honestly the more time i spend on tumblr and especially in discourse hell, the more i appreciate the simple ass allies whose only opinion is “being gay isnt wrong” its so refreshing to remember that most people irl have no idea what 90% of all yalls made up nonsense means
#yes#not that more niche issues/identities are made-up nonsense#they are not#but splitting hairs all the damn time is so crazymaking
from someone who does have a niche identity, for the purposes of this conversation: no, niche identities aren’t made up, what’s made up is acting like every identity has its own specific and separate set of needs and oppressions, then trying to implement that needlessly and super complicated tangle of demands as a coherent political programme, instead of working on having a good lgbt coalition and fighting for specific rights that many different groups are missing. or even worse, giving up completely on having a coherent set of goals like this arrogant arse:
and to think i used to like calling myself queer …
That quoted passage reads like someone who wrapped all things they don’t like up into one big ball, thus forgetting that social hierarchies are not only caused by Capitalism.
