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Originally Posted by An_Reathai
I agree he's probably going to turn out to be a Thatcherite ****er but I'll worry about that tomorrow. Today, I thought it worth pointing out the social transformation in Irish society in the past 20 years that has meant a gay man whose father is Indian can become Taoiseach.
Oh yeah, I mean I won't say a part of me isn't deeply proud of that. I'm 36 and I remember how it used to be. It's weird whenever I talk to people ten or more years younger than me who have no idea. It's like they're untainted in some way, just the notion that "Well he's gay" even could be meaningful is foreign to them. Whereas to me it's a serious proposition that had to be rejected because it was stupid and hateful. But it had to be rejected precisely because it was seriously proposed. They only know that through the lens of ridicule; they didn't have teachers giving them little lectures about how disgusting gay people were. I did. They didn't joke about how stupid those teachers were while smoking behind the bikeshed and feel rebellious doing so. I did.
The world will be a better place when there's nobody like me around, Which is a weird way to feel. Nevertheless: Leo Varadkar remains a ****ing ****, and I feel proud to have agitated for his right to be considered a ****ing **** entirely separately from the fact of his sexuality. I can be proud of our gay Taoiseach at the same time that I'm annoyed at our absolute ****ing **** of a Taoiseach.