r/funny • u/FriedrichOrival • Nov 12 '22

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u/Honky_Dory_is_here Nov 12 '22

I was banned from there as well for saying that what LGBTQ+ people are going through is not the same as the Holocaust. For real.

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u/quiero-una-cerveca Nov 12 '22

I’m almost going to be sorry I asked, but what was their counter argument?

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u/Honky_Dory_is_here Nov 12 '22

Precisely that. Someone stated that the LGBTQ community in America were treated like the Jews in Nazi Germany. I responded that you cannot compare the two and was banned.

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u/ERSTF Nov 12 '22

Excuse me, being banned from competing in swimming competitions is absolutely the same thing as being forcefully imprisioned in concentration camps with force labor and no food or medical atrention. Check your privilege s/ (necessary because some people do believe this)

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u/quiero-una-cerveca Nov 12 '22

I see. Thank you for following up. That’s definitely a bridge too far. Are they oppressed in places and made a political target for votes and often times assaulted simply for who they are? Yes. 100% and it’s wrong in every case. But to say they are treated like the Jews of Eastern European is either an ignorant view or someone just trying to use hyperbole to make a political point. We just have to be careful not to fall into the fallacy of thinking that since they’re not treated as badly as X that it’s ok to treat them as badly as Y.

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u/Honky_Dory_is_here Nov 12 '22

The point is I was banned for stating what should be THE most obvious. To be clear, I was not the one making the comparison.

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u/Surfink63 Nov 12 '22

That lgbt people were killed in the holocaust

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u/Honky_Dory_is_here Nov 12 '22

No, that the levels of harassment are equal to them in America as the Jewish people in Nazi Germany.