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u/SnooPaintings9086 - originally from r/GenZhou
Define “reactionary Marxist content”.
If you define “reactionary” as criticising the push of liberalisation of drugs, alcohol, pornography, and the critics of the concept of “fatphobia” and not accepting at face value everything that the liberal American left propose (quasi religious guilt culture for the majority and tribalism of marginalised group with affermative actions, pink and rainbow capitalism and identity politics instead of a materialist analysis of why those groups are marginalised/ commercialised) then I’m a reactionary.
If a gay ML like me understand that the LGBTQ+ movement is not class based and only further the interests and infightings of annoyed western liberal bourgeois, then I’m a reactionary.
I found more acceptance with comrades that didn’t focused on defending a “gay culture” but more my physical and psychological well being as a human being, instead as behaving like a “femboy” caricature of discord.
We can talk about larpers that appropriate Marxist aesthetics in the west. But first clarify what the threat is about.
u/Professional-Way1833 - originally from r/GenZhou
Yeah.
There's more important things to deal with than forcing people to like pride marches or whatever, but there's also no need to discriminate, or be assholes.
u/SnooPaintings9086 - originally from r/GenZhou
True, although my question is like:
Is there some cultural or legal battle of the LGBTQ+ community beside physical, psychological, healthcare and workplace protections that didn’t stem from liberal think tank and CIA money in universities?
u/Professional-Way1833 - originally from r/GenZhou
The main problem as i see it is confusion.
Like, yes the libs weaponize this stuff.
Anyone claiming that 'The fucking yanks weaponize LGBT+ rights to attack us' is almost certainly right.
But, that does not change the fact that LGBT+ people should have the same rights as others, and also are often oppressed.
And so when people in the global south say 'Fucking pride parades are western prop' it is often taken as 'gay people should not exist.'
But then there also are people that take that tack.
It's a mess.