Subj : Re: Rainbow Flag
To   : osito
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Sat Jun 03 2023 00:23:57

 os> And then I remembered, "oh no, in North America it means `I'm gay.'"  
 os> Then I was thinking, did the spooks hijack the rainbow flag so people
 os> would forget it means peace? Did it never mean peace in North America? 
 os> Osito

Yeah, homosexuality used to be labeled as a "mental illness" in the DSM-3 or the DSM-4/  They never came to the conclusion that homosexuality was at all healthy, rather it was due to a lot of political lobbying and militant actions against the umbrella organizations that supervise the health care professions that got so fed up with the constant railing against them that they just let it be removed completely from the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual.  Apparently if you make enough of a fuss about something you can change the world, not due to winning an argument but rather just being so freakin' annoying that the enemy eventually gives in and lets you call yourself a non-issue.

Strange world indeed.

Cheers!
-warmfuzzy

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