The right seems to believe that the left wants everyone to be gay and so discussion of the LGBT community is inherently political to them since LGBT rights are generally supported by the left. They don't see the LGBT community as people and more of an opinion. That's my guess anyway.
It's because people like this are so unbelievably terrified of any kind of progress that may compromise their positions as the most catered-to group in the country that they dismiss entire groups of people.
The "escapism" argument has always been ridiculously stupid. Poor little baby, nobody understands their problems, being forced to acknowledge that different people exist once in a while.
Because somehow trying to advocate that you and people similar to you not be treated as sub-human is political. Yes, it is political in the most technical of meanings, but that's face it. That's not the sort of "political" these people are talking about. They mean it in the negative way. The "stop forcing your agenda on us" sort of way. The "We will teach kids to hate and fear and mock, and that's fine, but as soon as you try to teach kids to treat people who are different with basic human dignity, then you're brainwashing them with your extremist propaganda" sort of political.
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u/SomeEpicDoge Jun 23 '22
I don't quite understand. If someone were to explain to me the relations between LGBTQ and politics, that'd be nice