Men Recreate the famous Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima picture w/ LGBT+ Flag

[Ashley 10,236]

The comments are disgusting. I hate Facebook. 

[koji 1,404]

I agree, they both have similar motives behind it, right? I know they do.

I'm just saying there are other ways to go about this. I'm not behind the people in the comments on that post saying "fags" and sh*t like that. THAT is very disrespectful as well. But the hell these men went through to raise the American flag is incomparable to struggles faced by the LGBT community.

There is noway you can disagree with me on that.

[koji 1,404]

And I'm not afraid to speak up on this site. I may not be apart of the LGBT community, but that's not important. I still stand behind them.

Why else would I stan Gaga and have a gay best friend?

I know I cannot be one of the only ones with a stance like this on this site. I think some people are afraid to speak up because we know how they can be and take it. 

[Ashley 10,236]

4 minutes ago, musicnotbling said:

I agree, they both have similar motives behind it, right? I know they do.

I'm just saying there are other ways to go about this. I'm not behind the people in the comments on that post saying "fags" and sh*t like that. THAT is very disrespectful as well. But the hell these men went through to raise the American flag is incomparable to struggles faced by the LGBT community.

There is noway you cannot disagree with me on that.

I don't agree that it's incomparable considering people have died for years in this country (and around the world) for being gay. They definitely struggled and fought to be where they are now.

[weed 78,957]

Yassssss I love the rainbow version

they were "fighting for our freedom" but even at home gays weren't free mama! we still fighting, I'm sure gays fought in Iwo Jima too

[Mitchey 903]

This picture has been around for years and I don't see gaga in it, so . . .

[koji 1,404]

2 minutes ago, Mitchey said:

This picture has been around for years and I don't see gaga in it, so . . .

what?

[toewsy 1,842]

1 minute ago, musicnotbling said:

I think some people are afraid to speak up because we know how they can be and take it. 

The fact that I'm not even a hunty though 

OT: Struggle is relative. War is different from thousands upon thousands of years persecution, but at the end of the day WWII- and America's involvement after Pearl Harbor- was about bringing an end to the Axis and the atrocities they had committed. If you learned about LBGTQ history, it's not that unfair of a comparison. 

[dit 46,738]

Meh. Just another conservative snowflake trying to get offended at anything. 

The men are not disrespecting the flag and they are not comparing LGBTQ struggles to the marines struggles and even if they were...who cares? LGBTQ ppl did and STILL do face MASSIVE discrimination and get killed in droves world wide just for being themselves. Plus if you truly take offense to that comparison it probably means you've got hidden issues with or a dislike for the lgbtq community. This shouldn't offend any reasonable person who thinks logically. 

[Quasi 11,034]

20 minutes ago, sillynate said:

There is!  turn your phone sideways and it comes out

OT: this is a little on the disrespectful side, but deep down, they both have the same meaning. Fighting for what's right. 

THANK YOU FOR THIS! 

[15jocart 2,305]

14 minutes ago, musicnotbling said:

what?

This topic is in Gaga News (mods, please change this to another subforum)

[Jed 7,716]

its def in poor taste

[Sizzily 14,571]

gays being extra. What's new.

[Sorcerer 12,526]

Uhm

I respect the LGBT+ Community a lot, but I do not agree with this. 

If I was a son of one of those soldiers raising the flag in Iwo Jima, I would really be concerned. 

I know the sacrifices of the LGBT+ community, but I think not every event must be compared to each other. I just think that this is too much.

[VenusPenus 709]

i knew this thread was gonna get messy...