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[–]Riothamus 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Let's say you constructed a hero narrative to give all the credit for a significant event to someone who could have been plausibly aligned with your pet cause. Let's say you were going for maximum intersectional sympathy points.

Who could be better than a smiling dead homeless black cross-dressing prostitute? A dead man can't dispute your version of his life story. He was estranged from his family. He also lacked close friends who could have kept him off the streets. As a rule homeless prostitutes lack strong social networks who know them as they truly are.

Malcolm Michaels/Marsha P. Johnson was just the perfect cipher for trans activists.

[–]barnarnasis this tv show my friend? 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I guess I'm focusing too much on finding a root cause lol. What matters is it's a lie that's been allowed to take over and I honestly don't know if it's even possible to shut down anymore.