The insult is not his sexuality, it’s the hypocrisy of being gay and supporting people who are anti gay.
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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I get the rest of them, but why is “gay republican” there? I’m not saying he isn’t, but why is being gay one of the insults?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
4am@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Look, don’t take this personally but can we stop with this discourse?
It’s disingenuous at best.
“Gay” isn’t the problem. See how it’s paired with “Republican”? You know, the people famous for wanting to repeal gay marriage? The one who says it’s not right to have anything but a “traditional family”? The ones who constantly squawk about the fact that trans people exist at all like we’re forcing churches to close and putting up learherdaddy paddle & lube emporiums in their place? The ones who say that all trans people should be jailed because a mass shooter identified as one?
You know, those demented reactionary pieces of shit? How could anyone who is gay defend ANY of that?
So, to rebuke your post - it’s not the gay that’s the problem. How do you put any stock into a person’s sanity when they’re such a walking contradiction?
It’s like saying “Jewish Nazi”, or “vegan pitmaster”. Like yeah, I’m sure they exist but I cannot fathom the logic behind landing there.
Anyway, let’s stop pretending we can’t read into the meaning there, that’s so “woke 1.0” and we can all do better than that.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
why is “gay republican” there?
it’s evidence of how GOP’s constant vicious attacks on the LGBTQ is just pandering to the uneducated bigoted evangelical morons who already hated gays. not that it makes any difference to maga. so far it seems like the only thing that has started to make blindly loyal maga cult sheeple question dear leader and his entire circle has been the child rape coverup. and even that, just fucking barely
db2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because they hate that we know.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 1 day ago
It is the collision of cognition that must take place to be a gay man and represent the ideals Republican party.
The self-loathing is worth describing enzymatically.