Controversial Political Opinions

[Eric the Green]

(05-11-2022, 09:00 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(05-11-2022, 01:25 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: "- most of the right already has no problem with gay people
- most of the right is already against racism
- most of the right already agrees with the basic principles feminism was supposed to be about"

That is definitely not true. Politicians like DeSantis, Abbott, Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Jordan, etc., and even Trump, double down in their anti gay, anti LGBTQ, racist, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist stands in order to out-flank Trump or get his support, and they are even passing laws penalizing doctors and nurses for giving care to trans people, as well as banning books that explain past racial injustice in this country, which is vast and long-standing, and banning discussion of gays in school, not to mention the attacks on women's rights by the supreme court and in 26 states.

The right has moved the line further and further right, making any attempt to move past the culture wars and deal with real issues next to impossible. I believe this is being done to elect Republicans who will double down on the neoliberal policies of lower taxes for the rich, on giveaways to corporations and "job creaters," on ending regulations especially on climate and environment so fossil fool barons and other corporate lords can continue to amass wealth, on deliberately increasing inequality, and other neoliberal policies. The culture war gets certain people to vote Republican, and all Republicans are neoliberals. And neoliberal policies are presented in terms of fear of immigrants, opposition to taxes given for welfare and people who don't work who may explicitly be stated as or merely implied as being people of color, etc., to further appeal to uninformed, uneducated, prejudiced, religious right, rural and ex-urban conservatives, who have an advantage in the Senate and electoral college.

I will partially blame the RNC for this, because their policies are generally much more socially conservative than most of their base (like, I live in South Carolina. It's pretty fucking conservative here, and even then most people really don't care about most of these things as long as you leave them alone.

With that said, you're wrong about DeSantis. A bill prohibiting teaching sex education to 2nd graders is not transphobic or homophobic. It's about not exposing kids to sexuality in general. Regardless of whether or not you agree, those are not remotely equivalent.

I'm talking about the don't say gay bill. That is specifically homophobic.

I am not able to say myself about whether children learn about sex in school, or at what age. But that specific question is up to local school boards, or should be. And it should not be homophobic as DeSantis' law specifically is. Young people should be able to learn about gender multiplicity and sexual preferences, and should be educated not to bully those who are different in their gender and sex identities. My opinion!