True, I often think how person's ideology is heavily influenced by their environment and we don't really have original thoughts.
I was raised in a patriarchal environment to a relatively liberal parents, but when I was going away to university, my mother's parting words were "just don't became gay or a junkie"
. At the campus I quickly learned that cool kids leave other people alone (i.e. be tolerant and not judgmental when you are not affected) and it was a time of worldwide campaigning for gay rights which I took as my own beliefs. Though in the many years since then, I didn't see a reason to change them like some other beliefs, and I consider myself a critical thinking person.The problem here is not a vocal minority on some social media, but the political organizations of conservatives blasting "protect your kids from gays" propaganda. This is serious stuff, because it's organized, influential and pursues political goals IRL.
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