As long as we say that bigotry is permissible so long as it comes from a deeply-held religious belief, we cannot be surprised when LGBTQ+ people are harmed.
The “race to the right” has enabled a rebirth of right-wing authoritarianism in ostensibly liberal democracies at an unprecedented scale, calling the future of the democratic order into question.
"Socialist” parties are not only endangering themselves by losing the support of the working class, but they are endangering the entirety of left-wing politics by forcing the splinter of the left-of-center front.
Across the world, “democracies” are hiding powerful authoritarian structures that allow parties to write the rules of the game they play, producing an inherent bias that only further undermines the nature of their democracy.
A narrow discussion of the alt-right pipeline’s threat means that the full scope of the issue is rarely addressed. I speak from personal experience when I say that failing to address the alt-right pipeline as a complex and hyper-present issue only serves to make it stronger.
