I belong to a small (in the hundreds) community of social media folk who are LGBT and are all done with the bullshit of the alphabet mafia. The vast majority are Trump supporters. All of them are Conservative. All of the ones I’ve personally connected with are intelligent, forward thinking, well educated, and forthright. It’s been a breath of fresh air to be able to have conversations over why I disagree with some of the stuff going on right now (the BBB comes to mind), without getting trampled.
One of the ladies I follow is a big butch dyke. When I say big, I don’t mean fat. She’s stocky, muscular, a little bit masculine but definitely female, and she has the (if you’ll excuse the term) typical lesbian short haircut. She’s a Christian, an unabashed Trump supporter, and is married to a person who is not a Trump supporter. They provide a fairly balanced viewpoint of things, which I really appreciated during the election time.
This lady was recently told that she has to stop identifying as a lesbian. Because she has a masculine look to her, and she wears cargo shorts and high neck tees, she’s “trans masc” and therefore that’s what she needs to present as.
Let’s just say that this order didn’t go down well with the butch. LOL… She very clearly, very concisely, and very pointedly explained that “we the normal gays” are no longer part of the “rainbow community.” There may have been some four letter words, but most were beeped out because TikTok is like that. Let it be said, the butch was not the least bit interested in backing down from her personal viewpoint of her own lesbian self. In Leftist speech, they didn’t respect her pronouns so they’re dead to her.
That whole incident has led to a new movement, though, and I thought it was a good idea to let you all know about it. The first thing these few hundred LGBT people did was to “fix” the pride flag. They took off the “TIAA+” part (the triangle on the left side) and replaced it with a purposefully poorly tacked on other regular rainbow.
Note, this is my version of it. I wanted you to get the idea. Basically, the idea is that if the alphabet mafia doesn’t want anything to do with “normal” gay folk, then they can go. And they should take their part of the flag with them.
The second thing they did was reclaim the rainbow. Keep in mind, these are largely Christian people. Not only did they lose their “gay” rainbow to the alphabet mafia, they lost their Biblical rainbow. So they took it back. Now, they’re doing an upside down rainbow. The upside down rainbow is meant to look like a smile. It represents both the original basis of the rainbow flag (solidarity, wanting to be a part of the greater human community, etc.) and the idea that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle.
I rather like it. So if you see someone with an upside down rainbow, they’re probably a gay Conservative. I might start sporting this one myself. And again, that’s my version of the smile. 🙂
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Except if you’re a Progressive.
See my reply to AL. Diversity means accepting those who apply without basing stuff on their skin color or race or gender. What I do, what WE do, is real diversity. Base opinions on people’s behavior and actions, with perhaps a nod to their culture if it’s germane. Equality for all.
True diversity, true acceptance is more akin to apathy than anything else. You are black, I do not care. You are gay, I do not care. You are female, I still do not care. What you do and who you are matters, not what you are.
Keep it up, and continue welcoming and helping those that are just learning what real diversity is all about.
I sometimes think y’all have no idea how absolutely terrifying it is to “go off reservation” and admit we’re conservative or leaning anything other than far left. True diversity means, to many, that they aren’t special. They didn’t get lovin’ from their parents so they get it from their rainbow community. While that’s an okay thing, the groupthink it’s engaging in currently is NOT okay. Trying to take away someone’s livelihood because they voted differently than you is a crime. 🙁
a group of guys once wrote- ALL men are created equal.
to me the whole “what do you identify as “ thing is just another way to DIVIDE us.
me, I don’t give a rats ass “what” you are, I judge you by the content of your character. treat me good you get the same. treat me bad you get avoided by me . (quick story- Im half English, I tend to call females “love” as its a brit way to say maam. 99% no matter the age I get a smile. the other day I had a cashier whom Ive delt with before look at me and say- dont call me love, im not YOUR love..very snarky. so now when im in that store I avoid her/it/they/them… )
the older i get the less I want to deal with people. its exhausting
I wish we could go back to that.
Thanks for this- I enjoyed reading it and look forward to updates on this topic in the future.
Welcome! I try to give a bunch of different viewpoints, as much as I’m able to. For me, that’s true diversity.
Funny how the most “tolerant” people have no tolerance for those they disagree with.
It’s being noticed. A lot of folks on the upside down rainbow side of things are pointing it out. It’s refreshing, to me at least.
Is also an object – and ominous – lesson re the general Progressive approach, I think.
(Not to mean not refreshing, and that people are noticing – that’s good! I mean, rather, that to the Progressive moment, enough is never enough, and it leaves a trail of discarded people. Always driving for more/better/etc. can be a powerful force for good in the world … Or not, depending on how applied.)
That’s kind of mirrored my feelings about the “LGBTQIAA+” spectrum for a while, and someone else recently put into words the key disconnect that had been tickling my subconscious.
Paraphrasing: ‘L’, ‘G’, and ‘B’ are orientations; they represent who you love or are attracted to. All the rest are identities, and represent how you want the world to acknowledge you.
That is a fundamental difference in the purpose and scope of the “rights” movement, and it shows how the movement has been hijacked in recent years, usurping the strong base the previous movement had already built, to become something it was never intended to be.
