whats funny as i reflect is that this was explicitly what pride was intended to oppose "do what you want just dont tell me about it" as an attitude was rejected I think (this is my vague recollection) because it emblemized the shame of the closethttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1411493226037477384 …
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a common and correct criticism of "ok lets pretend you dont exist" was 1. ok thats insulting 2. also thats inconvenient and a massive burden and 3. ok why the hell do straight people still get to do it then
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i can make no claims about the current absolute difficulties faced by sexual minorities in living openly but surely one can agree that whatever the level of difficulty there is uniformly less of it than existed in say the 80s
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definitely, but a lot of what is gone has only been temporarily banished and is likely coming back within our lifetimes; imo the current scotus will likely overturn obergefell v. hodges and maybe even lawrence v. texas if it gets the chance
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and most states haven't repealed their gay marriage bans, and some haven't even repealed their sodomy bans, with all that implies about people's attitudes toward homosexuality
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we were granted an easy victory by the powers that be, but for the most part the lawyers and diversity trainers didn't actually win over hearts and minds; that's a long slow hard fight and still mostly in our future
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there's zero chance obergeffel goes imo if that makes you feel better
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i mean, thank you for trying, but which five justices do you think would uphold it?
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it'd be upheld 7-2 or better there is no political support for repeal, absolutely none, and there is no chance they go out to bat like that
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my guess is this is brown v board level hard to repeal
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