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tumblr reading comprehension (i.redd.it)

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[–] ogmios 39 points 8 months ago

There are likely a number of very different takes involved, which may look the same at the surface level:

Gay women crushing on her
LGBTrenders latching on to someone popular
Pro-LGBT activists who make everything they see about their cause
Trolls stirring the pot
Foreign powers stoking controversy
Social media promoting anything and everything that drives engagement
Anti-LGBT activists promoting it as another example of the gay agenda

I'm sure there are more, but the point is that people tend to feel a personal attachment to anything they agree with that becomes popular, using it as an example in their own mind proving that the world agrees with them, without actually knowing anything about what's really going on.