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    Can you wear other 'badges?'

    Prolife badge? Pro tax cuts badge? A No Mandate badge?

    Might we encourage employees to wear a "Build the Wall" badge?

    A "Lock Her Up' badge perhaps or my recent favorite, "Democrats believe in Rule of Mob"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    It didn't take very long at all for Godwin's Law to take effect in this thread, did it?
    Things like that happen for a reason sometimes.

    If German citizens reacted more like this then maybe...

    If you are questioning this process then I wonder about you.

    Sitting back and accepting the "norm" is far, far more dangerous than questioning it.
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    I'm not sure what I think if this topic. On the one hand it would seem to be promoting the showing of solidarity with LGBTQ people, however, I can't help but think that it encourages people to wear badges to exemplify moral superiority, which to my mind implies a patronizing sort of vibe. I think that were I LGBTQ I would feel uncomfortable with people wearing "ally" badges, like I was some kind of cause rather than a person.
    In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I'm not sure what I think if this topic. On the one hand it would seem to be promoting the showing of solidarity with LGBTQ people, however, I can't help but think that it encourages people to wear badges to exemplify moral superiority, which to my mind implies a patronizing sort of vibe. I think that were I LGBTQ I would feel uncomfortable with people wearing "ally" badges, like I was some kind of cause rather than a person.

    Really?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    I'm not sure what I think if this topic. On the one hand it would seem to be promoting the showing of solidarity with LGBTQ people, however, I can't help but think that it encourages people to wear badges to exemplify moral superiority, which to my mind implies a patronizing sort of vibe. I think that were I LGBTQ I would feel uncomfortable with people wearing "ally" badges, like I was some kind of cause rather than a person.
    I think the idea is silly, and perhaps dangerous for office morale. Will I get fired if I don't where the badge? I don't want to wear a badge for anything, why must I?
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    I wonder how the manless society will build tuff, pick up garbage, farm, run slaughterhouses, work the non flag person jobs on construction crews, etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Obvious View Post
    Things like that happen for a reason sometimes.

    If German citizens reacted more like this then maybe...

    If you are questioning this process then I wonder about you.

    Sitting back and accepting the "norm" is far, far more dangerous than questioning it.
    In this case, no one is being "marked" as an outcaste or singled out for persecution. The idea that anyone is going to become a pariah for failing to wear one of these badges is pure presumption. As I stated before, the fact that both stories involve "badges" is their only similarity. The WWII-era star of David patches analogy is completely ridiculous.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    In this case, no one is being "marked" as an outcaste or singled out for persecution. The idea that anyone is going to become a pariah for failing to wear one of these badges is pure presumption. As I stated before, the fact that both stories involve "badges" is their only similarity. The WWII-era star of David patches analogy is completely ridiculous.
    This is how they did it. The Nazis. They counted on people like you remaining silent. Rolling over. Selling out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ransom View Post
    This is how they did it. The Nazis. They counted on people like you remaining silent. Rolling over. Selling out.
    Holy sh*t...you can't be serious.

    I guess when I go vote next month, and they try to hand me one of those little "I VOTED" stickers, I should scream, "NAZIS!" and run away. Yeah, that makes perfect sense.
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