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Waitrose, John Lewis, support the alphabet

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Treaclemine · 27/05/2023 09:50

So I got my free copy of the food magazine, to find an account labelled "Better together", about the support they give, through a group called PIPS, Pride in Partnership, for LGBTQIA+ partner to meet together. Fine. But David Wright goes on to say that "LGBTQIA+ hate crime, particularly anti-trans crime and rhetoric, is on the rise." And thus they need to support their community, and celebrate their differences. So they raising money for LGBTQIA+ charities by selling a Pride tote bag. "Inclusion and equality remain some of most crucial values."
It has a rainbow and the slogan "Proud to be Ourselves".
I am going to write that inclusion and equality should include equal treatment of women, and standing against hate crime from men.
I have to be careful for one of the local partners is the mother of an ex-pupil who has transitioned mtf, in the late teens, lovely lass doing environmental work, and not engaged in hate crime, I assume.
But the assumption that all of them are lovely and never attack women or pour piss over public building is blind. If hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ folk are risiing, they have to think why it might be.

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howdoesatoastermaketoast · 27/05/2023 10:35

If you define an eyeroll as an attack, you can end up feeling like your constantly under attack. @Lockheart

If you fall into the trap of black and white thinking and imagine that any woman who is not 100% loudly and publicly in agreement is an enemy who wants you dead you'll feel under attack a lot.

Feelings of persecution are not equal to actual persecution.
Actual attacks happen, but legitimate complaints get lost in signal to noise ratio

Shelefttheweb · 27/05/2023 10:24

John Lewis is a company in crisis. It lost £234 million last year.

ArabeIIaScott · 27/05/2023 10:18

It's largely due to over-reporting of the most trivial events, and conflating actual hate crimes (which are wrong) with 'non crime hate incidents', which as far as I can tell, can be absolutely anything that absolutely anybody imagines is 'hateful', based on no evidence.

Lockheart · 27/05/2023 10:15

If hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ folk are risiing, they have to think why it might be.

Nice bit of victim blaming there.