You know why Christians think being gay is wrong? They have a framework. Men and women are meant to reflect a symbolic structure of responsibility and union, as seen in the church and god's relationship to man. Procreation is very important. Gay relationships are a perversion 1/
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Guess what other group is developing a big symbolic framework with a bunch of terms and concepts that feel obvious (that they expect you to educate yourself to the 'correct' way) and default (that it's intensively normalized in the culture)? 3/
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The parallels between my cultish, evangelical homeschooled upbringing and the discourse I'm seeing going on in public mediums right now is chillingly similar. I am freaked the absolute fuck out. We're descending right back into the judgmental, intolerant shithole we came from. 4/
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And guess what - judgmental, intolerant shitholes *do not feel like that from the inside*. They feel good and virtuous. If you think 'no, this isn't a descent into a judgmental ignorant shithole because it's good and virtuous' then this only INCREASES HOW FREAKED OUT I FEEL
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And to be clear - there's lots of other discourse out there around topics I vehemently disagree with or find absolutely harmful, that are *not* engaging in this terrifying religiosity. This religiosity is a new, viral beast and it's taking over like early Christianity.
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