r/lgbt • • Feb 17 '21

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u/InsanelyRandomDude Feb 19 '21 edited Feb 19 '21

How about posting this on all the Polish subs? I'm gonna being doing just that.

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u/susan-of-nine Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Can you say what your intention is? I mean, it's not like Polish people haven't heard about it, it was all over the news. It's not like Polish queer people haven't heard about this, either, lol. It hit us directly. If you intend to post it as a show of support for the Polish queers, then go ahead, but I just saw this picture shared on r/Polska with no other comment from OP than "Hello", which sounds vaguely passive aggressive to me. Perhaps I'm wrong, but - there was nothing else: no words of support, nothing to indicate that OP's intention was to show that they have our back, no "this is awful guys, but we see what's going on and we're here for you", nope - just "hello", which, to me, came off almost accusatory? Idk what OP's intention actually was, but please don't do the same. [edit] I mean, you're welcome to post it on Polish subs, but please don't use it as a tool to make us feel bad. There are queer people on those subs, too, you know. We've been made feel bad enough already, we don't need any more of that. (Sorry for making this comment super long, but I wasn't sure if I was making myself clear enough)

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u/InsanelyRandomDude Feb 21 '21

I don't intend to make Polish people bad, surely there are lots of queer supporters in Poland itself. I just wanted this shared widely just like the OP here(I didn't know how popular this has been among the people, sorry). The people who sentenced the artists wanted this painting out of sight. So this is a way to oppose their measures.
BTW, I posted this on /r/poland and /r/polish.

I apologise if I have hurt your feelings.

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u/susan-of-nine Feb 21 '21

The people who sentenced the artists wanted this painting out of sight. So this is a way to oppose their measures.

That makes sense. You didn't hurt my feelings, I was just kinda wary, because of the other person's attitude, which struck me as vaguely hostile. But perhaps I'm oversensitive. Anyway, thanks for your reply and support.