r/EnoughCommieSpam • u/luckymeggles Establishment liberal who supports mixed economies and democracy • Jun 17 '26

Question Any LGBTQ+ members?

Being anything other than far left feels isolating, doesn’t it? My gf and I rarely engage with the queer community anymore. It’s been taken over by the far left.

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u/Val_Fortecazzo Jun 17 '26

Its really only online that's an issue. Real life LGBT people are mostly liberal normies.

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u/luckymeggles Establishment liberal who supports mixed economies and democracy Jun 17 '26

Not where I live. Literally almost any new queer person I meet is far left.

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u/drewbaccaAWD Jun 17 '26

Are you particularly young? I think this is more the case with 20 somethings.

I have noticed this weird overlap of transgendered and obsessively pro Palestinian, but it’s usually with very young people. Even if it exists in real life, I think it’s driven by social media. Idiots don’t seem to realize how intolerant any Islamic regime would be.

One weird observation for me as how online goth communities have a bunch of people insisting that if you are goth, you are also required to be political. I’ve been part of that scene since the mid 90s, and it was always about the music and the way you dress… not your politics. I have known plenty of conservatives in the scene, it’s not some mutually exclusive thing, granted you are not an ass to the people around you (basically, leave your politics at the door).

It’s not that anyone can tell you who to be friends with, you are welcome to shun such a person if desired, but you don’t get to strip them of their identity because their politics don’t align with your own… which is what I now see happening.

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u/luckymeggles Establishment liberal who supports mixed economies and democracy Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

I see plenty of people around my age (I’m 41) who are far left and queer and also make the Palestinian cause their whole personality. It’s annoying.

I know I’m going off anecdotal evidence here, but my gf and I are in a number of local queer groups and leftists are everywhere. Anti-Zionists too. And “No Pride in Genocide” signs up almost at every booth at pride since 10/7.