𝓝𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝔂𝓷𝓷  💎

This is the polite version of the people who send me gifs of ISIS throwing people off roofs.

What's absurd about it is that the people trumpeting "Western values" are the ones LEAST onboard with LGBT rights, feminism, etc. Eg Trump

So this is a disingenuous bullshit argument that's supposed to stall and befuddle me, or make me look hypocritical to observers

"Western values" is a dogwhistle for Western—white—people.It's only when talking to me they pretend LGBT/feminism has anything to do with it

Even in response to this thread people are obstinately pretending my aversion to "Western values" rhetoric means I don't support LGBT rights

The LGBT shield. Tommy Robinson, former leader of the EDL used it recently in a Rebel TV funded march called Gays against Sharia.

None of the people involved had ever been involved in LGBT activism of any sort before hand and no one in the scene had heard of them.

this is hugely underdiscussed. western colonial powers are literally *the* reason why homophobia is a global problem today

No, its not being cynical for the 'sake of being cynical'. '[culture] values' are always focused on emphasizing personal superiority, and-

-breeds resistance to change cultural values. This is why 'christian values' is a problem as well. If we want to use the values narrative,-