C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
"There’s a broader question here about why Republicans have suddenly reembraced rhetoric targeting gay Americans. The collapse of opposition to same-sex marriage a decade ago marked a shift in the national conversation about same-sex couples and gay people, but only on the surface. It seems clear that, as with the recent focus on the increased voice of non-White Americans, the rise in visibility for gay and transgender Americans has provoked a backlash. The perception is often that increased visibility for non-White or non-heterosexual people is a constraint on straight Whites or an encroachment on their power."
The right’s perception of non-White and non-heterosexual people is both baseless and wrong, of course.
White grievance politics is also heterosexual grievance politics; the racism of rightwing replacement theory likewise manifests as the bigotry of rightwing replacement theory.
The right’s perception of non-White and non-heterosexual people is both baseless and wrong, of course.
White grievance politics is also heterosexual grievance politics; the racism of rightwing replacement theory likewise manifests as the bigotry of rightwing replacement theory.