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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months 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

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months 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.