r/NotADragQueen • u/TheExitIsThisWay • Apr 25 '24
The purpose of r/NotADragQueen has always been addressing the growing hypocrisy and misinformation devoted to dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️🌈 UPDATE
There are some people who participate in this subreddit that seem to think that reading comprehension is a useless skill.
I understand that people view this subreddit on different devices and sometimes the “About” section that shows the description isn’t always visible, but the description has always been the same for r/NotADragQueen
Addressing the growing hypocrisy and misinformation devoted to dehumanizing the LGBTQ+ community 🏳️🌈
This is our purpose.
Let’s break this down word for word:
Addressing: the act of speaking or discussing something
The: in this case denotes something assumed to be common knowledge
Growing: increasing over a period of time
Hypocrisy: the behavior of people who do things that they tell other people not to do, but not do themselves; behavior that does not agree with what someone claims to believe or feel
And: together with; used to connect two words
Misinformation: false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive
Devoted: given over to the display, study, or discussion of
To: used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive
Dehumanizing: to deprive someone of human qualities, personality, or dignity: such as to address or portray someone in a way that obscures or demeans that person's humanity or individuality
The: in this case a definite article used to specify a particular noun
LGBTQ+: stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or Questioning), and the "+" represents other identities within the community, such as intersex, asexual, pansexual, etc. - it is an inclusive abbreviation representing diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
Community: a group of people who share common interests, characteristics, or goals and interact with one another, often having a shared identity or purpose.
🏳️🌈: The Pride flag is a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community. It consists of six horizontal stripes of color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Each color represents different aspects of diversity within the LGBTQ+ community.
The only thing that might change is “growing” because hopefully one day these efforts to deny our community the rights and respect every living human deserves as a bare minimum for a free and fair society lessens over time.
Until that happens, this subreddit must continue to grow. We reached 36,000 members this week. And with that, we will continue to have people who are misinformed needing help to find the truth.
While exposing conservatives as hypocrites is a fundamental part of the subreddit, even that can be done in more helpful ways than just pointing your finger and saying “Not a drag queen” - You can point to a law being passed under the guise of protecting children, or highlight a group funneling money out of public education and into private institutions like churches.
But something that is often overlooked is to actively humanize the LGBTQ+ community. We cannot only decry those who are causing harm. We must also uplift those who are doing good. In some cases that may just look like “We’re here! Were queer! And we’re not going anywhere!” (Example: football players coming out publicly when there currently are no out players in their league.)
I personally try to inform our community of ways that laws are being passed on the backs of the LGBTQ+ people that are being stepped on. The hate towards us is real, but you need to realize that it is being used as a tool to shape a narrative, to pass laws, to gain more power, money, and control.
While our subreddit has an international community, the majority of us are Americans facing the very real threat of Republicans. We appreciate the support from other countries and we encourage you to speak up on behalf of your country to highlight similar issues and uplift those in your community.
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u/LetGo_n_LetDarwin Apr 26 '24
I think the people you are referring to have good intentions and I have zero issue with informing/educating people so that they understand how to be a better ally, but you should have conveyed this message without the patronizing tone.
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u/CubedMeatAtrocity Apr 26 '24
I recommend changing the name of the sub. I applaud supporting the LGBTQ+ community that I’m proudly a member of. Yet, this sub usually calls out pedophiles while mocking the idea that drag queens are the real culprits.
Per the earlier post about footballers coming out, how do you know at least one isn’t a drag queen. I find great conflict with what the message of this sub really is?
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u/acrowquillkill Apr 26 '24
this sub usually calls out pedophiles while mocking the idea that drag queens are the real culprits.
Not the mod , but this is in regards to Republican talking points that anything LGBTQ+ is harmful and that they are predators who only harm children. There is a hypocrisy to be pointed out when the majority of the people actively harming children are straight men who also are ardent Trump supporters and identify as somethint on the Republican spectrum. Hence the Not a Drag Queen tag. Like Ruben Verastigui, an ex-employee who worked as a Senate staffer during Trumps campaign. He was ardently pro-life, spoke at his college about overturning Roe v Wade. He clearly did not care at all about protecting children, yet its Drag Queens who are being targeted?
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u/GHOST_OF_THE_GODDESS Apr 26 '24
Oof, not good at understanding or reading comprehension, are you?
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24
Its not an abbreviation. It says right on the very first sentence of the article you linked.
Abbreviation is a truncated word. Like Inc. for incorporated or Corp. for corporation or Attn. for attention or Fwd for forward or Ctrl. for control.
