"Politely expressed" bigotry is still bigotry
Valerie Aurora:The difference between “I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman,” and “Jesus stop whining you stupid dyke [...] you’re going to end up with your fat throat slit,” is only one of level of politeness and recommended implementation. Both come from the same belief: LGBTQ people are not equal to heterosexual people and don’t deserve the same rights. These comments reinforce each other and support a culture of violence against LGBTQ people.
She's drawing an analogy to misogynist comments of varying levels of politeness and recommended implementation, but the applicability is much broader than that.
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She's drawing an analogy to misogynist comments of varying levels of politeness and recommended implementation, but the applicability is much broader than that.
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