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I am a cis straight white male, but I do have colleagues who are gay, lesbian, trans, and/or non-white, and all of those who I've spoken to on this topic do not agree with your take here.

It just goes to show you that everyone is different, and there's no such unified thing as "what gay people believe" or "what black people believe". Some like that their employers make business decisions based on the personal ethics of those in leadership positions, and some don't like that. That's just life, I guess.



I appreciate your contribution to this thread

I like your conclusion: it isn't unified. There is a lot of pressure to conform to certain buckets and it also still can be an absurdity to do so.


I just have to laugh when I see "cis" used.

That's like using the term "Black Crow" to describe the vast majority of crows, simply because a "Blue Crow" [1] exists, yet consists of a very tiny fraction of all crows.

Let's say 99% of crows are black. Then there's no need to call them "Black Crows" as there's a very low probability you'll need to point out the color of the crow.

Just say "Crow". Or "male" / "female". No need to throw in "cis" unless you're simply trying to demonstrate your conformity to the new fad of wokeism.

In which case, ya lost me as someone who will take you seriously.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Crow


That's a bit silly, especially given the context.

If I were talking about black crows, in a conversation referring to blue crows, it might be relevant to be specific and say "black crow".

Regardless, why would you dismiss someone's entire opinion based on something so insignificant as that?

"I want to buy a widescreen TV" "You idiot! 99% of TVs are widescreen, let's stop talking now as I can't take you seriously."

Also your stats are wrong. According to the census, it's more like 8-9% of US citizens self-reporting as homosexual/queer [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_Unite...




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