One thing that still heartens me is that the right so abhors violence still (especially against the police) that there is a rampent conspiracy that all the violence at Jan 6th was staged Antifa actors not right wingers. So that's good that the instincts are not that violence against the police is good.
At some point polling becomes unassailable. Things could change but it seems impossible that one of these candidates gathers enough groundswell to upset Trump. Most of the people on stage are already known to Republicans except for vivek so there's not a lot of room for growth, and given that Trump sets the tone of what is important for republicans he's always going to be on the right side. I don't see any world in which the number of Republicans who dislike Trump goes from 15 percent to 60 percent.
I liked it. I think there may be a difference between American moderates today with LGBTq and American moderates in the past on racial issues. In the US moderates are pretty progressive on lgb issues (Idk about the t yet) compared to the rest of the world (including South America in my understanding). But American moderates were pretty behind on racial issues in the 60s, as it was still decades before interracial relationship on TV were shown regularly or interracial marriage was legal.
In the US at least there has been real progress in most cities that make up the majority of the population, or suburbs where all the moderates in the US live. Political progress comes in stutter steps with political power since not much gets done.
With SpaceX boosters better than what nasa has they may want to refocus for a bit on getting a new solid orbital rocket, and only work on atmospheric instruments. Put the moon and mars on the back foot for a while and shore up the base.
In my experience it's a spectrum that can range from friendly, to hate, like any other diverse groups of people.
I've been in a lot of LGBTQ spaces, or in spaces adjacent to those spaces, including dating and roommates and friends etc. The majority of the time everyone is friendly and it's a great community. Just be respectful and treat everyone like a human being.
But, there are some spaces that as a cis-het person you are not welcome and and not wanted. For example, my roommate was in a Gay volleyball league, and though I would have liked to go I was never invited, and the general vibe was that cis guys are really not allowed. My sister is a lesbian, and especially in lesbian spaces cis-het there can be a real discomfort to even dislike for cis-het men. I've personally heard on two separate occasions lesbian women say that they "hate all cis-men" (I think they assumed I wasn't cis, I don't always present cis-het).
So don't assume that every space will be open to you, and that every person will want to be friends with you, and it's because you are cis-het. As an ally that can sting sometimes, being excluded because of your sexual orientation, but that's how it is. Just remember that most people are really great, and there's a lot of history and circumstances that led to the creation of those LGBTQ only spaces. Good luck!
99 percent of the time, it works 100 percent of the time