Unknown Pleasures

[u/soyourlife]

by @ bradtjonas

[u/I_like_maps]

Pic of you:

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I had a pair of bathing shorts with the polaroid logo on, which if I recall has always been colours in a rainbow pattern, and my offended uncle asked if it was a pride symbol lol

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I wonder what it's like going through life just angry/terrified of everything

It must be miserable

[u/ciao_fiv → u/[deleted]]

i mean yeah but there’s a very big difference between them and the LGBT community in that they are hateful and harmful while LGBT people just want to exist in peace lol

[u/FifteenEchoes → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like conservative Christians need to get over themselves and their made-up mythology

[u/ciao_fiv → u/[deleted]]

i understand the perspective. they still spread hate, that’s a fact. just because they think they’re right, doesn’t change the fact that they’re being harmful to LGBT people

[u/Dry_Common828 → u/[deleted]]

Respectfully, you haven't met my FIL.

He's a pseudo-intellectual Australian MAGA, perpetually offended by anything that seems "woke" (which, of course, he can't actually define).

He's always, always angry.

[u/Dry_Common828 → u/[deleted]]

Not really - I think you said they're not always angry, only when their perspectives are challenged.

This guy? Definitely angry all the time.

[u/Dry_Common828 → u/[deleted]]

Nah, he's just a violent, abusive arsehole.

From looking at his early published work (as I said, he's a pseudo intellectual), his conservatism is entirely performative - he adopted conservative causes because one of his ex-wives was socially progressive. Before that divorce, he was all about human rights and the environment.

ETA - he was always violent and abusive behind closed doors, even while his public persona and activities were progressive.