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The whole LGBT movement and stuff wouldn’t need to exist if people were accepting. People aren’t. And still aren’t. When you actively oppress people for who t
by kayodelycaon 5y ago
The whole LGBT movement and stuff wouldn’t need to exist if people were accepting.
People aren’t. And still aren’t.
When you actively oppress people for who they are, it’s not surprising it becomes more important.
- tenpies 5y agoWhy do LGBT movements still exist in cultures that were/are very accepting of LBTQ individuals then? Alternatively: why are they completely absent in the countries that need them the most?
- kayodelycaon 5y agoYou can see them in more accepting countries, but many of those countries were far from accepting before. The US wouldn’t need Black Lives Matter if they actually did. Skin color wouldn’t matter and wouldn’t be part of people’s identity if people weren’t racist.
- xupybd 5y agoThat's interesting as I see BLM in it's current form increasing the racial divide.
- dragonwriter 5y agoSeems to me that they are exacerbating the left/right divide (with the neoliberal center-right facing some internal divides), but not so much the racial divide.
- plutonorm 5y agoClueless.
- croon 5y agoWhy do scarecrows still exist in fields with no birds? Why are there no scarecrows in fields full of birds, where they would be needed the most?
- TheCoelacanth 5y ago> Why do LGBT movements still exist in cultures that were/are very accepting of LBTQ individuals then? Do you have examples in mind? I can't think of a single culture that accepts LGBT as much as non-LGBT. Even ones that are somewhat close only became that way in the past decade or two. > Alternatively: why are they completely absent in the countries that need them the most? Because being identified as LGBT could literally endanger your life in those countries.
- mountainriver 5y agoThey do for now but that’s just because of history, and the fact that the more esoteric parts of lgbt+ still aren’t fully accepted. As more generations pass it won’t be needed (hopefully)
- MillenialMan 5y agoI don't think this exists because it "needs" to, it exists because people want to read it. I think it's healthy to question why the audience is so responsive. It could be altruism, but people don't usually read articles out of altruism.