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msip313 t1_j46b6ej wrote

Thank you for the enlightening explanations.

I don’t think bullying of LGBTQ+ students in schools is a super pervasive problem. But regardless, to suggest that a teacher who doesn’t hang a pride flag in class is signaling toleration for LGBTQ+ bullying is quite a perverse and dogmatic way of thinking.

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delusions- t1_j46ccfp wrote

You asked two questions and I answered them. You didn't ask for explanations.

No one cares what you think.

In general, but especially because you think that anyone suggested that we were saying

>that a teacher who doesn’t hang a pride flag in class is signaling toleration for LGBTQ+ bullying

The parentheses were the important part of your first statement.

It's not the teacher; it's those in charge, if there's a rule against the flags, it shows that those in charge are they themselves bullying, and not only tolerate it, but push it.

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msip313 t1_j46f1h8 wrote

That’s why explanations are helpful. I asked whether the absence of pride flags in classes signals support for LGBTQ+ bullying by teachers or those in charge (i.e., administrators). Your response was “yes”.

I agree pride flags shouldn’t be formally prohibited. I also don’t think any person or institution - be it a teacher, or the school itself - should be required or otherwise pressured to hang a pride flag if they choose not to.

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delusions- t1_j47hboc wrote

> should be required or otherwise pressured to hang a pride flag if they choose not to.

Literally no one is or ever has been, they've only been forced to remove it.

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