you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]KnightWhoSaysNWord 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Declaring oneself as “queer” to these Straights is more of a political statement to them than an actual orientation

That's it, you got it. The main issue regarding current LGBT community comes from the way intersectionality works: the more "oppressed" labels you can get (being black, gay, female, etc), the higher you'll be percieved in the social hierarchy. And God forbids if you're one of the "oppressors": a white male cis heterosexual with no mental illness. However, claiming yourself as "queer" is quite easy: since the word is ill-defined, pretty much anyone who doesn't conform to some cliche or another can claim the label for themselves. And unlike being black or gay, where it becomes easy for people to notice overtime if you're faking it, most of the things pertaining to mental illness can easily fool people who don't know much about said mental illness.

[–]LyingSpirit472 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Which leads to the forgotten part:

Theory 3 They're high school catty mean girls who want an excuse to bully people for the rest of their lives. It's a power trip, and the less systemic power a group has, the more power an individual can claim. This is why the first thing the fakers do once they adopt the group is kick out the real people in the group for not being cool enough and that makes them sad.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Nail on the head. You can't bully people anymore, so as with everything else woke they just use a new name and it's acceptable.

[–]BioEssentialism[S] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I miss the old type of “cringe” bullying tbh, at least the bullies back then wouldn’t make themselves out to be morally self-righteous and so were easier to deal with.