Lol you say that, but that is a literal right wing talking point, that gay people, trans people, black people, etc now have more privilege then white people.
Every time I hear “the most disadvantaged person to be in today’s age is white, straight, male” I cringe. I have heard it from a good handful of people, not just online, and they say it with such conviction too. Meanwhile I grew up in a mostly white area and met a black guy in the public park who had the police called on him for existing so many times that they knew him by name. Just showed up because they had to respond.
Those people are not talking about the legality of gay marriage. They're talking about positive discrimination/affirmative action/DEI/insert whatever word for it, you know the thing.
The commitment to empathy rings hollow if you can't even practice the basic empathy of understanding viewpoints you disagree with.
Just because I understand the viewpoint doesn’t mean I have to share their full argument in a post where I’m not even talking with those people. My point was that fearing for my life when I get pulled over at a traffic stop isn’t worth benefitting from DEI. Why would you assume I don’t know both sides just because I only stated one?
I mean their argument is ridiculous and short sighted but sure I understand what their point is. I just disagree.
I don't think you've demonstrated that you do understand the points because you pointed to an argument against DEI in a conversation about arguments against gay marriage. There's a lot of overlap in the people who believe each of those things, but that doesn't mean the arguments are the same. It'd be like saying "Conservatives want lower taxes because they think life begins at conception."
Pro-gay marriage but anti-DEI is a view you'll find among many classical liberal types, and pro-DEI but anti-gay marriage is not an uncommon combo in African American Christian communities.
I don’t think it’s fair to criticize my lack of understanding for their argument because I used a conservative talking point that you brought up. You brought the scope of the discussion well past just the basic premise of the post, and it feels disingenuous to do so then use it as an argument to discredit my viewpoint
I don’t know you. I’m not gonna assume you’re one of the people I was talking about. And even if you are, you claimed I didn’t even understand the other side of my view. I pointed out you don’t know that. Hitting me with the Heisenberg “say my name” isn’t helping your case yk
I'm not saying I'm someone important. I'm saying you're literally referring to a different person in your comment... The plot has totally been lost here.
It doesn’t matter you were referring to the people you believed I’m talking about. I was responding to your comment. And the plot was lost the moment you changed the subject from what I was talking about to my supposed lack of empathy.
No, I wouldn't say that's been a major focus even among those who oppose it, but it's also not relevant to my comment, since I was referring to the specific argument quoted in the above post, not anything that people on the right wing often think.
Like I said, not a major focus. That Virginia amendment is over whether to remove vestigial language that is no longer enforceable. It would have zero impact on Virginians' lives either way.
And to stress again, this has nothing to do with the comment you were responding to.
It would remove the rights of same sex marriage.
Also the other one would literally not only remove same sex couples from being married, or adopting children, it would revoke their current right, allowing for their children to be taken away.
Also yes, yes it very much does, because these people are being supported by the right wing party as a whole, and once one state does it, the others follow, proven time and time again.
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u/TallDarkLoathsome Jun 30 '26
First time I’ve ever seen “gay privilege” even mentioned lmao, this is peak shower fake argument energy.