• argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    They also don’t want to turn their back on a population with significant spending power.

    That’s the real reason. Bible thumpers are a loud minority, and acquiescing to their extreme demands would alienate everyone else.

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      1 year ago

      I think a large portion of right-wing “followers” are not very well educated, while a lot of left-wing supporters are quite educated. It follows that left-wing supporters probably have better paying jobs and thus more money to spend.

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      They are also good “consumers”. I think a lot of LGBT peeps understand the concept of “rainbow capitalism” and it doesn’t way as heavily on their decisions in most cases, unlike the guys who blow up their Nikes with Tannerite or whatever