I remember in the 90s it was “what we do in our bedrooms is none of your business” or I remember them saying nobody has to approve of how we live but tolerate. As a Christian i didn’t bother them unless someone wanted to discuss it. I think trans, pronouns, massive overrepresentation, and pushing it in schools has finally made it to where people won’t be quiet anymore
remember in the 90s it was “what we do in our bedrooms is none of your business” or I remember them saying nobody has to approve of how we live but tolerate.
That is what we call the soft sell, or the foot in the door.
Because they didn't ever believe it, but they knew they couldn't sell you on the full hog. So they gave it to everyone in a easily digestible piece so they could just slow walk to where we are now.
Kind of reminds me about how I used to think my parents were overreacting when they turned off shows with gay characters. I said every now and then it’s fine. But it long stopped being every now and then. Or like how remakes/reboots were once uncommon along with race/gender swaps
Many did believe it, and many still do. I'm sure there were some cynical subversives who deliberately pushed a soft sell to get their foot in the door and push further, but the sad truth is there are a lot of people who are just perpetually addicted to grievance and base their entire identity on their activism.
Progressivism needs to always be making 'progress', sitting still is bad and horrible and ignorant and conservative. It's a political ideology of never being happy and always needing to push change, and of making problems where there are none. Plus a lot of them are complete NPCs who slavishly worship the overton window and only acknowledge Current Thing. I'm convinced most of the people pushing for this shit now would have been shocked by it back in the 90s.
I’m so sick of the “anything less than total affirmation is genocide” mentality
I remember in the 90s it was “what we do in our bedrooms is none of your business” or I remember them saying nobody has to approve of how we live but tolerate. As a Christian i didn’t bother them unless someone wanted to discuss it. I think trans, pronouns, massive overrepresentation, and pushing it in schools has finally made it to where people won’t be quiet anymore
That is what we call the soft sell, or the foot in the door.
Because they didn't ever believe it, but they knew they couldn't sell you on the full hog. So they gave it to everyone in a easily digestible piece so they could just slow walk to where we are now.
Kind of reminds me about how I used to think my parents were overreacting when they turned off shows with gay characters. I said every now and then it’s fine. But it long stopped being every now and then. Or like how remakes/reboots were once uncommon along with race/gender swaps
Many did believe it, and many still do. I'm sure there were some cynical subversives who deliberately pushed a soft sell to get their foot in the door and push further, but the sad truth is there are a lot of people who are just perpetually addicted to grievance and base their entire identity on their activism.
Progressivism needs to always be making 'progress', sitting still is bad and horrible and ignorant and conservative. It's a political ideology of never being happy and always needing to push change, and of making problems where there are none. Plus a lot of them are complete NPCs who slavishly worship the overton window and only acknowledge Current Thing. I'm convinced most of the people pushing for this shit now would have been shocked by it back in the 90s.