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    2 days ago

    Why have conservatives tolerated it before? Could it be that it was a carrot to make lgbtq people in other countries organise protests to spread western influence? Is there any country left that is looking at the carrot?

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      1 day ago

      The heritage foundation and elevangelists from america are influencing other countries to be anti-queer

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        That’s the starting point. Then the question is why are they successful? Have conservatives ever believed in tolerance? If so, how could they all be swayed without anybody calling fire. If not, what made them pretend to be tolerant?

        I think they pretended, for strategic reasons. The fronts are settled now and the conservatives have stopped pretending.

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        One would think so, sarcasticly, but conservatives were or pretended to be much more tolerant. Why has that changed? Germany had a gay foreign minister.

        And it’s not just conservatives because the SPD could have ended the coalition over this shift.