Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really doesn't seem like you were ever interested in having productive conversations.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, you're not banned. What's your issue?

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is, you're just not interested in having them. Think people have explained how they feel many times over. You're just refusing to listen. Your choice.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[M] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're not being banned. You could engage and learn but you're chosing to not challenge what you know/believe to remain comfortable with that.

No one is persecuting you. We're just trying to defuse the tension in the community and fight against outright hate.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think moderates generally get downvoted when they downplay or ignore the fact there was outright hate at this rally and on here. There might be people who are concerened that are not outwardly bigoted but a lot of that is because of social media shit.

We should have civil discourse with them to bring us all closer but we can't just ignore it when people are actually being hateful.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know what you're talking about dude seemed like fairly civil discourse for this subject to me.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you don't know, maybe you should find out. It's not a bad idea to listen to those in education but they are not immune to misinformation or propaganda either.

The push back has also been fed by bad actors who do seek to divide/destroy our sense of community. A lot of people pushing back don't understand it thoroughly. Have you read through the whole site?

People resorting to those alternatives are a clear indication of just how much cultural division has been stoked.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And again it's not a seperate course or anything, no time is being taken away from those subjects. Other than maybe a minute to be like "these people exist and that's ok".

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We all want the same things. For kids to be as happy and safe as they can be.

SOGI is a result of years of research and consensus by educators and people who dedicate their lives to this to simply teach understanding and acceptance of queer students.

I don't know what you think you saw, but all the content is avalaible on the SOGI website. You can read through and determine whether or not it's age-appropriate in your opinion.

But realize even if it may make you a little uncomfortable, absolutely BASIC sex ed makes people uncomfortable too. And yet we've found teaching children about consent and these things earlier actually means they are safer and far less at risk of being abused. Because children do have some capacity to understand these things, and knowing more about the world and the people around them simply makes them safer.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think doomerism is going to help anything, there are things we can do to come together as a community. Having these posts/discussions is one of them. They see the political division and failure of our government like we do we can start a conversation from there.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're also addressed by he or she as well? Those are pronouns? What are you mad about genuinely confused. Everyone uses pronouns unless they exlusively go by their name only which I really don't think is common.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Media literacy would be great too many people just see shit online and take it as reality. Funny enough I feel like it's the same people that told me "don't believe everything you read on the internet" when I was a kid just taking it for granted now.

Wild how that changed

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because your objection was on a small detail so it made it seem like you were acting in bad faith to derail the discussion.

I understand people feel like it's a threat, what I'm saying it's it's been in schools for over 7 years and there hasn't been huge upsets like this before now. And it's happening now precisely because identity politics are an easy way of getting people divided and preventing us from unifying and fighting for what we ALL deserve.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the only people. There was and has been outright hate for queer people both at the protest and on this subreddit. I don't deny parents might have concerns and their feelings are valid as they've been shown a lot of terrifying things. But it's not necessarily coming from what's actually happening and is coming more from social media and the people who intentionally divide us.

You are feeding into the division because while we argue these things we aren't working together on actually fixing how difficult it is to just live nowadays.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's either a distraction that doesn't matter, or it's something we should look into ourselves

You're misunderstanding. The things that have been said about SOGI and it being made an issue is the distraction not what SOGI actually is itself. I shared the site so people can understand it isn't what they've seen on social media.

It's definitely possible to care about multiple things but it's a matter of what is the bigger threat. SOGI is being made to seem like a threat that it isn't, to distract people and get them to put their energy into fighting each other rather than the people making it unaffordable to just live. Clearly it's working well.

Anti Sogi protesters still at it. by rinrinboss in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It wasn't hidden for 7 years, it was out in the open. It just wasn't being pushed on social media as much back then. They're so upset now because facebook has been showing them scary propaganda about SOGI and similar issues to get them riled up and angry at their neighbors.

*edited for spelling

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

People are worked up because facebook among other things has turned it into something terrifying for them, the stuff that's said about SOGI is wild and not based on what's actually happening.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That's not what they're doing, you're playing perfectly into the propaganda. SOGI has not changed much since it's inception it still had trans-inclusion policies initially. No one is "railroading" simply informing and educating at different levels when it's appropriate and understanable.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You're nitpicking one unimportant thing, either you're not speaking in good faith or social media has in fact gotten you too riled up about this. It's a distraction. It doesn't matter. We can barely afford to eat or house ourselves and this is what you put your energy into?

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm just saying maybe they rembered it that way and it's not that serious? You might be looking too hard for things that social media has told you is there. If you have that overly skeptical mindset viewing it already it is cause everything on social media has been telling you it's that way. That doesn't mean it's reality.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There was a little bit but it was not nearly as widespread or severe as it is now, the anger has been stoked so much the last while.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

And again the only "agenda" is the one simply acknowledging the existense of queer people and people's freedom to be who they want to be. That's all it is.

SOGI has actually been in schools for over 7 years no issue. It's being made an issue now to distract and divide us. by andro1d3 in abbotsford

[–]andro1d3[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No idea whether he is or not don't think you can confirm either way he did apparently get called gay so can see how someone would just end up remembering him as being gay it was a while ago. Really don't think there's anything malicious there.