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Originally Posted by Glenn.

Fair point on ageism, it’s wrong too. But intent matters. Mocking someone for who they are isn’t the same as finding comfort with people who share your experiences. One comes from hate, the other from protection. Calling that groupthink ignores why those groups form in the first place.

Exclusion over the last 20 years has actively been classed as a form of hate... Now that the LGBT community have power, it suddenly switches to 'self protection and comfort'.

But, look... If a Christian community, for example, banned trans people from a space on the grounds of self protection and comfort they would be attacked as bigots.

The mocking of Carol based on her age was a separate example of the double standards and hypocrisy of that group. I didn't mean to imply it was the same thing as the happy exclusion of others from their ingroup.