Reminds me of all the politicians who were anti-LGBT until one of their kids came out and then they miraculously flip flop.

Exactly.

Pick any "we should oppress this thing that other people want/like/are" and there are people who miraculously realize that actually, there's a reason people want/like/are that thing once it happens to them.

I think it starts from some combination of factors like fear of the unknown, superiority complexes, downright stupidity, etc., which are only un-blinded when it smacks you in the face.

It works I’m reverse as well. The owner of a socialist magazine just recently fired most of his staff for trying to unionize. He wrote a bunch of articles purporting to support all these ideals but the moment those ideals threatened his power he shut it down.

Whoa I'd be very interested to read more about this, if possible.

Looks like Current Affairs maybe?

https://twitter.com/lyta_gold/status/1428011761635143681

> It works in reverse as well

What does this mean? Its an example of a business in addition to politicians, how is that the reverse?

His all women/non-binary staff IIRC

Yeah, I absolutely admit to my hypocrisy and/or short-sighted attitude here.