Keep this maxim is mind whenever a minority group is the target of culture war crap based on race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, etc.: "Cruelty isn't the point of culture war bullshit: the point is *power*. Cruelty is merely the *tactic*"
npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33) describes how the plutocrats (who actually control our society) use culture wars to con the "low-information" GQP zealots into voting for stuff that hurts them:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/04/owning-the-libs/#swiper-no-swiping
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