• TheRealKuni@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I have many conservative family members who, misguided as they are, would be vehemently opposed to killing queer people.

    Remember the bell curve. Most people are not the extremes.

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      17 hours ago

      If you’re at a table with 11 people and a Nazi, you’re at a table with twelve Nazis.

      Most people aren’t the extremes, sure. But if they refuse to denounce the extremists, they create space for the extremists viewpoints to survive and gain traction and acceptance on a broader scale.

      So, no, even though I know most of my family would be against outright killing me, I also know they support and vote for people who are in favor of killing me. So no, I do not feel safe around them. How do I know if any of them hold extremist viewpoints before it’s too late? If they don’t denounce it, they’re every bit as culpable.

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      17 hours ago

      And they wear some kind of patch or mark on their clothes so you know which are the safe ones?

      Remember the bell curve. The extremes are all that we’re concerned with.

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      16 hours ago

      I hope by conservatives they meant Republicans (the MAGA cult of fascists and deranged lunatics). We’ll see if there are enough conservatives that are “vehemently opposed” to all of this soon enough. The Harris team definitely thinks so, for what it’s worth.

      The people that still insist on voting for Trump, for possibly the third time, after a decade of this madness… can’t blame anyone for losing patience and avoiding them. It’s tragic, but the cult is real and has detached people from reality.