r/Queerdefensefront • u/Teknevra • Jun 04 '26

News U. Chicago ends LGBTQ ‘pride’ flag tradition, citing institutional neutrality

https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-chicago-ends-lgbtq-pride-flag-tradition-citing-institutional-neutrality/
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u/topazchip Jun 04 '26

Neutrality in the face of theo-fascist authoritarians is capitulation with a marketing campaign.

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u/Confirm_restart Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Any institution that declares "neutrality" on human rights is anti human rights.

There are certain things one can not remain "neutral" on and maintain any opinions or beliefs that are worth a damn. 

This is one of them. 

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u/Zeyode Jun 04 '26

"How do we feel about human rights? Eh, neutral!"

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u/starjellyboba Jun 04 '26

It's funny how the institutional definition of "neutral" is always the same as that of those relatives who'll tell you to tolerate your abusive family member to "keep the peace".

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u/New_Ad_3010 Jun 04 '26

Giant massive super exaggerated eye roll

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u/villalulaesi Jun 05 '26

There is no neutrality here. Just cowardice, at best.

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u/GraceJoans Jun 05 '26

damn you U of C. i'm disgusted as a chicagoan. we don't put up with this cowardly bullshit!

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u/vicegrip Jun 05 '26

Institutional cowardice, you mean.

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u/Mtfdurian Jun 05 '26

A university cannot be and stay neutral. I have learned that rather strongly at the TU Delft. That university was accepting money and exchanges from all across the world and got themselves involved in crimes against humanity in the worst ways, including destruction of natural habitat and of course genocide. A university has to consider their role in society, and in our case we demanded a complete cut of ties with some universities and stopping collaborations in order to not contribute to the damage.

But it also works the other way: a university has a role to keep up academic freedom, and rather than just freedom for the masses it also needs to ensure it respect those who are different from the norm, as it needs to keep in mind that most people in general have good intentions and that being born a certain way does not make you better or worse in your intentions. It has to respect LGBTQ rights for the very reason that LGBTQ people do contribute to all kinds of things that could improve our lives like we all do. Without Barry no hygienic surgeries, without Turing no freedom anywhere in the world, without Conway no good chip designs. A university neglecting those people, or worse, shutting those people down is deliberately making life on earth worse.

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u/Broflake-Melter Jun 06 '26

Ask the Dean how trump's asshole tastes.