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[–]SerpensInferna 27 insightful - 1 fun27 insightful - 0 fun28 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I can't help but feel that 'queer' is this generation's goth or emo equivalent. Which would be fine - kids do weird things when they're hopped up on hormones and trying to figure the world out - if multiple circumstances hadn't converged to create the absolute monster that it has.

By 'multiple circumstances', I would include social media, the horror show the left has become, absolute wealth and comfort and no true hardships or struggles, the coup d'état of the T of LGB organizations and issues, permissive parenting...feel free to tack on whatever the hell else you want to here.

[–][deleted] 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't mind them doing weird shit. The problem is that they are making it political and being a pain in the arse.

[–]Three_oneFourWanted for thought crimes in countless ideologies 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, other than the self harm associated with goth and emo culture, there weren't life altering decisions involved, such as voluntary and irreversible surgeries and hormone therapy. No one was advocating for giving goths sharper knives, yet people are advocating for giving children access to hormones.

There is a key difference to how these phases are being treated that will lead to a lot of pain for those going through them down the line

[–]Alma_Esmeraude 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People in goth and emo (and punk) subcultures understood they were participating in a subculture. I'm not sure the teens, young adults, and actual adults labeling themselves "queer" understand this, because the term is so much conflated with sexuality and sociopolitical status.