[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by vesavius

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.

You’re comparing things that aren’t equal. A Christian group banning trans people is exclusion based on identity. LGBTQ people forming a bond in a shared space is inclusion within a marginalised identity. One restricts access, the other builds safety.

As for Carol, mocking age is wrong. But calling an oppressed group hypocritical for finding comfort together misses the bigger picture. Power isn’t equal here, no matter how much you want to pretend it is.