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Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - sekker - 04-29-2023

Disclosure: my mother worked in the Dance Dept at a university. I’ve been exposed to non straight folk my entire life.

And I’m married to a Catholic.

But neither of us understand the current culture war.

This is a genuine inquiry - why the obsession? Just because someone else is different doesn’t change who I AM.

Appreciate the explanation as I am clueless.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - pdq - 04-29-2023

:dunno:

Too much Faux News?


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - SteveG - 04-29-2023

'Burn the witch' has a certain visceral appeal that gets them out to the polls.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - graylocks - 04-29-2023

sekker wrote:

This is a genuine inquiry - why the obsession? Just because someone else is different doesn’t change who I AM.

Appreciate the explanation as I am clueless.

wedge issue that easily rallies the religious masses who believe it is against the laws of their god.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - Ombligo - 04-29-2023

it deflects attention from the issues that matter. Additionally picking on a minority plays to the base and makes them feel superior


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - Lizabeth - 04-29-2023

they are projecting their inner thoughts...seriously.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - gadje - 04-29-2023

I wonder how many of them are afraid to come out of the closet.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - RgrF - 04-29-2023

graylocks wrote:
[quote=sekker]

This is a genuine inquiry - why the obsession? Just because someone else is different doesn’t change who I AM.

Appreciate the explanation as I am clueless.

wedge issue that easily rallies the religious masses who believe it is against the laws of their god.
^^^^ This


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - mattkime - 04-29-2023

Conservative leaning people tend to believe in hierarchy and they've found a new group to shove to the bottom.

There are a lot of people with a surplus of certainty over apparently simple topics.


Re: Serious question - why is the far right obsessed with gender definitions? - anonymouse1 - 04-29-2023

In addition to all the good points made previously, I see a couple of things (which overlap with the previous points):

1. There are some people/groups who are very susceptible to out-group hatred. It's a group-bonding experience for them.

2. Some people are anxious/scared. This gives them something concrete to be scared about, which is paradoxically calming--it's no longer free-floating anxiety/fear.

3. There are entrepreneurs of fear, like DeSantis, who want to take advantage of 1 and 2.

4. If you haven't been exposed to that type of stuff until you're and adult, you may have some unconscious prejudices.