It has always been ridiculous to assume a homosexual person has any truck with a particular position just because of their sexuality.
Just because you’re daft enough to think you live in some woo-woo-world where all the ‘oppressions’ can & should be allied, does not mean you should assume that anyone else is stupid enough to think the way you do.
Sure, but I would assume most homosexuals would have little tolerance for newcomers that believe they should be thrown off from rooftops as part of their faith.
What they are saying is not about gay people and their political views. They are saying that 31% of British voters approve of homosexuality (not that they are gay themselves) yet disapprove of immigration. They combine a left wing and right wing position That is more than the percentage of voters who approve of both homosexuality and immigration, and more than the percentage who disapprove of both.
The number of British voters who think homosexuality is always wrong is down to 10%. That means most conservatives do not — a big change. Opposition to immigration, on the other hand, has increased.
How is support of homosexuality either right or left wing?
AC Harper
7 months ago
One of the problems with Identity Politics is that the Identity part need not line up with the Politics part. So Politicians are surprised by strange alliances and Identity activists feel betrayed by people they thought they knew.
ChilblainEdwardOlmos
7 months ago
It seems that pundits everywhere are baffled by the fact that Cultural Conservative or Liberal beliefs often do not align with Economic Conservative or Liberal philosophy. Prime example being American Black culture which tends to be socially conservative but economically liberal.
The concept of “Left” vs “Right” is woefully undescriptive. Lately I’m finding find Authoritarian vs Anti Authoritarian more and more useful unfortunately. Technocracy vs Populism also…sigh.
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SubscribeIt has always been ridiculous to assume a homosexual person has any truck with a particular position just because of their sexuality.
Just because you’re daft enough to think you live in some woo-woo-world where all the ‘oppressions’ can & should be allied, does not mean you should assume that anyone else is stupid enough to think the way you do.
Ya. Thought that was pretty cringeworthy as well. Basically takiing down to an entire segment of society
Sure, but I would assume most homosexuals would have little tolerance for newcomers that believe they should be thrown off from rooftops as part of their faith.
I would suggest the overwhelming majority of gay people do not support Hamas.
They’re not newcomers. Hamas merely hold to a variant of a stock-standard Islamic stance, and even their variant has existed for a century at least.
What they are saying is not about gay people and their political views. They are saying that 31% of British voters approve of homosexuality (not that they are gay themselves) yet disapprove of immigration. They combine a left wing and right wing position That is more than the percentage of voters who approve of both homosexuality and immigration, and more than the percentage who disapprove of both.
The number of British voters who think homosexuality is always wrong is down to 10%. That means most conservatives do not — a big change. Opposition to immigration, on the other hand, has increased.
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How is support of homosexuality either right or left wing?
One of the problems with Identity Politics is that the Identity part need not line up with the Politics part. So Politicians are surprised by strange alliances and Identity activists feel betrayed by people they thought they knew.
It seems that pundits everywhere are baffled by the fact that Cultural Conservative or Liberal beliefs often do not align with Economic Conservative or Liberal philosophy. Prime example being American Black culture which tends to be socially conservative but economically liberal.
The concept of “Left” vs “Right” is woefully undescriptive. Lately I’m finding find Authoritarian vs Anti Authoritarian more and more useful unfortunately. Technocracy vs Populism also…sigh.