Is the bigotry around #Pride been worse this year?
(To me it seems that way. But only through the fucked lens of twitter, as perceived by a straight guy. So, I really don't know.)
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Without far rightists shouting homophobic slurs and a broken government working hard to reduce rights, it was easy to support the LGBTQ community. But not anymore: supporting it means taking a stand. And taking a stand will necessarily piss someone.
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That being said, I would say the case of
@YouTube is a bit different: they postured as allies, but by allowing people like Crowder and others, they also gave hate speech an incredible audience. They put themselves in a "for or against" position wrt the LGBTQ community. - 3 more replies
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