They literally dont see the difference. Making fun of Catelyn’s shitty behavior and crimes and making fun of trans women in general is one and the same to them. They think that actions necessarily stem, fundamentally, from the “kinds” of people they are. Everyone is a characticture, a stereotype.
“You’re gay? Well you’re a leftie, socialist, gun-hating, pedophile who speaks effeminately, dresses flamboyantly, and does drag” They wouldnt even know how to handle a gay man that wears carhartt and camo, has a big bushy beard, votes Republican and owns a gun store, becuase such a thing is self-contradictory to them. How can this masculine beast of a guy be attracted to other men and want to have sex with them? It doesn’t compute.
It’s why gay men, black men, women and others that join Republican groups, people that don’t fit the mold, find themselves often targetted with hatred and derision by their own “allies”. It’s not just that they are hateful bigots (and they are), but that they genuinely do not actually believe that they can be sincere in their shared beliefs because they aren’t the right kind of people.
They are literally deciding Charlie Kirk’s assassin must have been a leftie based entirely on the possibility that he might have had a sexual relationship with a trans roommate. Yes, a big part of that conclusion is grasping at anything to escape culpability and scape goat the left as usual, but they do also fully beleive that that is damning evidence. Becuase right wingers never have anything but herero-normative sex lives. Dont tell Grindr.
I learned to stop working off that strict either-or dichotomy when I met my first girlfriend. She was the crunchy blissed out (read: permanently stoned) type who was all about PLUR, good vibes, and hemp jewlery. At least until you brought up abortion, immigration, or any other conservative boogeyman. Then she was Pat Buchanan with a redheaded wig and a copy of Billy Breathes.
I think that’s a result of the US two-party system. It’s spilling over to Europe too, via the media, but I think it originates with the US political system.
It’s so tribal and “bi-partisan”.
In my country, there’s 6 major parties, which are all a different mix on what they are for and what they are against. That means, there’s a much larger set of “buckets” a person can fit in. Due to the fact that there are often multiple parties that one person would be OK with voting for them, there’s a lot more voter mobility, and thus it’s much more common that someone doesn’t actually fully agree with a single party at all, but switches which party to vote for depending on what’s going on.
If stereotypes aren’t enforced that much, people tend to be quite much more complex and self-contradictory than what appears at first glance if you just look for stereotypes.
They literally dont see the difference. Making fun of Catelyn’s shitty behavior and crimes and making fun of trans women in general is one and the same to them. They think that actions necessarily stem, fundamentally, from the “kinds” of people they are. Everyone is a characticture, a stereotype.
“You’re gay? Well you’re a leftie, socialist, gun-hating, pedophile who speaks effeminately, dresses flamboyantly, and does drag” They wouldnt even know how to handle a gay man that wears carhartt and camo, has a big bushy beard, votes Republican and owns a gun store, becuase such a thing is self-contradictory to them. How can this masculine beast of a guy be attracted to other men and want to have sex with them? It doesn’t compute.
It’s why gay men, black men, women and others that join Republican groups, people that don’t fit the mold, find themselves often targetted with hatred and derision by their own “allies”. It’s not just that they are hateful bigots (and they are), but that they genuinely do not actually believe that they can be sincere in their shared beliefs because they aren’t the right kind of people.
They are literally deciding Charlie Kirk’s assassin must have been a leftie based entirely on the possibility that he might have had a sexual relationship with a trans roommate. Yes, a big part of that conclusion is grasping at anything to escape culpability and scape goat the left as usual, but they do also fully beleive that that is damning evidence. Becuase right wingers never have anything but herero-normative sex lives. Dont tell Grindr.
I learned to stop working off that strict either-or dichotomy when I met my first girlfriend. She was the crunchy blissed out (read: permanently stoned) type who was all about PLUR, good vibes, and hemp jewlery. At least until you brought up abortion, immigration, or any other conservative boogeyman. Then she was Pat Buchanan with a redheaded wig and a copy of Billy Breathes.
Many people like that.
I think that’s a result of the US two-party system. It’s spilling over to Europe too, via the media, but I think it originates with the US political system.
It’s so tribal and “bi-partisan”.
In my country, there’s 6 major parties, which are all a different mix on what they are for and what they are against. That means, there’s a much larger set of “buckets” a person can fit in. Due to the fact that there are often multiple parties that one person would be OK with voting for them, there’s a lot more voter mobility, and thus it’s much more common that someone doesn’t actually fully agree with a single party at all, but switches which party to vote for depending on what’s going on.
If stereotypes aren’t enforced that much, people tend to be quite much more complex and self-contradictory than what appears at first glance if you just look for stereotypes.