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'People Will Not Forget': Fury as Schumer Caves to Trump-Musk Destruction
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with this much effortless casual homophobia i'm surprised you're not a trump supporter
Pretty sure this is a quid pro quo joke
if it's not homophobia, can you explain why "sucking dick" and "getting railed" are implied to be embarrassing or otherwise "bad" things for a guy to do?
I'd have said, and have said the same for Pelosi.
The implication being that he's their bitch. He'd take any shitty deal they threw at him because he's Daddy's good little representative.
Frankly y'all sound like you came straight from Twitter the way you jumped on the most offensive interpretation you could think of and ran with it.
It's wild. Chin up though, I've been to quite a lot of demonstrations this last month and it's getting more and more promising. I even got my Joe Rogan worshipping fuck of a co-worker to attended the veterans marches last Friday, so the more sane ones are waking up.
Arm yourself. Find community. Resist.
"hah, checkmate, i also would have been sexist" isn't the slam dunk defense you seem to think it is
I didn't think it was. I made a crass joke, I know what I said. You're virtue signaling, very liberal of you.
dude i am literally the furthest left it is possible to get.
"yes i made a homophobic joke" is still not the win you think it is.
I saw your reply before it got deleted by the moderator. You are every bit as hateful as a Trump voter. It's people like you who will gladly watch as LGBTQ+ people get systematically rounded up and put in camps.
what the fuck are you talking about? i am not even american, let alone a democrat? stop using the dumbest fucking justification for homophobia i have ever heard. stop the bigotry or fuck off back to reddit.
So because of fascism we just need to sit down shut up and tolerate homophobia? Thanks.
At this rate, maybe AOC or similar will become the democratic candidate in 2028, and basically lead to another Republican landslide. Democrats, at least the politically active ones that would sway these things (not leadership), keep putting a large emphasis on identity politics, political correctness, and a certain 'victim' ideology which is out of touch with many of the centrists who ultimately decide the election. Kamela Harris, despite her shifts in policy, is a gauge of this, and yet in these areas she and AOC are nowhere even close, but the AOC-type group is where I see the biggest push among younger democrats. From the point of view of winning a general election, this could be concerning for democrats.
AOC wouldn't be a Republican Landslide what are you... reads the rest of it
Ahh... you're one of those "Democrats need to crucify transpeople in the street in order to prove they love America" weirdos
Sorry Concern Troll, but I'm not buying it
You could disagree, but I think it's out of touch to suggest most of the US (or at least most of the voting center in swing states) would prefer her over a moderate. And that would be the biggest factor in determining who would win an election.
Brother, sister, or other in the current context it's a clear joke to show who is the "Dominant" and who is the "submissive". If you understand current social dynamics, youd know that. Now we can have a conversation on if that's appropriate considering the view is shaped by human histories use of rape as a weapon, especially when subjecting others, but that's getting so unnecessarily deep. I can just understand this is a joke using modern social dynamics.
Also, I'm Bi. I've been with two guys throughout my years. Or do I get to have another conversation on how I'm not actually gay?
...i know? obviously it's that, nobody was debating that fact. my point is that the automatic agreement that having sex with men makes you submissive is inherently homophobic.
imagine if instead if the insult was like, "he's such a woman, i bet he loves cooking, cleaning and looking after republicans!", I imagine you'd correctly interpret the sexism in there. the original message was homophobic in the same way.
and i don't care how gay you are or aren't, you have zero authority to tell people that they're not allowed to find something discriminatory
I mean yeah, that would get the same point across? The specific use of the word woman makes that sexist. So your example is disingenuous. At no time did op call Schumer gay.
Leave out the woman part and it is the same joke, with the same implications, but no sexism. Much like there is no homophobia in the original joke. Understanding social norms and implications isn't homophobic.
I have every authority to tell you what I find discriminatory. You're welcome to tell me you feel insulted by what I say, and if we were actually in the real world I would be sure to avoid such jokes around you (if we interacted on a consistent basis). But I'm my circle, this is a nothing burger.
It's like a Trump supporter would get offended when you make fun of Trump's tiny hands. Should we do our best to avoid offendeding them? Or are there certain people it's ok to offend?
Maybe we avoid making the joke because it might offended people with tiny hands? The joke works because it bothers Trump, not because there is anything with tiny hands. But hey just because some people might get upset it's not an ok joke to use.
This is the Internet. This is a melting pot of different people. I'm not gonna tailor every joke and every response to your sensibilities, or anyone else's. Grow up.
"unlike u snowflakes i am not so easily triggered"
"HOW DARE U CALL ME HOMOPHOBIC I HAD SEX WITH TWO MEN!!!!"
jesus fuck get a grip
Great conversation, thank you for engaging with my points. It'd be a shame if all you did was post "gotcha's"," then smugly smiled to yourself since you totally showed me.
I find you annoying but I'll be out there fighting for the both of us all the same. Since we will end up in the same camp.
I genuinely mean this, you're not prepared for what's coming. Being a keyboard activist won't be enough. I hope we can both make it out the other side. Good luck.
Edit: Also I said I've been with two men. Only had sex with one. So, fuck off?
Thank you for speaking up.
Framing this as a this OR that situation is incorrect. I can try to get people to use my sexuality as an insult less, AND I can fight republican bullshit too.
Agreed. Unfortunately, Lemmy also took a step back to 2010s reddit when it comes to tolerance and self-analysis too, apparently. Schumer is terrible but he's terrible in a way that doesn't have to be articulated as a slightly elaborated version of "that's gay"
Pretty gay post ngl