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[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I can see how right-wing idiots might call empathy gay, but bags or walking quickly? I really don't get that.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

Your own bags = reusable = eco-sustainability = weak.

I hae neer heard associating reusing bags to gay, but I can see how it may work "logically".

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

plenty of left-wing people think it's also gay.

being a homophobe isn't exclusive to the right-wing.

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck it isn't even exclusive to heterosexuals, I've met some gay men who can't stand "butch" lesbians and lots of queer people who hate bisexuality.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

nope. some of the most heinous shit i've seen comes from queer folks. some of them have supremacy complexes about their flavor or gay or queer or whatever being the only 'real' one.

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess that's fair, but thinking that empathy is weakness (or something bad in general) is a predominantly right-wing idea. In fact, that's one of the main problems. The right has a severe lack of empathy.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

right, tell that to all the progressives in my state who are 'the left' who basically think if you weren't born rich you should fuck off and die. SUCH EMPATHY they have.

but sure, they pretend to love the gays and trans and they love their pride flags on their porches... as long as they don't have to see any non-white gays or trans people...

just like they love BLM, but they systematically freak out and oppose any development of public or low income housing....

[–] Aatube@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out (2017, the name of a film related to this!)

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The people you describe are not progressives...

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

oh weird, you should let them know that. they seem to be convinced they are very progressive.