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[–]soundsituationI myself was once a gay 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Last week I encountered the term "moral extortion". It is what it sounds like: a persuasion technique that relies on inducing guilt ("do the work") rather than using reasoned argument. I think it's a useful concept to understand woke tactics in general, and in particular how gender ideologues might target well-meaning but naive LGB people more readily than they do straights.

I think I remember you saying at some point that you're Gen Z, right? If so, yeah, it might be a tough time out there right now. Fortunately though queer theory is really stupid and doesn't stand up to scrutiny, so I really do believe most people will wake up.

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

I think I remember you saying at some point that you're Gen Z, right? If so, yeah, it might be a tough time out there right now.

Whoops, responding to this way late, but yes! Yeah, it can be frustrating. I think most people my age I've talked to believe that sex is a spectrum, for example, if that gives you a sense of it...