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Aidinthel@reddthat.com 9 months ago
US conservatives lost the war against homosexuality and so they needed to move on to a new target that didn’t have as much mainstream acceptance (yet). There is no good reason for their hatred other than that the fundamental purpose of conservatism is to divide the world between a privileged in-group and a marginalized out-group.
Synthead@lemmy.world 9 months ago
it’s really silly when it’s simplified like that, but yeah. Slavery and racism, women’s rights, and gay rights are kind of out of style now. Rallying against them doesn’t get the voter base they used to get, so they have to lean into a new scapegoat.
Black people just want to live their lives. Women just want to live their lives. Gay people just want to live their lives. Trans people, contrary to most people, still want to live their lives.
When it’s not cool to target transgender people anymore, they’ll move on to something else. That’s what they’ve always done.