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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 172 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A symbol for back-alley abortions. Dangerous, painful, and scary, representing some of the most important reasons why legal abortion is necessary. One assumes the slash through it means "abortion should not be illegal", but I have to admit it's not the clearest symbol in the bunch.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grandmothers in the United States get it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's less that the wire hanger is an unknown icon of the abortion struggle (it isn't), and more that the symbol is presented in an unclear way: does the slash mean "no abortions"? Or "no, abortions!" The thing is, both forced birth advocates and pro choice advocates would hate the wire hanger, just for different reasons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Risky abortions have been around since time immemorial. The coathanger arose during the 20th century as an alternative to poisoning one's self with pennyroyal or ascorbic acid to induce a miscarriage.

The point of modern abortions is they are safe, and in fact considerably safer than pregnancy. Our anti-abortion community wants to punish women for participating in sex, even when they do not consent, either by suffering through pregnancy or through a risky miscarriage.

And their other policy positions reveal they have no actual interest in the welfare of the child.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's a symbol in suppprt of safe and legal abortions? I mean I guess it's better than having a baby crossed out or smth.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

antilaundry

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

No more wearing business formal.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

#NO WIRE HANGARS EVER!!!!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was just joshing you, playing a little trick, I think it's for atheism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lmao, "atheism"

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anarchism. The circle-A drawn like that (without the lines extending beyond the circle) is how it's traditionally drawn.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

i don't understand how most of lemmy is pro-communist but also pro-anarchist at the same time

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...different people with different opinions?

You do know lemmy isn't one person yeah?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Inside you are two wolves. One is communist, the other an anarchist.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anarchism and communism are 95% the same in regards to goals. They just have different views on how to get there, that differ very little or a lot depending on the specific sub ideology, of which there are many. The 5% with different goals are some anarchist tendencies which want to keep markets and money, like mutualism. Everyone else wants a stateless, moneyless and classless society where people contribute according to their ability and receive according to their need on the basis of mutual aid. And no, "anarcho"-capitalism is not a thing, that's an oxymoron.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I'd be a ok with just some wealth redistribution, but everyday without that I am getting more radicalized.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wealth redistribution is only resetting the board, not a change in the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i like the game, just not my starting position

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's literally the game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

i just lost the fucking game

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Sounds like you should learn more about the history of the two concepts then, because they've never been mutually exclusive.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't think you got a notification when Numuruzero said they're just joshing you, they think it's for atheism

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what does the colours flag mean ?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

🏳️‍🌈 LGBT+ Pride

Also Apple Computer, circa 1970s. Vivid colors on your VHS and Betamax recordings. And a lot of kid's stuff including Sesame Street.

But in this case, LGBT+ pride.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice pfp, have a nice day, lad

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what dinosaur is their megazord?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A pregnant, black atheist lesbian with a penis…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

hmm, i like this

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's with the coat-hanger one? Isn't that a pro-life symbol?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I think it's more pro abortion because banning abortion leads to a rise in unsafe "coat hanger" abortions.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This. I was confused with it at first, especially because it was in an ambiguous circumstances. But it does make sense, come to think if it there is no real symbol for anti-abortion you can easily cross out and expect everyone to know what it means.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

anti-putting your clothes away. pro-leaving them in the basket

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

anti putting your clothes away pro making a new cat bed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

What does the forbidden swastika mean? /s

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Don't forget URSAL.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

After so many comments, i would like to say that my intention was to post a inclusive image.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

when i read fuzzy memory i thought it was a complementary concept to fuzzy logic and asked myself why on earth you would want your stored data to be fuzzy.

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