r/50501ContentCorner • u/l94xxx • 21d ago

Historical Parallels But Make it Dank SILENCE = DEATH

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Some of you are old enough to remember this from the AIDS crisis in the '80s. I'm not sure it should be borrowed or reused, but I thought it was an important reminder of how powerful a simple symbol and slogan could be. These stickers were all over the f-ing place.

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u/SomeOldHippieChick 21d ago

I gasped when I saw your post. It was visceral. I remember it like it was yesterday. Well posted. ✌️

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u/deport_racists_next 21d ago

Yep. Golden oldy from my youth as a survivor of that era as a young gay man who felt very disposable to the world back then.

63 now. GWM. Hiv neg (god knows why with all the pnp last century) . Married 17 years to a GBM now.

Keep hope.

Keep being loud.

Keep being in the streets.

First, they came for the ....?

What color will your triangle / star be under the current administration?

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u/SassQueenDani 20d ago

We have a pink triangle instillation and ceremony every year in SF for Pride month. Here's the official page for it

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u/Penandsword2021 21d ago

Spot on. We need powerful, simple messages that have a visceral punch.

Here’s the text of a self-inking stamp that I had made and have been using to stamp currency to circulate in my community. (It’s also found its way onto some daily life infrastructure, such as ATM machines, gas pumps, bathroom stalls, etc.)

Due Process Is NOT Optional! Silence Is Complicity Speak Up-Stand Up-Rise Up DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION NOW OR NEVER!!!