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    Austria finally gets LGBT traffic lights




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    http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2710158/
    It was quite a long fight until austrias government finally decided that their traffic system is not inclusive towards LGBT people. Gone are the times where being included in the traffic system is a cis / straight privilege Austria should be seen as a pioneer in progressivism

    What can i say? It was about f*** time. Hopefully the US and other european countries will copy it. LGBT people make up to 15-20 percent of the citizens, why are 99% of the governments are still excluding them from the traffic system?

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    Assuming this is real... remember this next time anybody ever complains about how the government doesn't spend enough on ______ in Austria -- because somebody spent money on this pointless banal shit right here.

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    We did what now?

    Edit: Ah, yes. Found it. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-10244179.html

    It's in preparation for the stupid Eurovision Song Contest thingy or something like that.

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    Why dont they just use WALK, DONT WALK? Or the RED HAND for stop. That is inclusive of everyone.
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    What....? There's not even a 'straight' version of those signs where I live...

    What the hell?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Korgoth View Post
    Why dont they just use WALK, DONT WALK? Or the RED HAND for stop. That is inclusive of everyone.
    Stop discriminating against dyslexic people, Korgoth.
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    Really? People are starving in Africa, and they spend resources on THIS ?!

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    Well thank god for that, I can sleep easy tonight.
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    Anyone who complained to get this implemented needs to be gunned down. This is just plain retarded...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph Stalin View Post
    It's in preparation for the stupid Eurovision Song Contest thingy or something like that.
    Thought something like that. There is NO way Austria would do something like that outside of the Song Contest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Korgoth View Post
    Why dont they just use WALK, DONT WALK? Or the RED HAND for stop. That is inclusive of everyone.
    Not everyone has the able privilege of having hands. That would be seen as ableist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vegas82 View Post
    Yeah, that's not really what's going on. I went and read a real story about this. They unveiled a few of these in one city, Vienna, ahead of the Eurovision Song Competition. It's to promote a sense of inclusion after some of what went down following a transgender woman winning last year. Doesn't bother me in the slightest.
    So, back to "someone spent money on this pointless, banal shit". Remember that next time anybody complains about a pothole in Austria.

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    And extreme liberalism continues to make the world a stupider, more trivial place...

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    Caution fat people in love?
    Caution woman with trousers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winter Blossom View Post
    Oh, my... that's pretty fucking stupid. I don't think it was needed. Did someone actually complain about this?
    That can't be surprising by now

    I think this is just a stunt though, any serious implementation would be dumb.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winter Blossom View Post
    The red hand, green hand just wasn't cutting it?
    As i said, not everyone has hands. A lot of people lost them at car accident or whatever. It would exclude those people from the traffic system

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    Quote Originally Posted by Winter Blossom View Post
    The red hand, green hand just wasn't cutting it?
    They have little humans not hands

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    Quote Originally Posted by Korgoth View Post
    Why dont they just use WALK, DONT WALK? Or the RED HAND for stop. That is inclusive of everyone.
    You just discriminated against people without hands you ableist scum!


    In all seriousness: A red person standing. A green person walking. That's all we need

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    Quote Originally Posted by VodkaRedBull View Post
    As i said, not everyone has hands. A lot of people lost them at car accident or whatever. It would exclude those people from the traffic system
    How about telling the whole story in the OP?

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