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Whatever belief you're holding. You're not going to stop existing.
Politics is dirty. The propaganda is real and everywhere. Good propaganda pulls at "feeling" and "emotions." If they can get you mad about something, the propaganda worked.
If your self identity is "political," they have won. Thats exactly what they want. They got you. They will use you to help push their agenda. Im sorry this is rough, but it is what it is. I'm gonna say it... you're going to be used as a pawn of the left.
Ah yes, sexual orientation isn't political, that's why every LGBT+ person has never had any issues with adoption, finding bathrooms that align with how they present (without committing a crime), have never been sent to a legal reeducation camp, and aren't considered to be illegal in existence (man what was the Russian Government, a political entity's take on LGBT+ folks and their relationships, I can't remember).
What...
Maybe unfortunately, but the sexual orientation of folks (homosexuality) is definitely used as a tool by politicians to push certain agendas. Politicians will pander to these groups like they do to many other groups.
OOP said, "My existence is political." And wasn't wrong.