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RgrF 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
It's a winning strategy. They can't fight on anything else. They're not trying to accomplish anything. Just stop forward achievement. It's not even about their people. WE have to take care of their people. A party full of toddlers.
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No one cares if you're gay, bi, trans, whatever. They just get annoyed when LGBQT go nuts when someone calls your "sir" because you have a beard. Relax, don't get your panties all bunched up over it. Many also have issues when you pee standing up in the women's locker room at the gym.
You're different, you're a minority, deal with it. I'm Jewish and I don't get all bent up when someone wishing me a Merry Christmas or Happy Easter.
My religion is 2% of the US population, I get it, oh well.
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Mr645 wrote:
No one cares if you're gay, bi, trans, whatever.
Really? No one?
Then why does the GOP seem to be enthusiastically pursuing a nationwide persecution of their rights?
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pdq wrote:
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No one cares if you're gay, bi, trans, whatever.
Really? No one?
Then why does the GOP seem to be enthusiastically pursuing a nationwide persecution of their rights?
The same .05% of far left and .05% of far right that the media give 90% of the spotlight to. Using the few to control the masses.
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It would seem that 0.05% of the far right somehow currently has control of a number of state legislatures.
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anonymouse1 wrote:
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.
That is a pretty good list. I would add that "fundamentalist" religion plays a big role in 1. and 2. and also that religion gives those "in- groups" a moral pretext to ignore science. For example, it gives a moral pretext to say that g-ender d-ysphoria is wrong because it isn't "natural" even though the scientific evidence is that people with g-ender d-ysphoria come by it naturally, not by nurture or choice.
Edit: I wish there was a way to get the forum filter to quit treating "g-ender d-sysphora" as though it was a "bad" phrase. It kind of pisses me off.
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The fact that leftist are pushing the issue on the other end is falling right into their trap.
