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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With the way it kept escalating, I kept waiting for something even more bizarrely hateful and ignorant, but thankfully, the article ended. I took the liberty of editing a passage to showcase my perspective on the logic here. Edited sections are in CAPS:

Many on the cultural right are forgetting something critical: LESBIAN marriage doesn’t infringe upon anyone else’s rights. A crucial argument against MALE GAY MARRIAGE was the infringement on women’s rights. But unlike GAY MALE edge cases such as INTERIOR DECORATING or FLORISTS, LESBIAN marriage isn’t a zero-sum issue. There isn’t a finite number of spots on the “LESBIAN marriage SALON team.” My getting married takes nothing away from straight couples. And I will fight for my right to do so just as fiercely as I fought against OTHER MINORITY ideologies that threatened MY INSULAR, SELFISH WORLDVIEW other American values.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You're forgetting the male incel epidemic, including the ones who legitimately want the government to issue them a girlfriend. I'm sure some of them feel that the only reason they didn't have a girlfriend is that "their girlfriend" mistakenly believes she's gay or was "taken" by a lesbian. Similar to that guy who was like "I'm sure the reason I don't have a girlfriend is that the one who was destined to be mine got aborted by some 'liberated' woman".

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Conservatives absolutely believe gay marriage takes something away from them, agreed. I was just doing a farcical bit in which she ironically doesn't realize her sexual orientation politics are vulnerable to the consequences of her crusade against gender politics. I'm not much of a writer, though. Sorry if it was a little unclear.

    Also, having been on the receiving end of government-issued goods on occasion, I'd caution incels/femcels/themcels against government-issued partners. There exist sublime domestic horrors much worse than being unpartnered, being celibate, and being lonely.

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