#so glad that sexism is over because you can make jokes about gay people ruining childrens media and ur gf doesnt need to say anything

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ok let me rant even tho its probably not good for me but maybe it is idk. it is so insidious how people can turn rhetoric about things like civil rights on its head and make it sound like intolerance like specifically. im thinking of my friends bf who has really shown his true colors politically this past week saying shit like "i don't think lil nas x should be allowed on sesame street" like as if that's a normal thing to say instead of just "i don't like lil nas x" like ok either way you're homophobic probably but also whatever u don't need to LIKE lil nas x but you DO need to acknowledge that we live in a society with freedom of speech and it's kind of fucking insane to suggest that someone shouldn't be ALLOWED to be on sesame street like what do you MEAN how would that be enforced like.... i just dont get how conservatives talk about their speech getting censored and then say stuff like that. clearly they love censorship it's just SUCH a thin veneer it's SOOOO thin. like does he realize?? how evil that is??? to just say "i can say whatever i want but gay people can't and that's a just society." i just KNOW he's against sex ed in schools and drag queens and shit anyway this is all very common stuff but he really has started to talk about it more than i've heard him do it before i wonder if he actually is ashamed of his beliefs/wary of airing them out because he thinks the libs are out to cancel him or something. anyway i do my best to just push back in the moment and not let him just say the most vile shit with no repercussions but it's also like. i know that i can't singlehandedly change this dumbass' life. i just dont remember him being like this a few years ago but then again i barely hung out w him. it just feels like it's constant now like actually your comments about liberals controlling the media and sexism against men aren't cool because you clearly sincerely believe them and not everyone around you shares those viewpoints. like what is the social function of saying something like "if you refuse to read books by men in your book club then you're sexist" around two women. like. what if we actually agree that there's a power imbalance between men and women in our society and you just basically explained that you aren't interested in hearing both sides and women should never address that. i mean speak your shit obviously but it's weird because he normally seems like a sensitive person who thinks about other people's needs and comfort so it's just so wack that it doesn't extend to political comments, i guess because to him it's just all abstract. bc he doesn't have any irl friends. anyways yep there's the conclusion basically get some fucking friends and then maybe you won't be such a hatespeech shit spewer thanks for coming to my ted talk