I remember those days. I also remember when people would call things/people “gay” as kind of a generic thing, even if it was not remotely about something that was actually gay, even into the 90s. As a kid, I remember a common game was called “smear the queer”…I also remember a common insult was calling someone a “woman”, and “throwing like a girl” and so on. What a world. I suppose this kind of thing still goes on a lot, probably most behind closed doors? My parents never had a lot of tolerance for any of it, but they were definitely in the minority on saying anything about it where I grew up (very rural). My mother especially didn’t go in for that misogyny stuff.
I honestly think a lot of people are so resistant to any change at all that requires even the lowest amount of effort (simply not using certain words) and these are some that voted for Taco in the hopes their lazy asses could go back to not having to keep this behind closed doors any more. These are the people that howled about “PC” in the 90s, bitched about Obama “fundamentally changing” America, whined about wearing a mask and getting vaccinated, and screeched about “DEI” and “CRT” and people being “woke” and others getting “cancelled”. Some of them are surely hateful, but I also think a lot of them are just really fucking lazy. Not saying a word or a phrase when it’s obviously hurtful? A bridge too far.
I remember those days. I also remember when people would call things/people “gay” as kind of a generic thing, even if it was not remotely about something that was actually gay, even into the 90s. As a kid, I remember a common game was called “smear the queer”…I also remember a common insult was calling someone a “woman”, and “throwing like a girl” and so on. What a world. I suppose this kind of thing still goes on a lot, probably most behind closed doors? My parents never had a lot of tolerance for any of it, but they were definitely in the minority on saying anything about it where I grew up (very rural). My mother especially didn’t go in for that misogyny stuff.
I honestly think a lot of people are so resistant to any change at all that requires even the lowest amount of effort (simply not using certain words) and these are some that voted for Taco in the hopes their lazy asses could go back to not having to keep this behind closed doors any more. These are the people that howled about “PC” in the 90s, bitched about Obama “fundamentally changing” America, whined about wearing a mask and getting vaccinated, and screeched about “DEI” and “CRT” and people being “woke” and others getting “cancelled”. Some of them are surely hateful, but I also think a lot of them are just really fucking lazy. Not saying a word or a phrase when it’s obviously hurtful? A bridge too far.
That’s really well put, I have no notes.