I never got why conservative got crazy if you specify a pronoun, but at the same time expect you to specify whether its, it’s Mr/Ms/Miss (and often don’t take Dr as an answer), looks like the same question

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    984·
    1 year ago

    The pronoun rage is all secondary to targeting trans people. It’s less a matter of ideology and more about unifying their voters around a scapegoat.

    • CorrodedEnglish
      504·
      1 year ago

      Kind of an evolution of homophobia

      • meco03211@lemmy.world
        272·
        1 year ago

        Remember kids. Evolution doesn’t dictate that all changes “improve” the organism. They just increase the likelihood of survivability. Continuing the hate for just “gay” people was losing popularity and would have killed the conservative movement had it not evolved into a more esoteric form of hate.

      • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think most conservatives draw a meaningful distinction between being gay and being trans. These are folks who still view homosexuality as a mental illness and I’m fairly certain they see transsexualism as a closely-related mental illness, similar to the way schizophrenia is closely related to schizoaffective disorder.

        • CorrodedEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I meant that transphobia has become the new trend among the right as there has been greater acceptance of homosexuality. There’s definitely still homophobic people out there but I feel like more people are willing to call them out.

          • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Even amongst conservatives, I would wager the ones who are reasonable enough to accept gay people are reasonable enough to accept trans people. I agree with what you’re saying—the general trend is that a new minority group is first reviled and then gradually accepted; gay people had a hard-won fight, and trans people will too (although thankfully, I think trans people can ride gay people’s success on this front, at least a bit). I just think there’s a huge contingent of conservatives (mainly the Christian Right) that will never accept gay people and group trans people in with them, rather than seeing them as separate issues/groups.