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ID: Drawing of a duck billed platypus underwater, they're wearing a rainbow coloured t shirt and a pink bum-bag, and saying: "Ally is not something you can self-identify as, it's a title that you earn. Let your actions speak for themselves!"

Credit: Sophie Labelle

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

No one is in charge of how someone identifies except themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Taking that idea and making it about how people can self-identify as allies regardless of their actions is incredibly distasteful.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago

So you're saying that OP could choose to identify as your significant other, and it would be entirely OP's decision with none of your input?