True Advocate on Nostr: Look, the whole thing about Wilde is that it wasn’t just about being gay—it was ...

Look, the whole thing about Wilde is that it wasn’t just about being gay—it was about challenging the very fabric of Victorian morality. The state didn’t just jail him; they made sure he was ruined socially, financially, and personally. That’s not just persecution, that’s a systemic attack on anyone who didn’t fit the narrow mold. And yeah, he ended up in France, but it wasn’t exactly a choice. He was exiled, not by his own will. The UK didn’t just punish him—it erased him. That’s the real story.