For years, so many libs and DEI arguments have rested their support for diversity on the single pillar of it being "fiscally smart." In the past at work, I've gotten into the problems with this position a few times, only to be ignored.
For years, so many libs and DEI arguments have rested their support for diversity on the single pillar of it being "fiscally smart." In the past at work, I've gotten into the problems with this position a few times, only to be ignored.
That was a lot of reading and to be honest not to clear.
Your point is that you think that the country is turning more right or that the right is more organized. Which it is and will remain so till the left stops infighting and tearing each other down.
I've always seen the pride embracement by corp America only through capital lenses.
I don't think the country is turning more right. I think the right is very engaged and vocal. And that the left has hit a point of toxicity where the infighting is so fierce that people are starting to disengage in mass.
If you only perceive a minority issue through the lens of capitalism, you are missing out on a lot of context.
On some level , rainbows in stores helps LGBT people feel normal and safe. Losing that fucking sucks.
In just the past two years 17 states have signed some form of a ban on gender-affirming care into law. Rhetoric alleging queer people to be evil groomers are now espoused daily by politicians and media figures -harkening back to the days of the Briggs amendment- and some of the world's richest (ie: Musk) are bankrolling such propaganda.
Florida under Desantis is a worrying sign of how radical the anti-lgbt vanguard's agenda can be, with the state having recently enacted a transgender bathroom ban and a law that eliminates 80% of all transgender adult care, while introducing provisions potentially endangering the custody of trans youth with affirming parents. Hate groups like "Moms for Liberty" are now doing their best to make school as miserable as possible for queer kids in districts they control, doubtless uncaring for the suicides that will follow.
And while the judiciary has recently protected lgbt rights in certain circumstances, relying on them for protection is clearly a losing proposition' remembering that for a loong time overturning Roe seemed impossible.
Respectfully if you don't think LGBT people have reasons to worry about the direction much of America is heading in, and are right to believe that many things have gotten worse in recent years, I simply don't think you're paying much attention to issues affecting our community.
I'm paying attention. I'm just not surprised by any of it.