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Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Te... by mike00632 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:09AM (#21522279)
You know, in most parts of the world and in many parts of the United States, being accepting to gay people is the outlier.

See TikTok's banning LGBT content and Facebook's banning HIV drug awareness ads.

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Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Te... by lucifirius on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:24AM (#21522363)
>See TikTok's banning LGBT content

China owns TikTok

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Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Te... by grzte on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:19AM (#21525060)
TikTok is not (only) banning LGBT content, they are banning political stuff altogether.
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Re:One Google Staffer Fired, Two Others Put on Leave Amid Te... by mike00632 on Friday November 15, 2019 @07:59PM (#21550202)
Being LGBT isn't the same as being political. It's not a subset of politics. Being accepting of gay people or prejudice against them might align with the two parties in the United States but someone's existence and visibility isn't inherently political. The point is that China (and many others in the world) are taking a stand against LGBT people, not just to preserve their hold on political power.
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