DiscussionListening to someone on the right wing of politics (Emily Jashinsky) analyze my "side" of the political spectrum this week has extremely interesting connections to how gay rights have become crazy "LGBTQ+ rights."

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[–]julesburm1891 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Disclaimer: I’m coming at this from a very American perspective.

There was a Bo Burnham song my friends liked in high school. It had a lyric that went something like “being the owner of a company that makes rape whistles / you started the company with good intentions / but now you don’t want the rates of rape to decline / because your sales rates will also decline.”

That’s kind of what it feels like looking at the left right now. They started with really noble intentions of wanting equal rights for LGB people. Then, our struggle became a massive part of their image. We’re now stuck in a situation where it really seems like they aren’t interested in just letting us be with equal rights because that curtails their “virtuous” brand. In order to prolong this, the demands are getting ever more frivolous and the gates have been thrown wide open to anyone who wants to pretend to be “queer.” Meanwhile, most of the LGB adults I know irl are just hanging out like “nah, I’m cool with being able to get married, not being able to be fired for being gay, and a pretty big shift in public opinion in our favor. Can we just chill out now?”

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

It's the same with other woke causes as well, not just restricted to LGB issues (or, indeed, to the United States): grievance is big business.

When your bread and butter comes from telling people how racist / transphobic / homophobic / cisheteropatriarchal... they are, of course you've got a vested interest in keeping the problem around. I've always wondered a similar thing about researchers who work towards curing cancer. Aren't they going to be at a little bit of a loose end when you realise you've put yourself out of a job? (No, because cancer researchers will research something else I'm sure).

People like Robin DiAngelo don't want racism to cease to exist (it probably never will, so phew for her) because then who would buy her books or invite her to conduct anti-racist training? Similarly, if trans people get everything they want then they can't be the capstone of the oppression pyramid. And what then? Breathe a sigh of relief and get on with your life? Quietly? Like those faggots? No ma'am (it's sir!).

Edit: 'Capstone' wasn't the word I was looking for. It should be 'pyramidion'.

[–]Finnegan7921 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Its the same thing for Sharpton and company. Nothing will never be enough. 200 years from now, Al Sharpton VI will still be running the same hustle.