THREAD: 1. People choose to end their lives for all sorts of reasons.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
A Twitter thread:
2. One of these is that they feel worthless, have been made by social structures to feel their lives are worthless.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
3. The continued cruel use of LGBTQ people as political instruments by the GOP contributes to feelings of worthlessness among LGBTQ people.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
4. It has particularly negative implications for LGBTQ youth, who are more at risk for suicide than their peers.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
5. Couple the message of worthlessness LGBTQ people are being given with the message that removing healthcare coverage sends . . .— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
6. And you get a double-whammy message of worthlessness for a segment of the population already struggling with feelings of uselessness.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
7. That these messages are being sent by the GOP to appease right-wing Christians is mind-boggling.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
8. What it says about what many white Christians in the U.S. have made of Christianity — "pro-life" ones — is troubling in the extreme.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
9. When the dust settles and these Christians have been proven wrong, as their forebears were with their defense of slavery and segregation,— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
10. Will the churches carry on as if nothing much has happened, as they did after defending slavery and segregation? I expect so.— Bill Lindsey (@wdlindsy) July 27, 2017
