[Cole436]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

That plan backfired. Instead, the vitriol and bloviating directed at Reimer and others simply looked like bullying. It likely entrenched many bystanders in their negative views, albeit silently. That is, unfortunately, not a good outcome for the LGBTQ+ community.

The goal should be to convince Reimer and others that there is a better way to look at the world. I argue for the use of liberal principles partly because it gives you the moral high-ground and partly because it is simply more effective at accomplishing the goal. When the rhetoric becomes about "consequences" and "condone" and "be intolerant to intolerance", then you have lost at both gaining the moral high ground and effectively convincing people of anything.

Getting angry and lashing out makes people feel good in a dopamine-hit kinda way, and that's why they use such ineffective tactics. But it's the opposite of an elevated and intellectual approach to advancing LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion.

Lol what