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06-23-2019 | 06:55 PM
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I have gay and transgender family members. I support them. However I wish that our profession hadn’t become the springboard and center stage for all things sexual. I feel this highly technical industry is being disturbed by agendas that are inappropriate and distracting. I don’t feel a serious and professional company should be waving flags of sexuality at their corporate offices. It’s unprofessional. I wish we could just treat all human beings with equal professionalism, courtesy, and respect without the “dog-and-pony-show”. Airlines are tripping over themselves to appear as progressive and morally superior as possible and were forced to participate.
Same goes for holidays, keep it clean and uncomplicated. “Happy holidays” works for most.
Same goes for holidays, keep it clean and uncomplicated. “Happy holidays” works for most.
06-23-2019 | 08:00 PM
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Have you guys seen Ryan Reynolds with his shirt off? I mean, I'm just sayin'.
06-23-2019 | 08:40 PM
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3 groups groups that deserve a month... African Americans, War Vets, and the Jewish...
3 groups that went through extreme hardships or sacrifice...
Everyone else gets a day, throw a flag on a pole or whatever they want
3 groups that went through extreme hardships or sacrifice...
Everyone else gets a day, throw a flag on a pole or whatever they want
06-23-2019 | 09:19 PM
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Identity politics and tribalism are great for this country. Even better when politicians and corporations try to profit off of it.
06-23-2019 | 10:36 PM
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There aren’t enough months in the year for the amount of people that went through hardships. Genocide and persecution have been around for a long time, yet only certain people love to cry ‘why always me’ and play the victim card for their personal gain and benefit.
06-23-2019 | 11:14 PM
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Sorry, those are a conquered people, not an oppressed one. It's happened all throughout history, people lose their land.
It sucks but time to move on.
No flag, no month.
Now if you want to raise a flag or dedicate a month ( including to the 3 groups listed above) to others that were oppressed that actually contributed to the US, how about the Chinese or the Irish?
Or does your tolerance have limits?
It sucks but time to move on.
No flag, no month.
Now if you want to raise a flag or dedicate a month ( including to the 3 groups listed above) to others that were oppressed that actually contributed to the US, how about the Chinese or the Irish?
Or does your tolerance have limits?
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06-24-2019 | 05:19 AM
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What is imbivolent? And I'd hope he doesn't like "boys or girls" because he'd be a pedophile. "Boys and girls" are terms that are typically used to describe genders of children.
Those are 2 examples (but pretty much your entire paragraph is one giant example) of how your writing sounds like you are in middle school. I get it, it's the internet, but it's quite embarrassing frankly if you are actually an airline pilot. And it makes it hard to take any of the content you write seriously when it sounds like you were asleep for every english class after 5th grade and cannot coherently convey an opinion.
Those are 2 examples (but pretty much your entire paragraph is one giant example) of how your writing sounds like you are in middle school. I get it, it's the internet, but it's quite embarrassing frankly if you are actually an airline pilot. And it makes it hard to take any of the content you write seriously when it sounds like you were asleep for every english class after 5th grade and cannot coherently convey an opinion.
06-24-2019 | 05:46 AM
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When was the last time you saw the Israeli flag flying below the American flag at OSC? When have you seen JetBlue replace the POW/MIA flag with the Israeli flag? Are you saying Jewish people aren’t proud of their history? Do they not deserve a whole month to show their pride too?
06-24-2019 | 06:18 AM
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The point is that right now in the US, not at some historical juncture, calling homosexuals "disgusting" or saying that you don't "agree" with their lifestyle is considered socially acceptable. This isn't presently true for Jews or African Americans. In the 1960s American south, people would say these things about interracial relationships or blacks joining them at the lunch counter. People still say these things, but another pilot isn't going to tell you about it at work. Not true for opinions on LGBTQ people.
And this thread started because someone said the rainbow flag was outside OSC below the American flag. I personally think that spot is reserved for certain things like the state flag or the POW/MIA flag. Flags that serve the vast majority, not a small miniority. Otherwise, you’re promoting that group or lifestyle above all others. That’s fine in certain venues, but not on a pole below the American flag.
