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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: the cover of the r/opensuse subreddit be changed!
From:       Javier Llorente <javier () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2023-05-25 11:25:07
Message-ID: 13281141.uLZWGnKmhe () probook
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El miércoles, 24 de mayo de 2023 23:53:08 (CEST) Kilian Hanich escribió:
[...]
> Anyway, the actual reason why I am writing here is another: the core
> problem at hand.
> 
> openSUSE and the free software movement is a political movement at its
> core. I think at least most people know that.
> 
> LGBTQ is made up of two parts: LGBTQ people (I don't know if that's the
> right term here, but I hope everyone understands what I mean) and the
> political movement about bettering their position in societies.
> 
> A lot of people like to separate different political movements. They
> want to have one community for one thing (e.g. the free software
> movement) and another for another topic (e.g. the political movement
> part of LGBTQ). Depending on where somebody comes from that can be the
> norm or weird. Same goes for mixing different topics.
> 
> Now, what is the meaning flying this flag? Well, that depends on who you
> ask, but it can very well be interpreted as supporting the other
> political movement which a lot of people may not like, even if they
> support it.
> 
> As you can maybe imagine from that, it means that there will always be
> people who will be against flying this flag, I even know of a lot of
> LGBTQ people who do for this reason (besides the fact that it barely
> even does anything; it was originally meant to make them known, but at
> this points this is the case, but I digress).

Right. Not all the LGTBQ people support the LGTBQ political movement, which is 
represented by the rainbow flag.

> Last but not least, I want to say two things here:
> 
> 1. Not flying the flag does not mean accpeint homophobes.
> 
[...]

Exactly. Some years ago openSUSE didn't use the rainbow flag. Was the openSUSE 
Community less tolerant back then?

Greetings,
-- 
Javier Llorente
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