this post is coincident with pride month, and many companies changing altering their logo to use the pride colors. I disagree with the suggestion that changing the color(s) of the logos and icons hinder the user's ability to find the app. A rainbow versio…
What is left unsaid often speaks volumes.
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Your ability to deduce the identities of anonymous downvoters and read their minds is simply amazing to me. How can I learn this art?
points to Banana699's comment beside yours By pulling your head out of the sand and paying attention.
I find it very amusing you don't even try to respond.
You just condemn the heresy and scream, like all good true believers.
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Wouldn't have minded tbh, but yeah this is why I will never put myself in a position of making hiring decisions. I don't like deciding on the fate of others. It's not my place to do that. I've just seen teams go to shit when you have hateful people join it. So, I'm sharing my observations with that.
We've all seen that, but by far and away the most chaotic people at Google are the ones who think they're "fighting hate". How often do we read about some massive drama caused by activist employees trying to get each other fired over some perceived offense? Seems incredibly common these days. It never happened when I worked there, because we were primarily libertarian laissez-faire user-focused geeks. And yet there w…
I mean when everyone is the same, you're not going to have a lot of discussions about this.
You also end up having awful products :)