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[โ€“] Drivebyhaiku 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I routinely see in and amongst the right wing protesters where I see gay men holding up signs that throw trans people under the bus. A lot of the attitudes in gay bars can be hostile and misogynistic towards trans men too.

They get to feel respectable so long as they are the ones participating in the oppression and the bigots get to use these people as shields - "look how reasonable we are, we have gay people who support us SEE ?!" but it's all disposable. Once they've successfully oppressed the people on the outside the Conservatives turn to the next layer of the circle in reverse order of acceptance. Suddenly the bigotry is at the door for the idiots who supported them and their friends who were using them as shields don't need them anymore.

The Nazis did this too. Gay men joined up with the brownshirts hoping to find safety and acceptance in the ranks. They participated in the dismantling of their own communities and then the minute they were judged to be no longer useful they were purged and executed in the Night of Long Knives.

[โ€“] ChunkMcHorkle 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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