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Why does it seem the world is all of a sudden concerned about sexual orientation? Especially America. Did I miss how far we came as a society to see it take a 40 year step backwards? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

It's all about distraction. All of us seek entertainment because our lives are usually quite dull. So the media feeds us things to have opinions about. Politicians, big tech psychos, gender issues...

It's all pointless and keeps us from actually making any real difference. People here on Lemmy fight over which words to use, gender issues, or god forbid, someone admits they are not vaccinated...! Wow. Nuclear bomb right away.

None of this matters at all, it's just entertainment.. Nobody changes their minds from getting downvoted either. Sometimes it feels like keyboard warriors here think they are fighting some kind of fight. But nobody changes their mind guys, even if you downvote them.

So it's actually pure entertainment and distraction from what matters... :) We don't have to be so serious.

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

The forces of reaction never went away, they just weren't as narketable for a few years, there. Companies are trying to increase their marketshare among bigots while also not alienating the people that don't hate gay people. So you get pinkwashed corporate logos and genocide along with cancelled gay shows and an increase in false history nouveau Westerns.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's finally reaching such widespread acceptance that 1. Actual bigots are getting concerned they can't be bad people anymore and 2. Assorted people are getting tired of the discourse.

[–] Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So how do we deal with the biggots?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I don't think the site admins would be appreciative of my suggestion :^)

In reality, forcing higher standards across the board raises the floor and can prevent enough bad behavior to be useful. Education and experience also encourage good behaviors. Basically, make it illegal to be a bigot, and let people learn why they don't want to.

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