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EnergizedLib

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7. And I'm so sorry you have to go through that

Reply to Celerity (Reply #4)

Fri Feb 17, 2023, 06:58 PM

Feb 2023

The point of my original post was that what you do is your thing and you should be allowed to do your thing and nobody should be offended or affected by someone they most likely don’t know living in a way that doesn’t impact them.

You don’t deserve that, no one does. I’m not indifferent to culture wars, which need to be ended, not ignored. I just wish others would mind their own business about those who are different than them. How you live your life is of no concern to these extremists.

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Seriously, who cares? [View all] EnergizedLib Feb 2023 OP

profoundly disagree with this apparently ultra-privileged, utterly dismissive take: Celerity Feb 2023 #1

What do you find wrong about it? EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #2

As a mixed race black lesbian, I look at the increasingly unhinged RW in America and see a mortal Celerity Feb 2023 #4

And I'm so sorry you have to go through that EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #7

Culture wars are utter bullshit, except when they spur people to violent acts. usonian Feb 2023 #3

Then that needs to change EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #5

Of course it needs to change. How do you suggest that be done? Ocelot II Feb 2023 #10

As far as I'm concerned EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #13

Agree. But "hearts and minds" are hard to change. usonian Feb 2023 #11

Who cares? The side's that weaponizing it. Now what? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #6

But why? EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #8

Fear of the "other," racism, sexism, right-wing media influences, Ocelot II Feb 2023 #15

It's pretty clear they're hung up on it because they're racist bigots. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #16

Also it sells ad space to other racist bigots. meadowlander Feb 2023 #22

The culture wars *have* become a threat because the right wing has weaponized them. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #9

I'm not saying culture wars are a non-issue EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #12

Historically oppressed groups trying to achieve true equality, is a BIG threat. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #14

I'll tell you what is a farce EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #17

How many do you know? old as dirt Feb 2023 #18

We will never fulfill the ideas in our foundational documents until we accept facts. Caliman73 Feb 2023 #20

Might depend on who you are. old as dirt Feb 2023 #19

What I mean is EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #28

You can refer haters to Erykah Badu. SYFROYH Feb 2023 #21

One of the central cultural tragedies in the US is peoples' inability to mind their own business. meadowlander Feb 2023 #23

Finally some who gets it EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #27

Culture warring is a national bonfire grown and weaponized to overthrow democracy. Hortensis Feb 2023 #24

This feels very dismissive - Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #25

I might have worded this wrong EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #26

Most groomers are heterosexual men. Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #30

You might have a point EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #31

I'm betting you don't feel the need to make that point in conversations Ms. Toad Feb 2023 #32

There was nothing with her shirt EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #33

I'm not woke... brooklynite Feb 2023 #29

Woke has become a buzzword for what they hate and fear EnergizedLib Feb 2023 #34