Colonization"It's a shame what Pride has become"—Ben Appel

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[–]Lovebirds_fury 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The sad thing is this article would be treated like hate speech by the modern lgbt community. They would say things like "im not going to read all that shit", "go to hell bigot" or the same old overused phrase "PROTECT TRANS KIDS"

I'm just 31 and I remember being a teenager struggling in a homophobic environment. Lgbt youth from today are completely different. It's weird that I suddenly became a right winger...I would like to help them but its impossible.

I guess the world doesn't change. Back then we were indoctrinated by religion and harmful traditions. The problem persists, and it got worse. New forms of indoctrination and discouraging critical thinking.

[–]bucetao6969Ace spectrum | LGB should respect religion practicers 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Me too. I'm not LGBTQ+ and wasn't right wing but the left made me right wing. It's funny how anyone that made a concise or logical viewpoint get labelled as a rightwinger or hate speech. I might as well join their side by that point!

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Except that actual right-wingers, subsets of them at least, also harbor weird cult fantasies and tons of ignorance. This is why if you cruise GC Twitter you'll see "politically homeless" pop up fairly regularly in people's bios.

[–]bucetao6969Ace spectrum | LGB should respect religion practicers 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh for sure every side has that. The issue though is I see these extremists and cultists parts of the leftwing are actually on the center stage and no one seems to pay mind. Sometimes they even celebrate it. I'll never forget the left's attempt to humanize the transgender shooter, ever.

I find the reason most don't want to transition to rightwing is the baggage associated with it and how your coworkers and friends will see you. It makes me think these "politically homeless" people might actually be secretly rightwing most of the time.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi.[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's very weird to watch lefties fail to see their own culpability and promote messed-up policies. Yes. Definitely. I will never get used to it and don't want to.

Regardless, nobody is obliged to pick a "side" in this case; thinking of politics that way is just convenient and habitual. We can actually just think for ourselves and abstain from declaring allegiances. Many of the people who call themselves this really are politically homeless. I've interacted with them and watched what they post. So am I. I prefer reality. It isn't as subjective as many who are trying to promote unhealthy policies assert.

There's a whole lot of groupthink going on on both sides of the political spectrum. And neither side wants to admit they're doing it, too.