• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This may be controversial to ask, but…

    What’s the difference? Isn’t love just love? Should there really be a distinction? Won’t that only cause more divide? Does this comic imply that one loving relationship is better or more special than another?

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      15 hours ago

      One of them could get you shot, or worse, if the wrong person sees it. It’s not better, but it’s arguably more brave. So yeah, I’ll celebrate that one a little bit more.

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      23 hours ago

      @BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world has one take on it that may indeed be accurate. My take was just queer representation. I have the same reaction as a gay dude. Seeing queer couples out and about both makes me happy that we’re moving in a direction where that can happen without constant fear and because I get to see people like me and don’t feel so alone

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        17 hours ago

        Representation is something I get.

        Other than that, I really don’t care who is in a relationship with who if it’s not my relationship.

        I don’t have to be attracted to that partner, so it doesn’t matter to me what gender that person has.

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      24 hours ago

      I love this. Your comment and questions warm my heart.

      Let me show you darkness. There are people that view queer love as evil or contemptible, not only “lesser than” straight love. This comic plays on that idea by shifting the other direction. If straight love is “normal” and cute, then queer love is “radical” and defiant. This is the joke.