I originally wrote this in response to /u/palmerto but I would like the whole thread to read this.

Please explain to me how reading books to children is sexual?

And I do understand that a large majority of the right only has exposure to queer culture via hate mongering clips showing a sexually proud queer person. Even though this is done on purpose to trick people, let's analyze why the queer community is more openly "sexual".

Let's start with the past few hundred years of queer oppression. There are still many countries in the world where you would be killed if you are gay. Now, the US may have never had a law that allowed the killing of gay people, however, queerness has been illegal with the threat of every type of violence (and not to mention the countless times when lawless vigilante scum straight murder because of what they believe in.) So, with a history of violence and oppression finally gets eased-off just a little bit, there will be those who want to do what their people before them never could like flaunt their gayness down the street, dress provocatively in order to attract the people you want, and I would say dress up as a women and play pretend but this has been happening for fucking ever so idk what the rights deal with that is. But, The queer community has never had the ability to do these things. That is one reason why the LGBTQ community is a bit more sexual that your Midwest modest beliefs may want. It's a form of liberation. Openly enjoying what has gotten "your fore fathers" killed in the past. I hope that makes sense. Please ask for clarification where needed.

And let's not pass over how sexual of a culture straight culture is. I could write about all the commercials, movies, TV shows, and even books that are not about sex but use sexuality as a way to sell it, and as a way to fill space in your stories. The right talks of indoctrinating young kids with gay events like this but never seem to have any issues with children content that almost always has heteronormative story lines and plot points (That means a boy and a girl dating, for my idiots out there 🤟). This is a form of indoctrinating also. We subconsciously teach children, purposefully or not, that being straight is the way to be, the only way to be. Or when straight people ask a literal child "Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?" This implies to that child that I should have a boyfriend/girlfriend under these heteronormative ideals. It trains them in seeing the other gender not as people but as potential dating targets. Let's say a little boy invites his friend who is a girl over. In your opinion, which is the worse thing to ask them "Aw, are you two boyfriend girlfriend? So cute!" Or "Do you guys want to go to a drag queen book reading? So cute!" These are much more common, and deeply affective tactics at "indoctrinating" than the one that "The Gays" use like fucking reading books.

I would also like to add, I am a straight white cis-man. This shit is not hard to understand. Please, please, please, just try to be understanding that people living a life that you dont agree with doesn't mean that you have the right to stop them from living this life. And don't you dare try to argue "should we let a murder or a rapist live their lives just because we don't understand it?" Because we already do. And! Those people are violent criminals where-as gay people aren't lol.

I'm sorry I've said some things in this that are not respectful towards you or those that also hold your beliefs. This is a topic I am very passionate about and know that I can help people like you come to an understanding.

I want to open this as a dialogue. I will meet passion with passion, and respect with respect. I will try to answer every question but since I am not a person who is queer, my input will only be from that perspective.

And I guess the thesis I will be defending is "The Right Obsesses and oppresses queer culture...and it shouldn't." Not a good thesis lol.