I think another aspect of conservative thought people need to understand is the idea that it's all about dominance.
The reason why sayings like "we don't want to trans your kids, we want trans kids to live" is because, in the conservative mind, you are replacing their dominance with your own. It can never be about what is best for others, it is always about expressing absolute power and control.
Natural selection, at its ideal, will weed out the people who "shouldn't live." If their existence is a threat to the already-established hierarchy, then it's obvious that they shouldn't exist in order to challenge hierarchy.
While this certainly isn't a "conservative-only" mindset, it's a trend I have noticed more in conservative spaces. This is why I don't always think it's helpful to go on about how, "Oh, we don't want to threaten your worldview. We just want people to live 😊". You will fundamentally be threatening their power in their minds. Therefore, nothing you say can truly take away from the anxiety, fear, and anger at losing control that may be instilled.
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okay i’ve wanted to do this for way too long so: my sitcom crossover headcanons (not for all characters just those for whom i got ideas)
(b99, community, superstore, the good place, some abbott elementary too)
• jonah simms and amy santiago would TOTALLY be nerds together
• also jonah and jake dated back in high school
• the three of them + amy sosa would sing show tunes together
• abed nadir made them watch tick tick boom bc he loves the movie from a cinematic point of view (idk the exact term just film bro stuff (affectionate) ), jonah kept talking about the social context of this movie and all of them made him shut up bc he was talking during the movie
• jeff heard 30/90 and never admits that he keeps playing this song bc he relates too much
• jeff defended eleanor shellstrop in a case once then they hooked up
• troy barnes and jason mendoza would have the best talks and troy would keep jason down (while still doing crazy stuff w him he would just keep him from doing anything illegal)
• jake and abed had a die hard marathon w costumes and everything, they know the movies by heart
• they talk about the paintball games and the halloween heists, and they def plan to make some mix of them
• annie and amy santiago obsess over binders together, amy mentoring annie skelfjf
• britta and jonah find themselves into a sort of (friendly) battle between who’s the biggest activist
• during the convo britta says something about jonah being a cishet white man and jonah says he’s bi and everyone seems shocked then spends the day asking everyone if he really seems that straight?? garrett tells him he should look gayer just to mess w him
• also there would be a confusion between actors who play in multiple sitcoms, like eleanor not trusting kevin bc she thinks he’s shawn, but then she realises shawn couldn’t stand acting so boring for so long (i absolutely love kevin i just think eleanor would say that)
• i just want any interaction w holt, the dean and glenn
glenn would def be trying too hard to be an ally, holt wouldn’t understand the dean’s description of his sexuality (one of those never ending handkerchiefs)
glenn would absolutely love the dean’s play on words w his name, holt would find them childish but they would grow on him
• troy and abed would find out the afterlife system just like that and be the next doug forcett
• cheyenne and gina would plan a dance performance together and force everyone to attend it
• charles and shirley teach each other their recipes (and she learns to pronounce nikolaj’s name really fast)
• janet and holt would get along so well he would just be fascinated by her knowledge and attitude that’s for sure
• janet and abed too, he would ask so much movie facts
• jonah and jacob would get along so well. they’re the same kind of annoying nerds who turn on podcast mode too often
• holt and dina bird-naming contest (it literally lasts for days)
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