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08-03-2023 08:56 AM |
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Originally Posted by Tom4784
(Post 11268638)
Geez, I remember when you could actually come up with a decent retort. Extremism rots the brain, I guess.
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It wasn't a retort it was an actual observation stated flippantly - the post quoted was completely off-the-wall, in a very Discord/Reddit/"social media algorithm" way. I'm not partisan at all in pointing that out - ask Alf, I'm always pointing out his Reddit/YouTube Conspiracy Wormhole/MAGA/Q/Savior Trump propaganda for what it is as well (he's not a fan of me doing that).
I also feel that I have some of the few balanced views on this issue on the whole site fanx :hee:.
I don't disagree AT ALL that these things are used and highlighted by the agenda-driven press to stoke the fires in the bellies of outrage, and for reasons that have little if anything to do with what's actually taken place. I'm just also uninvested enough to see that there's no "culture war" without two armies and that the "other side" is being played like a fiddle as well. Baited into defending the borderline indefensible, in the process bolstering the righteous indignation of those opposed.
It's a tale as old as time. Religion has been used to divide and conquer for as long as there's been civilization... and this is just a 21st century spin on the same mechanism.
These shows are obviously not happening "all over the place" - the people involved in this are very niche groups and don't by any stretch of the imagination represent that VAST majority of the LGBTQ community. People with a general axe to grind will try to imply that it is representative. They are wrong. And yet, because of "sides", people flock and scrabble to make excuses and defend something they'd never have tried to defend 5 years ago... because they don't want to lose a trench. All it does is make those people think that they're more right than ever. "Look they're all defending the cock-waggling baby strippers! I KNEW IT!!"
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