And just like that another paladin of freedom of speech deleted my replies and then the whole post

@SW-User https://similarworlds.com/groups/community/4420247-Australia-has-the-same-rubbish-trying-to-be-jammed?sort=1

Either I'm blocked or the post no longer exists lol

@Elessar it doesnt exist, but he may have blocked you before that, or block me too who knows

@Elessar it got deleted. You can check by logging out and then viewing the page

I wish I caught the drama though 😪

@deadgerbil Basically, the gist of it:

1. (They've suggested in NSW soon™ they would've taught children 5-11 about LGBT and gender)
2. - Me: "Source?"
3. "I live here in this state"
4. - "That's not really a source"
5. "Google by yourself, you'll reject anything I link"
6. - "I've already googled and (predictably) found nothing credible, let alone official lol"
7. "I'm not debating this with a Nancy boy who supports this cr@p"
8. - "You won't debate this because you don't have anything to debate it with; unfortunately for you some of us won't fall for you rightwing bullsh*t about scenarios you made up in your own minds and got enraged at" (or something like that, I don't recall the exact words)
9. (All the previous replies of line from point 2 onwards get deleted.)
10. (Just to stir the pot) - "Look at another freedom of speech paladin censoring my replies. Cancel culture huh?"
11. (Whole post gets deleted)

@Elessar it sounds like dippyjoe was the OP of the thread lol was it the dude with the yellow van as a pfp? I think he was the one who made that post, idk though

@deadgerbil Yep lol

@Elessar I honestly don't get conservatives. Imo he's one of the more 'moderate' conservatives; I've seen him support guns being banned and being pro covid vax and regulation, but then on the topic of gender, etc and electric cars, as illustrated by a recent post of his, his brain goes completely brain dead

@deadgerbil I don't know if it's his case, but I think a significant percentage of them are just nostalgic of a previous (fictional?) time in which "everything functioned as it should have", and this is especially true in a society that is declining more and more (paradoxically, with conservatives doing their best to accelerate the process). So they have this urge to oppose anything that they perceive could push us more distant from that mentally-utopian society, whether it's LGBT, electric cars, or anything else they deem unnecessary.

@Elessar yeah, nostalgia plays a big role in it, particularly when they tie their own identities to that past and view progressive forces as trying to erase it

You always hear that when it comes to the American South and the preservation of 'heritage' that's tied to the confederacy, its symbolism, and enduring legacy.

those Confederate statues erected during the jim crow era? You libs can't take those down, that's my heritage!!! The libs banned the Confederate flag from NASCAR!!!

Ironically, these are the same dumbas$es who will jump up and down saying that people shouldn't vote Democrat because the Democrats started the KKK.

They conveniently forget or outright deny that the Dems were the socially conservative party at the time, the party of their beloved heritage lol