Today I found out that "queer" seriously means "I want to be miserable"

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[–]alladd 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

or a revolution to remain authentic, it must be perpetual, for otherwise its changes become part of the status quo and it’s no longer a revolution

That was literally the whole point the entire time, to show that gay and lesbian people are normal, that their orientation doesn't make them weird. Now that you've accomplished that, you have nothing left to fight for, but you still want revolution, like a bored little narcissist. Being "queer" just means being performatively radical even after you've lost any reason to do so.

[–]LyingSpirit472 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Now that you've accomplished that, you have nothing left to fight for, but you still want revolution, like a bored little narcissist.

But the "bored little narcissist" explains the performative radicalism, since the reason to do so is "they're a spoiled six year old playing "Licensed Character As Excuse To Get In Fights" with their friends and it makes them sick - literally, they get physically ill that they don't get to be the person they're going to write about in history books and build statues of/name high schools after who led to equality for their people.

In order to stop this, the only way to do it is to keep the revolution going and keep fighting until such time as they can jostle for a position of power in the movement, at which time they can end the revolution now that they're personally in a position of power and will be the one the history books write about.

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

The irony is if they actually found purpose in their life and dedicated themselves to something I'm sure it would inevitably lead to strife and chances for conflict where they could stand up for their values in real ways. But they're all too self-absorbed to sacrifice themselves for something else.