ditton

There's only so much nuance one can fit into a comment. Which is why I phrased my comment with hedging language like "tends to", "very little" and "these sort of" because I know I'm making a broad generalization and that there are exceptions to every such sweeping statement.

I'm not saying that it's something done as a lark, I was pointing out a counterexample to the type of oppressor/oppressed perspective that 'progressives' tend to have.

An actual nuanced take that still uses an oppressor/oppressed narrative would recognize that it is multifaceted and depends on the context. Like, many trans-identifying individuals are oppressed in spheres such as employment and some public spaces, due to negative attitudes towards gender non-conformity. And also in terms of medical care which is either too restricted or doesn't have enough safeguards, depending on location. But also on the flip-side, that there are scenarios where they are the oppressor: such as women and girls being disadvantaged when trans-identifying males demand, and are granted by law and policy, the use of female spaces.

The thing is that people who hold 'progressive' views on these sort of topics tend to see the world through an 'oppressor/oppressed' dynamic with very little nuance applied.

So from their perspective, the Palestinians are the oppressed, and Israel (or Jews) the oppressor. Any pesky details such as the near-constant rocket attacks by Hamas, or the October 7th massacre, get categorised as 'the oppressed fighting back' and a 'legitimate act of resistance' regardless of what that actually entails.

Similarly for LGBTQ+ advocacy, which in practice these days is basically just trans advocacy, the trans-identifying are the oppressed, and cisnormative society the oppressor. Even though much of the actual conflict here is a reaction to males demanding to use female spaces. Any sexism against actual women in this context is disregarded and discarded.

And then as you have observed, the overall 'progressive' viewpoint is to support all the causes of these 'oppressed' groups simultaneously while ignoring any cognitive dissonance, and rejecting any attempts to more deeply analyze any of this.