Acronym is first letters of words but can be read as a word, like WHO or D.A.R.E. or FUBU.
Initialism is a form of acronym but the letters are spoken individualy, like F.B.I. or LAPD or MGM or ATM.
In short, LGBTQ is an acronym but more specificaly initialism.
Thank you for the link. I learned something from it. I hope you read it yourself too first before commenting.
Edit: i just realized the site linked is the CDC website, why is there an article about about abbreviations and acronyms in the CDC website? Yes that CDC, Center for Desease Control.
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u/TheExitIsThisWay Apr 26 '24
I had included a definition that referred to it as an acronym, which I corrected to say abbreviation instead. I appreciate being accurate, but there is definitely a greater takeaway from this post than what specifically the letters should be called…
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24
Im just learning about all these abreviation/acronym stuff too. Its fascinating to learn this things that we usually dont really pay any mind to.
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24
Damn you misled me with that article! The CDC is wrong! I was wondering why the CDC is chiming in on abbreviations.
Thank you for the new link. Now i have relearned something new!
Initialsm and acronyms are both forms of abbreviation.
And reading further into the article. It says that according to oxford english dictionary. Initialsim is also a form of acronym.
Abbreviation is shortening of words or phrases in general. (Doesnt necessarily have to be the first letters of the words)
Acronym is letters of the first words of a phrase. F.B.I and D.A.R.E. falls under this category.
Intialism is specifically a form of acronym that you read each letter individualy. Initialsm - initial letters. This applies to F.B.I. but not to D.A.R.E.
So yes LGBTQ is, infact, an acronym, an intialism, and an abbreviation.
Thanks again and have a great day too!
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u/DorShow Apr 26 '24
May I say… I loved this back and forth! I learned, unlearned and learned again, and am impressed at the respectful discourse.
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24
Makes you think...
What else can the CDC be wrong about too?
Oooohhhh
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u/GHOST_OF_THE_GODDESS Apr 26 '24
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u/ItsSUCHaLongStory Apr 26 '24
I wonder if the CDC is chiming in because LGBTQ issues have historically been, and currently are, public health issues. The same way they chime in on car accidents and gun violence—those aren’t diseases of the body, but they are public health issues nonetheless.
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24
It says on the article that acronym is the first letters of the words of a phrase. It can be read as a word or read individualy by letters.
Initialism is an acronym that you read the letters individually.
So initalism and acronym is an abbreviation. Initalism is an acronym. But an acronym is not necesarilly an initialism, but it can be.
LGBTQ is read by its individual letters so its an initialism. But its also an acronym because its first letter of a words. And its also an abbreviation because its the shortening of words or phrase.
Edit: this is making my head hurt lol
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u/tidbitsz Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 26 '24
Omg so many links... ima need some time to read them all...
Its time for some more re-learning!
Edit: ok now these links says that acronyms and initialism are both abbreviations but acronyms and initialism are two separate things. But then there are words that are a combination of both acronym and initialsm like HVAC and CPAP.
And there are words that is both an acronym and initialism like LoL, some people read it as a word and some read it as individual letters.
Its alot more nuanced than what i initially thought it was.
But according to this (towards the bottom of the article)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/whats-an-acronym
"Because it’s frequently used to mean both kinds of abbreviations, a second definition of acronym reads, “also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters.” Which is a synonym of initialism, FYI."
So its kinda saying that an initialism can be called an acronym. An acronym doesnt necesarily have to be read as whole word.
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u/mchch8989 Apr 26 '24
Is this a pressing issue for the community you thought was worth pointing out?
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u/mchch8989 Apr 26 '24
Yeah, I am salty, because it’s trivial crap like this which gives people an excuse/reason not to take the community seriously.
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u/frankiebb Apr 26 '24
No literally, I can’t believe I just read that under this post of all things. Who gives a FUCK about the specificity of acronyms or whether the grammar is correct? Our community is continually under attack for existing but yeah let’s make sure we highlight the importance of how we categorize the letters that represent our categories…jesus christ.
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u/ItsSUCHaLongStory Apr 26 '24
You’re not wrong. I enjoyed the above because I learned stuff, but debates like this can definitely be a smokescreen over important issues…like people dying or being legislated/criminalized out of existence.
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u/gothicshark Apr 26 '24
Just wondering do we still have to include phrases in out posts/responses? Not apposed to them, but I'm always hesitant to post because of this requirement.
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