I'm not even religious and don't give a shit about LGBT either way and I completely agree, it's something I'm trying to drill into people in the alt-tech spaces so we can get some effective opposition going as opposed to relying on hand wringing conservatives.
And they do it because it works. Because right-wingers are obsessed with 'proving' that they are 'not bigoted', 'not hateful' and 'not racist'.
When in my view, the correct course is to either mock the person who did it or go on the attack and shame the person for making such claims.
I'm not even religious and don't give a shit about LGBT either way and I completely agree, it's something I'm trying to drill into people in the alt-tech spaces so we can get some effective opposition going as opposed to relying on hand wringing conservatives.