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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.
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Too much Faux News?
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'Burn the witch' has a certain visceral appeal that gets them out to the polls.
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it deflects attention from the issues that matter. Additionally picking on a minority plays to the base and makes them feel superior
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they are projecting their inner thoughts...seriously.
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I wonder how many of them are afraid to come out of the closet.
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graylocks wrote:
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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
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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.
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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.
