The Pushback against Leftism

This kind of thin end of the wedge stuff was all said years ago about homosexuals. I'm old enough to remember when gay people would have been routinely called "faggots", "queers" and "puffs" and a lot of people believed that a man sticking his dick up another man's arse was practiced only by extreme deviants, and if they weren't pedos themselves they were only one step away from that. People believed that men marrying men and women marrying women would lead to the sky falling in. What would be next? Men marrying their dog? Who would be the wife? Who would be the husband? And all that stupid jazz.

Strangely enough, the sky didn't fall in and the majority of people today just let gay people get on with their lives and mind their own business, even if there are still numerous people out that would still hold the above views and probably a few of them on here who'd happily spout that crap if they could.

And really, regarding this badge thing, what exactly is being asked of anyone here? Nobody has to wear the badge and the bank are only giving people the opportunity to wear the preferred pronouns if they wish. And I say that as something who thinks the whole them/theirs thing is a bit on the ridiculous side. But if someone wishes to emblazon that on a badge big deal. It certainly isn't a reason to go ape shit, yap shite about "communism" and close a bank account FFS.

It's really no skin off of anyone's nose...and the sky is still not going to fall in.

There's nothing vague about it Klaz. Your worry about "the way that society is going to be shaped in the future" & "social norms become overly complicated" because some people might want to display them/their (or whatever) is thin end of the wedge stuff and all stuff that's been said before about a whole host of things, including gay people. I couldn't be more clearer really.

It's not a "stretch" at all. The comparison is quite apparent. It's only very recently that gay people weren't routinely ostracised (or at least felt that way) by society at large and if you are "old enough" you'd clearly remember this and understand why the comparison exists. You may not like the comparison, but that doesn't make it a stretch by any means.

You say "Generally speaking, most Irish people were polite enough not to express those kinds of opinions". No, they said it behind people's backs and made sure that the people they said it to were of the same mind. Of course the most knuckle dragging shitbag wouldn't have had any qualms about telling gay people to their faces what they really thought and wouldn't be short of using physical violence to show it either.

Trans and non binary want to be accepted for who they are too. There's no real difference on that level at all.

I didn't say you went ape shit. You're seeing things that aren't even there.

What I said was "It certainly isn't a reason to go ape shit, yap shite about "communism" and close a bank account FFS", which if you read the article is what some people have been doing.