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I have complained to TA about it and a friend of two has, as well. There are two points with this. One is that if they had said the same thing with another type of discriminatory word it wouldn't be there... like black or Muslim.
The second part is that when someone mentioned something like that, it isn't about the other party, it is about themselves. It is obvious, but sometimes hard to accept... they have a problem with our being Gay, because otherwise there is no reason to mention it at all. It's like when you walk up to a fat person and say "you are fat". Well... they know they are fat, you aren't delivering any news. What you are saying is "I have a problem with your being fat." Which just sounds so awful.
The whole tone of the review is based on their bias. Ever hook in that bathroom is marked with a label indicating that they are for reuse. We are quite careful and environmental. We have a green recycling box near the front door. We use central distributors so we don't have that packaging. We use paper cups that can be recyled. We even fish out maps and newspapers from the trash to add to the recycling. Low flow toilets, water saving showers, etc. (The government also takes this into account in our rating system.)
I just don't know which is worse... TA for publishing it without actually reading it (shouldn't they have automatically flagged it because of the wording?) or them for actually submitting it. And when you look at their other reviews... all seem to only review when they have complaints, even when they are baseless.
The second part is that when someone mentioned something like that, it isn't about the other party, it is about themselves. It is obvious, but sometimes hard to accept... they have a problem with our being Gay, because otherwise there is no reason to mention it at all. It's like when you walk up to a fat person and say "you are fat". Well... they know they are fat, you aren't delivering any news. What you are saying is "I have a problem with your being fat." Which just sounds so awful.
The whole tone of the review is based on their bias. Ever hook in that bathroom is marked with a label indicating that they are for reuse. We are quite careful and environmental. We have a green recycling box near the front door. We use central distributors so we don't have that packaging. We use paper cups that can be recyled. We even fish out maps and newspapers from the trash to add to the recycling. Low flow toilets, water saving showers, etc. (The government also takes this into account in our rating system.)
I just don't know which is worse... TA for publishing it without actually reading it (shouldn't they have automatically flagged it because of the wording?) or them for actually submitting it. And when you look at their other reviews... all seem to only review when they have complaints, even when they are baseless.