Escalating anti-LGBT+ hate and the terrorism it inspires

[Ungnome]

So their 'religion' has an order of magnatude fewer adherents that the actual trans population of Scotland. Small bonus, I guess. At least my Scottish sisters and brothers can overwhelm them in pure numbers, lol.

 

[Rhinox]

I have an honest question. Was she always this crazy or was it the money/fame/life? Like, would she be this kind of nuts, carve out this particular stance if she wasn't as successful as she was?
Is there something about success that turns people insane? Like Scott Adams, another person whose work I used to enjoy. Dennis Quaid. Etcetera.

 

[wonko the sane?]

They've always been like this: success tricks them into thinking all their opinions are valid. They don't start out raving crazies, they slowly get more comfortable pushing incrementally more hardline, or extreme thoughts until there's public backlash.

It's also largely normalized in media and culture: press managers and fan apologists downplaying, re-explaining, and whitewashing context. The general public literally just quietly listens, mostly ignores, and then suddenly goes "Wait, what did they just say?" and then actually goes back and reviews previous statements while actually paying attention; and they notice the slow, subtle building of it.

 

[Sjogre]

While people do change, it tends to come from a part of their persona growing or withering. Money and power are infamous for allowing the worst parts of a person to grow.

In Rowling's case, people that have gone back through the Potter books have noticed some things that are concerning in hindsight, and the whole treatment of house elves was always dodgy, but she was able to get through a public appearance without screeching hate.

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

MAGA people talk incessantly about being "persecuted" for their beliefs not because they've actually been persecuted, but because they know that if they did all the terrible things they'd like to do, they would go to jail. And they'd like to change that.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1844491188319158503

 

[Pocket]

OK, I get that this is horrible, but "comparing trans people to dogs" seems strategically worded to be misinterpreted out of context.

Meanwhile, I want to know what parents objected to about letting their kids watch The Bad Guys. Maybe they think the fox lady is too sexy?

 

[abates]

I'm assuming it's either "furries bad" or "People who look radically different can live peacefully together in a society without it turning into anarchy and chaos."

 

[NovaSaber]

When the headline just lies:

https://bogleech.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F764878853200052224

 

[Ungnome]

Teacher jailed for violating a court order and trespassing doesn't attract the eyeballs, I guess....

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Gotta make it more political. Hate gets more clicks.

 

[Patch]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html

A House Republican is pushing to ban transgender women from women’s restrooms at the US Capitol, two weeks after history was made with the election of America’s first out transgender person to Congress.

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace on Monday introduced a resolution to amend the rules of the US House of Representatives less than two months before Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, is sworn-in in January.

“Sarah McBride doesn’t get a say. I mean, this is a biological man,” the South Carolina Republican told reporters on Monday, adding that the lawmaker “does not belong in women’s spaces, women’s bathrooms, locker rooms, changing rooms, period, full stop.”

One step forward, two steps back...

 

[wonko the sane?]

That's fine. Mrs. Mcbride can piss on nancy maces desk instead.

 

[Ungnome]

Yea, this is in direct response to a trans congress member about to take office.