"how far left". Radical libertarians -- of both left and right varieties -- did the work of gay liberation. The mainstream left has historically been barely better than the evangelical right; LGBTQ issues are just a trendy marketing opportunity to them.https://twitter.com/jkfecke/status/989260116783435776 …
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The Libertarian Party stood for gay marriage in *1972*. People are desperate to deny/explain away Joy Reid's hatred precisely bc it represents the historical liberal consensus. They've recently decided to stand in front of the Pride parade and pretend they were always leading it.
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"But Rev," you say, "he said left, not liberal!" Oh, you delicious child. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism_and_homosexuality …
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Liberal/left/progressive/conservative/right/reactionary are such a mess that I mentally replace whatever it is someone says with what I think they mean.
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Yeah, if you look at the history, LBGT activists are all over the map politically. But if you look at *which non-LGBT political movements* supported LBGT rights, ie which weren't 90% hostile, it's centered on individualist-anarchists.
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