/furi/ - Yaff

I understand the message, and it's sure to spark outrage in the conservative community, but it should be noted, that trans, queer and all non-heteronormative people are certainly not "invisible" to their harassers.

I know it may seem like I'm arguing samanthics but I'm just trying to point out that these right wing bullies and tormentors see LGBTQ everywhere. Around every corner, looming and lurking, threatening their day to day lives, grooming their children, spreading their radical ideologies, jeopardizing their rights and freedoms, endangering their culture, their religion, their country…

And no, I don't mean to say that these things are actually happening, but conservatives have been scapegoating the LGBTQ community for years, vilifying them to no end and making them the center of their culture wars.

All of their echo chambers and even the major social media platforms they visit are plagued with fear mongering propaganda and misinformation that entertains their fantasies and fears, that appeals to their victimhood, their grievances and their phobias, to the point where it has become a monster of their own making.

And it's intentionally designed this way. For one, so that Republicans in power can distract their voters from the fact that they're picking their pockets by calling their attention to all of these "woke," "radical leftist," "DEI," gender bending boogeymen.

LBJ said it best:

I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

This rings true today more than ever, just replace "colored man" with any of these modern targets.