The question isn't "did both sides attack" it is "do people on both sides feel attacked." I'm sure there are plenty of Russian's who feel attacked by the Ukrai

The question isn't "did both sides attack" it is "do people on both sides feel attacked." I'm sure there are plenty of Russian's who feel attacked by the Ukraine; that doesn't mean the Ukraine started the current war. Consider this mindset (to be clear, not my mindset): 1. The US is, and always has been a Christian nation 2. Homosexuality is unchristian 3. For the past 60 years, anti-christian liberals have been trying to (and in large part succeeding) in legalizing many sinful behaviors, at least one of which is tantamount to murder (i.e. abortion) 4. Following the legalization of the sinful behaviors comes normalization via indoctrination in schools From this mindset, it's easy to see how e.g. legalization of homosexual behaviors (and then of homosexual marriage) is seen as an attack. As far as attacking first, well that's simple: all those people who attacked, beat, or killed homosexuals were isolated incidents and e.g. the raid on Stonewall Inn was just the cops doing their job (these people were breaking the law, after all). See e.g.: https://source.wustl.edu/2021/08/cultural-backlash-is-lgbtq-progress-an-attack-on-christianity/ https://source.wustl.edu/2021/08/cultural-backlash-is-lgbtq-...