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Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

They seem to be arguing its ok to weaponize homophobic bigotry against someone who is themselves a bigot. But I simply don’t agree. That’s like saying it’s ok to be racist against a black person simply because they are homophobic. Or that it’s ok to be homophobic towards closeted people. IMO either it’s wrong to use “gay” as a slur or it’s not. And just because its a commonplace slur, and most straight people don’t seem to think about, or care, about it’s psychological impact on gay folk, doesn’t mean it’s suddenly ok to use just because its politically expedient.

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smol_beans@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Is it not just funny to say that trump, who ran on locking up Hilary, may have performed fellatio on her husband?

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Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
But where’s the bigotry or value judgement in the meme?

Brokeback Mountain is essentially a love story, and this is clearly a photoshop homage to that - albeit used to needle Trump’s and his follower’s insecurities and/or homophobia. Which is entirely their issue to grapple with, absent the faces this is an otherwise entirely mundane and not at all obscene image.

If the image had Trump dressed in a ultra-gay stereotype like neon hair, rollerblades, short-shorts, and a “Got Dick?” crop top, you’d have more of a point. But there are, have been, and will be gay cowboys.

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