Thread by @mattsheffield

🧵 The origins of "transgenderism" and "gender ideology."

Almost every single piece of rhetoric used by Christianist activists against trans people was used previously against lesbians and gays.

They don't want you to know this....

Before the fight for same-sex marriage, advocates had to overcome unscientific prejudice against homosexuality, which was classified as a mental illness.

Christianist activists played into this, claiming that no one was bi, gay or lesbian. Instead, they had a "homosexuality."

An entire organization was created called the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality which was a front group for religious bigots to launder their doctrine through the language of psychology.

Christianists totally lost this battle so they do not use this language any more.

They still believe it though and they continue trying to keep their abusive "conversion therapy" programs, aka suicide factories, legal.

The No. 1 thing to understand about Christianists is that they never tell you what they actually think.

The leaders of these groups literally believe that everyone who is LGBT is under the influence or control of Satan.

But they know this comes off as insane to normal people.

The vast majority of people don't hold such superstitions, but they might be susceptible to the idea that being trans is contagious, just like many believed earlier about homosexuality.

Instead of having to make scientific arguments, they have made a straw man.

Inventing a political movement called "transgenderism" which they can equate to communism, Christianists can make it easier to isolate trans people, including within LGB communities.

It's a complete lie though since there are many trans people who are Republican.

They can also make remarks that incite violence while also having a shred of plausible deniability.

It's deceitful of course, but dishonesty and double speak is their entire modus operandi.

Just as "eradicating Judaism" means eradicating Jews, so does "eradicating transgenderism" mean eradicating trans people.

Their vision is no different from Iran where homosexuality is illegal and people are forced to have sex reassignment surgery.

Christianists dare not say what they actually want because to do so would imperil their ability to deceive the uninformed about the bugaboo of "gender ideology."

When you can convince people to believe a radical, world destroying force is at work, anything is permissible.

This is what they want:
❌ Criminalization of homosexuality
❌ Criminalization of intersexual gender affirmation
❌ Banning all drag
❌ Banning women from wearing pants
❌ Banning female employment
❌ Removal of religious liberty for faiths that disagree

The society depicted in "The Handmaid's Tale" isn't an exaggeration. It's a version of what their theorists aspire to.

And that's why the book is one of the most banned in America for decades theguardian.com/books/2022/may…

For a real life version of what these people want, please read about RJ Rushdoony, one of the most influential theologians most people have never heard of. /end en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._J._Rus…

PS: For those new to my content, I am a former right-wing media strategist and activist who created several of their biggest media properties before seeing the light. I know first-hand how this works.

If you're interested, you can read more about me here: flux.community/creator/matthe…

Sorry I forgot to add that more recently, Nick Fuentes, who is far more popular and well-known than Daily Wire ranter Michael Knowles told everyone what the right-wing Christian agenda is. Via @EladNehorai