🌈 POLL: What are your thoughts on the word “Queer”?
Queer is no longer a slur and has been reclaimed by the community as a whole.
Queer is a slur and I reclaim it.
Queer is a slur and I don't reclaim it.
Queer is a slur and I don't reclaim it, but I reclaim other slurs.
Queer is a slur and I do reclaim it, as well as other slurs.
Queer is no longer a slur, I claim it but not other slurs.
Queer is no longer a slur, I don't claim it, but I reclaim other slurs.
Show me the answers!
Voting ended onFeb 16, 2023
THE Q SLUR AND RECLAMATION
queer has been used historically to refer to lgbt people since at least the late 19th century, but reclamation of the it became more common towards the 1980s. it's a controversial topic even within the greater lgbt community as opinions on it will vary wildly from individual to individual.
with this poll i hope to gather more information on individual relationships with the word "queer" and whether or not a person reclaims it. there's no wrong answer here and it's not at all any kind of scientific poll, it's simple curiosity.
Please feel free to include your own feelings regarding queer in the tags, replies or in an addition - I just ask that you keep it civil. ^_^
you are absolutely encouraged to rb this btw id actually love to see a more general consensus on the word (that i personally consider a slur but respect others rights to reclaim) that isnt just from within my own mutuals or followers circle, who obviously will likely have similar opinions to myself.
Read more Flat Earthers Claim Australia Doesn't Exist And People Who Live There Are Actors Paid By NASA
By: Umer Abrar
Published: Nov 2022
A rising number of individuals seem to believe that the earth is, in fact, flat. But it gets better. They also claim that Australia is a fake.
According to a popular Facebook rant, the whole country (and, by extension, the 24 million people who reside there) is a hoax. The idea was revived during a recent meeting of so-called Flat Earthers in Birmingham when over 200 individuals gathered to certify that the Earth is nothing more than a huge pancake.
The "fake Australia" post first appeared on Reddit in 2017 and was authored by Shelley Floryd. However, it seems to be returning to the minds of the spherically challenged at the minute.
The rant goes: "Australia is not real. It's a hoax, made for us to believe that Britain moved over their criminals to someplace. In reality, all these criminals were loaded off the ships into the waters, drowning before they could see land ever again. It's a coverup [sic] for one of the greatest mass murders in history."
Moreover, the post reckons that all Australians are nothing more than computer-generated personas or paid actors hired by NASA and if you've ever been Down Under yourself: "you're terribly wrong".
Surprisingly, the pilots seem to be all in on it - and have been flying you to areas of South America for years. Flat Earth beliefs have been debunked by almost everyone capable of logical thinking, yet the notion is now experiencing a revival.
Over 200 conspiracy theorists met in Birmingham at a hotel for the UK's first Flat Earth Convention. The three-day conference included nine speakers who took the stage to share their theories about why the Earth is flat.
According to The Telegraph, Dave Marsh, an NHS worker who spoke at the conference, said: “My research destroys big bang cosmology.
“It supports the idea that gravity doesn’t exist and the only true force in nature is electromagnetism.”
While NASA has used GPS, satellites, and photos from space to verify that the Earth is round, Flat Earth enthusiasts claim that they have proof that the space agency is lying.
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Aristotle figured out the Earth is round 2300 years ago. Eratosthenes measured it 2200 years ago. Some of the people who scoff at this as anti-science idiocy think sex is "assigned" at birth.
What's it called when you have generally humanist principles, but periodically despair that all human life on the planet should be wiped out?
okay but genuinely i find the idea of flat earthers just so fucking hilarious. like imagine that being the thing you dedicate yourself to. imagine deciding “you know what i’m going to believe and make the center of my belief in the universe? THE IDEA OF EARTH BEING FLAT.” and then dedicating your life to trying to find the most specifically flawed explanations. it’s just so funny to me