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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote

My mind is blown by how people are defending this;

"Saying all straight people is bland and boring is just as inconsiderate and generalizing as saying that all gay people are annoying"

It's not comparable (as you noted), and queers can take the piss out of straights for heteronormativity whenever they like. Pointing out the irony of having a bland flag when your heteronormativity sets out to crush anything but homogenous white picket fence straightness seems to me a complete non-issue.

"I'm tired to the bone of seeing people discriminate against any sexuality, and i see no justification for calling heterosexuals in general boring and bland"

This is that same stuff here in the apology. Kicking up a fuss to nitpick about nonsystemic issues when the original point is about systemic issues is oppressive.

What am I not understanding? This is open and shut for me.

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just as inconsiderate and generalizing

Objectively, it is just as generalizing. I would say it is just as inconsiderate. They do not carry the same weight. They are not equivalent. I do not think that insulting anyone based on things outside of their control is okay, however, even if they are not nearly equivalent in power dynamics and society.

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