Seriously, my grandpa is “very MAGA”, as he calls himself, a “radconservative” or something. He is very open about his views on people being able to freely speak their minds without censorship, yet he gets REALLY mad when I say the following:
Swear words (even “hell”, “crap”, or “damn”)
Epstein Files should be released
Trump being on the Files apparently more times than God’s name appears in the book about Himself: the Bible.
Even mentioning the word “gay” or saying something about a gay couple
Trans people
Seriously, I have cousins who are grown adults, maybe mid-20s who would absolutely FREAK if I said the word “trans”. They will actually panic and say “Oh, um, maybe let’s not talk about that…” and then nervously laugh like it’s a super taboo subject.
This is NOT the 1950s.
Ideology always holds that validity is exclusive to within-the-ideology.
Once validity is exclusive to within-the-ideology, then rights also belong only within-the-ideology.
It’s a simple mechanism, & it underlies … pretty-much ALL ideologies/prejudices/assumption-rivers/“religions”.
Race, gender, & class all are affected.
So are language, age, political-identity, etc.
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