Suddenly, here was an ideological system that treated my desires as natural instead of perverted.
Revolutions generally come with from an impulse to throw off imposed ideals, but usually end up imposing new ideals. The king is dead. Long live the king.
The desire for freedom is freedom from a constraint, and doesn’t allow the naturally coalition building and power accretion of those who would impose constraints.
...I’m not really sure why I’m telling this story.
My guess—you saw the value to yourself of seeing your views not being portrayed as perverted, and took the opportunity to give the same kind of support to others who might feel that way.
Revolutions generally come with from an impulse to throw off imposed ideals, but usually end up imposing new ideals. The king is dead. Long live the king.
The desire for freedom is freedom from a constraint, and doesn’t allow the naturally coalition building and power accretion of those who would impose constraints.
My guess—you saw the value to yourself of seeing your views not being portrayed as perverted, and took the opportunity to give the same kind of support to others who might feel that way.