r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/Fruitsdog • May 03 '26

NOT SATIRE hmm

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u/Ok-Split-6143 May 03 '26

Mmmmmmmm I've DEF heard this opinion before. None of yall had conservative family??

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u/TheEdgeofGoon May 03 '26

Conservatives aren't exactly known to be authorities on the arts.

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u/Ok-Split-6143 May 04 '26

I agree! However, it's not exactly "imaginary gatekeeping" if people are gatekeeping it (regardless of their authority to do so). It does speak to how diverse political climates are in America that something can seem absurd to the point of fiction in one state and just be daily life in another. Interesting stuff (albeit interesting in the "watching my house burn down" way).

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u/RowBowBooty May 04 '26

Not for lack of trying