In his ruling, Hittner mentioned Dolly Parton, whose death was announced Tuesday, and criticized the law’s definition of banning performances that “[appeal] to the prurient interest,” citing people who would chastise Parton “as a voluptuous sex symbol because of her big hair, flamboyant clothes and breast exposure.”

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    this is a common sense counter argument, but it’s been used for atleast the last few decades and this prejudice continues to persist nonethelss so i think that makes it clear this “concern” is culture war astroturfing.

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      And I’ll continue to respond to people in my life who try homophobic crap around me by pointing out their stupid prejudice

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        the continued existence of this culture war battlefield suggests that combating it at a personal level has a limited impact at best and the astroturfing means that there’s systemic backing for it, so it’s must be combated at there for it to have a lasting impact.

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          Yeah… I’m still going to tell homophobes to get fucked tho

          I can do that while also championing systemic change