“LGB” rights are largely established. Same-sex marriage — with all the legal and social rights and privileges that go with it — is the law of the land in all 50 States, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited at the federal level. For a movement devoted to equality, having the same rights as anyone else is about as equal as it gets.
So what is it that the “TQIAA+” folks want that hasn’t already been won?
The problem with the TQIAA+ folks is that they require external validation. Well, the problematic ones (which *appear* to be most of them, but that’s just an observation on my part). External validation lights up your brain similar to how drugs do… that’s why certain things are addictive to people, like gambling. That wrapping up of “different” people into the loving arms of the alphabet mafia can feel very comforting, and by the time you realize you’re in the grip of a constrictor, it’s too late to escape.
The LGB community wanted equality. They wanted to be treated no differently than anyone else. They… we… wanted to be able to get married, have kids, adopt, have a nice home, take our kids to softball practice, enjoy a nice barbecue in the backyard. We got that, for the most part (as a polyamorous person, I would really like to be legally married to as many of my paramours as I wish, using standard contract law for the creation of a “family corporation”, but maybe we’ll get there one day). There’s no problem if I have a girlfriend or wife and want to take her out to dinner. We’re treated like everyone else. Our food is delivered, we’re served well, etc. We’re expected to follow the same social cues as everyone else (ie it’s okay to hold hands and maybe trade a peck on the cheek, but don’t make out in public and definitely don’t do things around kids we don’t want kids seeing, which has nothing to do with which genitals are bumping which, and everything to do with why the heck are we waving ANY genitals in front of kids).
So to answer your question, they don’t want to win normalcy. They want to win the right to be different, but also be accepted as normal. Essentially, you can’t be both at the same time.
Quick question, is anyone else experiencing issues with the main site page being COMPLETELY borked on the formatting, to the point of nigh-unusability? It started happening to me 3 or 4 days ago and hasn’t been fixed yet. Fortunately, the pages for individual posts are still normal (if you can get to them).
I mentioned it a couple days ago. Seems I have been moderated out.
Just checking in. Congrats on the new format. Much easier to read/Navigate. I appreciate the hours it must take to keep this page up. Thanks.
I have been mulling whether to point it out but assuming that awa was aware, perhaps mistakenly.
I’ve checked and the only way I can get what you are describing is when I’m on my mobile and tell my browser to display the desktop version.
For me, using Chrome, I go to the site, press the three vertical dots, then verify desktop site is not checked.
I’m using firefox on Linux desktop for what its worth, and have tried two different browser installations so I don’t think its some addon issue.
I’m using Firefox on a basic windows PC if that helps narrow the issue down any. Is there a way to check if the latest firefox update somehow caused it default into mobilemode or something? I couldn’t figure out how to check that.
OK looks like whatever you did fixed it over here.
I’ll second that. Still no idea what the issue was but it seemed to be somehow related to the recent Firefox update, the new layout is working fine though.
all of the “controversial” stuff is a great example of politics RUINING everything.
personally any time I see a “rainbow” I avoid that person/place.
I dont care what/who you are until you try to force me to.
upside down rainbow- great idea
I saw an op-ed recently (perhaps in the WSJ) arguing that the modern urge to label adolescents as “trans” is mislabeling people who are gay. Presumably that means “with rare exceptions”. But the key point was that adolescents don’t yet have stable hormones and sexual psychology, and that calling them “trans” is at best premature and at worst an exercise in extracting medical revenues from unsuspecting victims.
The LGB community are very strongly saying that. If a child begins to show early signs of interest in the same sex, instead of leaving them alone to develop however they develop, the alphabet mafia label them trans and start scaring the parents into forcing the kid to change genders. It’s ridiculous, and frankly it’s medical malpractice.
When I was little, I knew I wasn’t like everyone else, but I had no words for what I actually was. First time I had sex with a boy, I thought oh, maybe I’m just very sexual. First time I had sex with a girl, I thought maybe I was actually lesbian. Then I realized rather promptly that I still had interest in boys, so obviously I was not. That’s when I discovered the term bisexual, which is what I used until very recently (like in the last 7 years). Now, I label myself pansexual, because it better fits my personal orientation. I don’t like “boys and girls”… I like people, and it literally has *nothing* to do with their sexual characteristics. I am not attracted to sexual organs; I think both genders’ sexual organs look funny. 🙂 Bisexuals like boys and girls, whereas pansexuals like people, and sexual characteristics are not a part of the “falling in love” or “sex” bits. So I’m pan. The cool kids today call me queer, but when I was young, the term queer was more derogatory, and was a nasty name for gay people. Frankly I don’t really care. If anything, I’m sapiosexual, being attracted to people’s intelligence. I cannot find anything sexual in someone dumb as a box of rocks, no matter how pretty they are. I know; I’ve tried. LOL…
Anyhow, all of that was a long way of saying that the alphabet mafia have an unhealthy need to be loved, constantly. It’s bordering on (or sometimes firmly) abusive, and it’s definitely not healthy for them. It’s a trait one must work on to overcome, so that love begins in the self, and then moves outward.
This may have been in the op-ed I mentioned, but in any case what you said made me think of this: the desire to label someone “trans” who shows same-sex interest amounts to denying homosexuality and using the label of transgender as a way to force that interest into a “all sex must be heterosexual” mindset.
Yes, no wonder the LGB community is pissed off at that.