When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.

Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.

I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!

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    But I will not stand by while LGBT rights are legislated away.

    coming right after

    I still believe that biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports or be housed in women’s prisons.

    might sound silly, but they’re being truthful. They are not standing by while T rights are legislated away, they actively support it.

    Perchance this person would prefer it being LGB instead

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      “Drop the T” was always going to end up in everyone experiencing homophobia more viscerally.

      might need a new sub for “selfAwareWolves” for a post like this.

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    Alice Weidel is shocked the fascist Höcke, being friends with nazis, doesnt like her and wants to get her “out of the way”

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    When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory.

    Didn’t make it very far into the article; I had to stop reading right there. I can’t handle this much ignorance and bigotry. What a fucking clown. 🤡

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    “I’m conservative so I can force everyone else to live by my rules. How dare those other conservatives try to do the same thing to me!”

    The stupidity of these people is fucking painful.

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    Based off the sheer amount of AI slop on that website, I’m not entirely convinced that the author is even a real person.

    bell hooks argues that gay men might be more aesthetically sensitive than other people. If this is true, then no gay man was involved in the art direction of Queer Majority because it is low-rent slop all the way down.

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    I made sure they came for everyone else but now they’re coming for me and it’s not fair!

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    Separate marriage and state. The government should treat everyone the same whether they are single or married, gay or straight, or anywhere in between.

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      State marriage, if available at all, needs to be available to any couple. Religious marriage doesn’t. If I am a priest who wants to marry only straight people, only gay people, only groups of 3 or more, that should be fine and protected.

      But if the government wants to be in the business of establishing legal protection for family groups, it cannot be allowed to discriminate. Absolutely agree. It is not discrimination to disallow discrimination, no matter how they try to spin it.

      I would be fine with your idea, no more “legal marriage” just religious and no option to register it with the state.

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    “To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on […]”

    …totally imaginary issues that only existed in right-wing hallucinations.

    🤣

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    None of that shit has anything to do with running a country. That’s why you shouldn’t have been backing it.

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    Oof, yeah.

    I understand why some people voted for Donald, but definitely not queer people. Donald was great for militant, nationalistic Christianity… and militant nationalistic Christianity hates the gays.