Created by a gay indigenous man in what appears to be a sincere effort to draw attention to our reliance on Saudi oil, and their human rights record towards the LGBTQ+ community.

Misguided on multiple levels, imho, but not quite the hate or callousness you might expect behind it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

If they weren't referred to in an objective manner, maybe it could have worked.

But the fact it's about buying oil in general makes this an L

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

The level of misguidedness I particularly care about is the one where he advocates for continuing to extract petroleum locally instead of for bicycles and zoning reform.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My first thought was "I wouldn't expect the average lesbian to be super happy about being a prop for fracking marketing."

[–] Voroxpete 11 points 1 month ago

Alberta (where the oil sands are located) is known as "Texas North" up here. There's more than a few reasons why you don't want to be there if you're queer. Or trans. Or any skin color other white. Or a woman. Or....