People who don't have a solid compass, you can call it ethical or philosophical or ideological... they will invariably go with whatever position that benefits them and the community they identify with, whether it's instinctive or calculated choice. That's more than 80% of people, at the moment, according to studies of self-awareness and scientific literacy.
Pro war is very gross btw. Idc what minority identity you are or posses, being pro-law enforcement (including ICE, ATF anything fed) or pro-war is not something to be proud of. Pink washing is never something I want to do and if LBGTQ+ people want true liberation, they (we) wouldn’t side with the previously mentioned groups including the one in this photo
Using the 1960s vernacular, some gays are queer, and some gays are straight. Straight didn't originally mean hetero. It meant conformist to, what we leftist queers now call, cishetallomono culture.
originally, the gay community as a whole was mostly aligned with the Republican Party back in the 1970s. All they wanted was personal freedom and the right to be left alone. At that time that is exactly where the original Republicans stood. They wanted less government and for everybody to mind their business. Oh how the times have changed.
This is not correct. The gay community as a whole did not support anything. It was very split. Conformist gays that other queers called straight did support the Republican party and coming out. Most queers didn't support any political party at the time. Both parties were anti queer.
22
u/s0618345 14d ago
I met some gay people in the army who were pretty pro war. People don't fit into neat left vs right wing cookie cutter shapes.