RE: What do you think of LGBTQ2?
February 8, 2019 at 4:03 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2019 at 4:10 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't know that the situations are so broadly similar as to provide a compelling analogy. Our atheism has not amounted to the level of systemic disenfranchisement that those other identifiers have. Atheism was not grounds for refusal of a marriage license. Atheism was not grounds for potty laws. People will always be assholes..but things like this go beyond being an asshole.
It would make sense for you to find your atheism a far less profound part of who you are and your position in society than some lgbt people finding any of those things to be a profoundly consequential part of theirs (and hey, some do..some don't). You can decide to move on with your life, for example..but how does one move on with their life when moving on includes a marriage that you cannot achieve? The pressure that brought about change on that issue was only achieved by groups with aligned interests who could organize beneath an identifiable banner, just as our major parties provide that banner to their constituencies and pursue their interests.
For better or for worse that's just how things work. That's hardly bizarre...it's business as usual. "Hi, we're xy and z..and we'd like to talk to you about....".
While it;s pretty much none of my business how you work out your relationship with your political party - it seems that you might want to consider the possibility that the idea that this is bizarre (and a whole range of other common tropes) are a product of a fifth column seemingly operating within that party -as- liberals..but espousing a decidedly conservative narrative. Delegitimizing the groups, their goals, and their motivations as "one of you".
It would make sense for you to find your atheism a far less profound part of who you are and your position in society than some lgbt people finding any of those things to be a profoundly consequential part of theirs (and hey, some do..some don't). You can decide to move on with your life, for example..but how does one move on with their life when moving on includes a marriage that you cannot achieve? The pressure that brought about change on that issue was only achieved by groups with aligned interests who could organize beneath an identifiable banner, just as our major parties provide that banner to their constituencies and pursue their interests.
For better or for worse that's just how things work. That's hardly bizarre...it's business as usual. "Hi, we're xy and z..and we'd like to talk to you about....".
While it;s pretty much none of my business how you work out your relationship with your political party - it seems that you might want to consider the possibility that the idea that this is bizarre (and a whole range of other common tropes) are a product of a fifth column seemingly operating within that party -as- liberals..but espousing a decidedly conservative narrative. Delegitimizing the groups, their goals, and their motivations as "one of you".
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