Sometimes karma moves fast--transphobic radio hosts in Rochester, NY

[Shandris]

30. I think you're misinterpreting the scenario.

No liberal talk-show host would say something this offensive. But the thing is, it hasn't always -been- offensive. That's relatively recent.

This very same conversation, ten years ago, would have been perfectly fine. But what if it had been someone sticking up for LGBT ten years ago? Cue up the exact same excuses, "public face of the company", "it was a public backlash", "something so offensive, social shaming HAD to be done...". Only now (as in, in the example) we're the ones getting destroyed by it.

Had this kind of social shaming been acceptable 10 years ago, would LGBT rights have ever gotten off the ground? Highly unlikely, because you'd lose your job for talking about it! So wonderful, the narrative goes our way at the moment and we're safe. But what about the next cause that we pick up? Will it be as socially acceptable as LGBT is now? Probably not, because we tend to espouse causes most people don't care about. Only this time, since we've unleashed this social shaming trend, it's going to come down on US, not THEM. And our righteous cause may well flounder for a generation while we slowly fight through all the losses from this weapon we've unleashed that seemed so very good at the time.

It's like the Patriot Act. Conservatives loved it...when they had a conservative president. Now you can't find a one who supports it. What changed? The politic changed. That's the one constant -- the politic will always change.