I don't know anyone on the left who opposes homophobia in relativist ways. I know lots of religious tolerance folks who do, tho.
Relativists are everywhere. 'Its OK for us but not for you' is a human tendency.Current ideas in leftism support this using power structures
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Namely - 'Its OK to criticise/generalise about this group coz powerful but not this one coz oppressed minority.'
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Hence, we get people defending poisoned candy analogies for men or for Muslim immigrants but very rarely both - relativism.
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That's not relativism. That's hypocrisy. Relativism is "everything is fine for everyone if their culture says so".
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