u/ramessesgg

There are no good or bad people. Every person has some good impact and some bad impact on this world. Depending on (a) society's current views and (b) what we already know about a person, the public opinion of a person can change very quickly, which is silly.

A doctor can help people pro bono in the morning and beat their kids in the evening. A mugger may take something away from someone but they may also help a stray animal in need. A celebrity may give dozens of scholarships to children in need but may also sexually assault dozens of people.

Yes, people should pay for crimes. But perhaps cancelling a person's entire life work is unfair.

Maybe the only way to address this would be to not celebrate/vilify named people, but just actions.

Let me start by saying that I am not part of the LGBTQ community but I have been thinking about this for a while. This is not coming from a place of disrespect.

Rainbows are beautiful. They are natural. When they appear, people stop to admire them. A rainbow is light split into a spectrum, so having all the colours put together (thus creating white light) is what helps us see things, something essential for our existence.

It was a perfect analogy: what makes us whole, as humanity, is all the different groups put together. It doesn't matter what kind of group you belong to, you are essential. Those who hate another group? Guess what: you're part of this too pal, whether you like it or not. And it doesn't matter what colour corresponds to which group. We're all in there without one being able to say "I'm represented in this part".

This new flag is just too busy and I get the impression that people want to point at it and say "hey look at me, I'm represented in this part". My point is that everyone should be able to point at the entire thing and say "I am here. You are here with me too". Am I completely off here?

There are so many people demanding that employers pay employees more, that billionaires should not exist, etc. I get that. But what are you doing to change this?

Why not organise and create some worker owned cooperatives? Why not actually stick it to the man? Sure, many of these cooperatives will fail. But if hundreds of thousands of people over the globe get organised around this idea, some are bound to become successful and set a new standard. So why not do it?

Of course it's going to be difficult and it is a risk, but how else will things change?

Btw, I'm not doing it because I've got other plans for myself and I am not that vocal about big corporations and billionaires being evil. Call me names if you want, but that is not the point of this post.