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In reply to the discussion: I am going to take my leave from DU for a time: [View all]m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)it is a term originating with GAY leftists (NOT STRAIGHT HOMOPHOBES) and a commonly used term amongst leftist gay academics and activists. essentially pinkwashing is cutting a country slack because of it's pro gay rights laws when it is behaving badly in other ways. many gays are blindly supporting Israel because it is progay and ignoring its horrific behavior towards the palestinians just because it is pro gay. THAT is pinkwashing and selfish, imo. anyway I can sense it would probably be a waste of time trying to explain to you but if you have good comprehension skills and know how to google you can learn what it actually is. holy CRAP you couldn't have gotten the meaning of a concept more wrong than you have, an inside out distortion . good fucking lord.