the summary of my earnest point is that i find it morally objectionable to throw people in my own community under the bus in the hopes that the people who despise my chosen identity will maybe stop hating it
because they won’t. you can doubt and appease as much as you like, but so many of them will never accept us
you can see this happen in real time with any outspoken right-wing talking head who also happens to be queer/non-white/not-male. they will be thrown in the dumpster by their alleged peers without any provocation
I like to do the right thing and funny thing at the same time, here, by arguing the Sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade was squarely to be blamed on Eastern Roman politics (and the Byzantine ruling class was not the victim in the slightest here!) before I start beating up Paradox game fans again, it’s an event they’re always particularly agitated about my thorough investigations have revealed
Like that woman who shot a video of a non-passing trans woman in a bathroom stall, and YouTube comments were like “that’s it, show these freaks!” Disregarding how, you know, she invaded someone else’s bathroom stall to score cheap Controversy Points?
Or that initiative in Ohio that would authorize adults to inspect children’s genitals before letting them play school sports… For… er… their own good, I guess? That’ll teach them that school sports are more serious business than their own protection from weird adults who want to get into their pants. Or something.
I saw something recently about that Vivek guy in the US saying he respects the opinion of someone in his political tent that agrees with mostly everything he says but would not vote for him because he is Indian
saw that earlier and it’s one of the examples i was thinking of, alongside conservatives thinking that caitlyn jenner is a mentally unhinged man in a dress
he’s not saying anything, so i’m guessing that the man in the right hand panel is actually done with his crusade and confused why they are asking who’s next
