Full conference room for the talk about Solarpunk at the CCC congress in Hamburg.
I like this flag better:
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this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
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The talk itself was disappointing though. I get that the theme was optimistic story telling, but why invite a speaker that has little to say about Solarpunk other than some plattitudes? At least they could have mentioned some examples or put up some links on the slides or so.
Really a wasted opportunity 😑
I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but their use of comic sans is fitting for the flag. It all looks very amateurish.
Does everything need a flag?
Does everything need to be on the pride flag is the real question
Not a fan of pride flags that remove colours :(
It hasn’t removed any colours? That’s the standard rainbow flag that’s been around for 50 years now.
This looks like it's a modified progress flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT)#/media/File:LGBTQ+_rainbow_flag_Quasar_%22Progress%22_variant.svg
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I read this as a modified pride flag, similar to how the flag you linked is also a modified pride flag.
I have to agree with you. From my perspective, it comes off that they don't think the Trans/POC portion is important and replace it with their own logo while keeping the rainbow and chevron. They could've easily added their own logo to the right but replacing the other colors is in very bad taste to me.
yours has too many legs
Needs more!
Pretty rad ngl
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Rainbows really don't need any extra colors or symbols. The whole point was that they're already covering the whole spectrum. Giving everyone an extra color completely defeats the purpose and singles out all those who aren't having their unique color added to it.
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That's quite over-dramatic, especially in a German context with what the Nazis did to gay people, and completely ignores the point I made.
Then I'm sure you're also familiar with the ransacking of Hirschfeld's Institute for Sexology in 1933, where some of the first treatment plans for trans people were developed. It was a place where gay people and trans people were accepted and treated with respect by medical personnel.
That famous picture of the book burnings? Those were patient records and the research archives of the institute. So no, it did not just start with gay people, and trans people's persecution by nazis was relevant to bring up because it's one of the first kinds of persecution the nazis did. Dismissing that is ahistorical and dismissive of the history of oppression of trans people.
The base flag is always just the rainbow. The other additions are meant to highlight whatever needs highlighting. In LGBTQA+ contexts, you can add the trans and poc and whatnot because those are marginalised groups that deserve some extra visibility.
They made a choice to use a space typically reserved for POC and trans people.
Reserved by whom? The CEO of gay? The rainbow includes everyone already.