Mike Solana

the cultural hegemony often changes colors, but have you noticed: sex is always bad, and war is always good

the counter culture often changes colors, but have you noticed: sexual freedom is always good, and politeness always scorned

we have been fighting the same war for a century and it isn’t left v right. it’s ‘collective’ will v individual freedom. the former inclines naturally, invariably to force, the later to love and curse words

there has never been an activist movement for love (e.g. premarital sex before it was accepted, interracial marriage before it was accepted, homosexuality before it was accepted) that didn't argue from the principle of liberty - "don't tell me what to do with my body / life"

Interesting. I consider "don't tell me what to do with my body / life" just to be the framing for how those movements were packaged and sold. Especially because opposition to these movements also framed similarly with "Don't tell me how to practice my religion / educate my kids".

if liberty was just the marketing for gay rights, what in your opinion were we actually fighting for? separately, the opposition to gay rights absolutely wasn't framed "don't tell me how" in the early 90s - they were in charge. no one was telling them how to do anything.

Liberty and Justice. And societies that were much earlier to adopt gay rights lean further towards the 'collectivist' end of the spectrum than the US, rather than being more 'individualist'.