5 Comments for “The ‘Unity of Oppression’ Thesis and the Ever-Expanding Pride Flag”
posted by Tom Jefferson on
Its called, “coalition building”….
posted by Agee on
Not all gays and lesbians are woke leftists favoring socialism and cheering BLM rioters. A full quarter of us consistently vote for GOP candidates. The original flag was inclusive of us, the woke all-agendas-of-the-left flag excludes us.
Moreover, the grand alliance is little concerned with gays and (particularly) lesbians, favoring transwomen with male bodies who compete on women’s teams and non-gay “queers” who are now the biggest part of the LGBTQIALMNOP-plus “community.”
posted by Kosh III on
Some of us warned that allowing a carve-out for religious opinion to discriminate against gays would lead to other groups being attacked by religionists.
They’ve come for gays first, now it’s the turn of Jews; who is next?
Kosh III: “Some of us warned that allowing a carve-out for religious opinion to discriminate against gays would lead to other groups being attacked by religionists.
They’ve come for gays first, now it’s the turn of Jews; who is next?”
I hate to tell you this, but for two millenia it has always been the turn of the Jews.
The overt level of anti-Semitism may ebb and flow from decade to decade, but it never stops, it never lets up, and it never will. The level hatred against Jews over time is unique, in my opinion, universal in Western culture and so deep as to defy eradication. Anyone who is Jewish lives with this reality. Anti-Semitism comes from right and left, religionists and secularists, good-heated and mean-spirited alike. Anti-Semitism is in the air that Jews have to breath every day,
If I may, let me point you to a somewhat controversial book, but one that I think offers some insight: “Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism”, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin, 2007.
The book is somewhat controversial because it is written from a Jewish perspective, and looks beyond “the need to scapegoat”, which is the standard Gentile explanation of anti-Semitism.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Agee: “Moreover, the grand alliance is little concerned with gays and (particularly) lesbians …”
Not to worry. The current lack of focus will change after SCOTUS reverses Obergfell, Romer and Lawrence.
5 Comments for “The ‘Unity of Oppression’ Thesis and the Ever-Expanding Pride Flag”
posted by Tom Jefferson on
Its called, “coalition building”….
posted by Agee on
Not all gays and lesbians are woke leftists favoring socialism and cheering BLM rioters. A full quarter of us consistently vote for GOP candidates. The original flag was inclusive of us, the woke all-agendas-of-the-left flag excludes us.
Moreover, the grand alliance is little concerned with gays and (particularly) lesbians, favoring transwomen with male bodies who compete on women’s teams and non-gay “queers” who are now the biggest part of the LGBTQIALMNOP-plus “community.”
posted by Kosh III on
Some of us warned that allowing a carve-out for religious opinion to discriminate against gays would lead to other groups being attacked by religionists.
They’ve come for gays first, now it’s the turn of Jews; who is next?
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/20/holston-united-methodist-home-for-children-adoption-tennessee-refused-family-jewish/6582864001/
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Kosh III: “Some of us warned that allowing a carve-out for religious opinion to discriminate against gays would lead to other groups being attacked by religionists.
They’ve come for gays first, now it’s the turn of Jews; who is next?”
I hate to tell you this, but for two millenia it has always been the turn of the Jews.
The overt level of anti-Semitism may ebb and flow from decade to decade, but it never stops, it never lets up, and it never will. The level hatred against Jews over time is unique, in my opinion, universal in Western culture and so deep as to defy eradication. Anyone who is Jewish lives with this reality. Anti-Semitism comes from right and left, religionists and secularists, good-heated and mean-spirited alike. Anti-Semitism is in the air that Jews have to breath every day,
If I may, let me point you to a somewhat controversial book, but one that I think offers some insight: “Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism”, Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin, 2007.
The book is somewhat controversial because it is written from a Jewish perspective, and looks beyond “the need to scapegoat”, which is the standard Gentile explanation of anti-Semitism.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Agee: “Moreover, the grand alliance is little concerned with gays and (particularly) lesbians …”
Not to worry. The current lack of focus will change after SCOTUS reverses Obergfell, Romer and Lawrence.