Essentially, the moment you stop fighting to expand rights, you stop being a leftie and become a hated reactionary.
For some people, their own status as a leftie is far more important than some kids they don't know getting fiddled, and so, inevitably, they will eventually advocate for it.
I remember in the 90s people saying that this would be celebrated one day. I thought they were being hyperbolic
It was always the logical progression after gay rights. Liberals have no end point, they just want to move on to embracing whatever’s ostracized.
This is something Gizortnik has talked about.
Essentially, the moment you stop fighting to expand rights, you stop being a leftie and become a hated reactionary.
For some people, their own status as a leftie is far more important than some kids they don't know getting fiddled, and so, inevitably, they will eventually advocate for it.
"Liberal" is just another word they have gutted.