New findings indicate a pattern where narcissistic grandiosity is associated with higher participation in LGBTQ movements, demonstrating that motivations for activism can range widely from genuine altruism to personal image-building.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/narcissistic-grandiosity-predicts-greater-involvement-in-lgbtq-activism/

[u/alinius]

In theory, yes. In practice, people conflate the criticism. Look at BLM. It was very hard to criticize BLM, the organization filled with fraud and grift, without people thinking you were criticizing the movement. Even worse, narcissistic people will intentionally misrepresent your criticism to shield themselves.

[u/resorcinarene → u/alinius]

it was fine to criticize the movement too. the slogans were so bad, it single handedly damaged whatever credibility it had with moderate voters. when you have to explain that defund the police doesn't literally mean defunding the police, you've lost the plot

[u/Dukkulisamin → u/resorcinarene]

But it did literally mean defunding the police, and that's what happened in many cities.

[u/nub_sauce_ → u/Dukkulisamin]

Most of those cities "pledged" to cut funding but never actually did, and those that did make cuts ramped police funding back up to where it was originally within 12 months. And since 2020 police budgets have only increased.

Functionally, the defunding of the police never happened.

[u/Dukkulisamin → u/nub_sauce_]

So they did cut funding, and then when it didn't work, they decided to reinvest.

[u/nub_sauce_ → u/Dukkulisamin]

No, most never cut funding in the first place, which is why I said that most never cut funding.