Again, Kevin Drum brings the half-truth, I would say. But no time today to work that out. But think how culture shift is not culture war. It's also important to think about how some moderate positions paradoxically become very radical over time.
https://twitter.com/kdrum/status/1411370721125683202
Consider the following evolution of attitudes.
1) Gays are horrible so we should treat them horribly.
2) Gays are medium bad so we should treat them medium bad.
3) Gays are fine yet we should be allowed to treat them a little bit bad.
1) Gays are horrible so we should treat them horribly.
2) Gays are medium bad so we should treat them medium bad.
3) Gays are fine yet we should be allowed to treat them a little bit bad.
There is an obvious sense in which 3) is the most moderate position, hence the one LGBTQ folks should prefer to be in, of the three. But there is also a sense in which it is the most radical, in a 'who holds the whip hand' sense. It pulls back the mask back as 1) & 2) did not.
Conservatives have retreated on several fronts to various versions of 3) and the look is not good. But conservatives are like 'what, we are being way more moderate than we used to be.'
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