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We sure do punish people for being weird, and it's definitely seeing an increase. Ask any gay, trans, disabled, neurodiverse, furry, anarchist, or other outside
by forestrywat 2mo ago
We sure do punish people for being weird, and it's definitely seeing an increase. Ask any gay, trans, disabled, neurodiverse, furry, anarchist, or other outsider group whether life has gotten easier lately.
Guarantee it's almost (but not quite) universally no.
- yCombLinks 2mo agoRidiculous. When Ellen Degeneres came out as gay in the 90s it was a groundshaking media event. Being gay was incredibly stigmatized, far more than today. The other groups at least have public supporters today, instead of being nearly universally rejected.
- Lord-Jobo 2mo agoStigma is just polarized now. Come out as trans on a platform like Facebook and you will get messages of support that would never have happened in the 90s, but also hate messages and reports to the police(that they will actually follow up on) you wouldn’t have seen back then either.
- IAmBroom 1mo agoYou're claiming police weren't used to harass trans people back then? Hilarious! Just wait until you learn about a bar called Stonewall...
- forestrywat 1mo agoI don't think that's what they were saying. I think they were saying worst case you dealt with local bigots. These days the whole of America's bigots are coming for you because of the internet.
- IAmBroom 1mo agoThen they expressed themselves very poorly.
- forestrywat 2mo agoI'm 50. And agree, back in the 90s things were different. But we're sliding way way way back over the past five years.