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by kortilla 1114 days ago
> Are you familiar with the Overton Window? It's shifted hard to the right.

This is incorrect. It may have widened in both directions, but it absolutely did not shift to the right.

Transgender support from mainstream corporations (Target, Budweiser, etc) would have been completely unthinkable 10 years ago.

That’s just one example of many. What has happened is that the Overton window is broken because people don’t even engage with “the other side” anymore. So we just end up with both sides discussing things with impunity that were previously off-topic and still are for the other side.

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I think this is a perfect example of why the left-right axis doesn't capture the issues here. Support for gay or trans rights seems to have little or nothing to do with the problems described.
But people vote for God, Guns, and (against) Gays

These tactics are intentionally meant to divide us and it's wildly effective.

Disclaimer: I'm an atheist but believe people should have the right to worship as they see fit, defend themselves appropriately, and love and be whoever they want.