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Why were Republicans freaking out over a drag performance at the Olympics? (www.advocate.com)

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[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 104 points 3 months ago

The article didn't really provide an answer, so let me try: because their whole worldview is based on actively seeking things to be freaked out, offended and enraged by, and constantly playing the victim?

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago

Also because they didn’t know it was a performance of The Feast of Dionysus and not The Last Supper.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago

Not just any feast either, a Feast of the Greek Gods. You know, Greece, where the Games were created. Predating Christianity's existence entirely.

[-] mystik@lemmy.world 59 points 3 months ago

Because they're old, and weird.

[-] proper@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

and kinda creepy

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Be careful with this assumption. There are a lot of young conservatives out there that have been brainwashed into being just as fervent. I had a 23 year old guy working for me that I was making progress with, but it took a lot of patience on my part. You have to slowly walk them through the cognitive dissonance that they have been force fed their entire life.

He's moved on to a different company now and I worry that all the progress we made will be lost ☹️.

[-] mystik@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I hear ya. I know they're not all old, and I know they are not all weird. I'm just amused that it seems that such a trite + petty label is finally rankling their jimmies because all the other labels that stunningly apply to a lot of the conservatives in office don't seem to bother them in the least. As if ... they already knew about the other ones. The MAGA conservatives waste no time slinging all sorts of generalized labels, thinking that it makes them seem stronger, but in reality, it's just .... weird.

[-] dumples@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

I wouldn't want anyone that old and weird to lead our country.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 43 points 3 months ago

Mike Johnson was offended by a stereotypical French fashion show right out of Zoolander.

Mike Johnson uses Covenant Eyes software to let his son know when he watches porn. Mike Johnson is fucking weird.

[-] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

because they're reactionary shitheads frightened by anything that they cannot immediately identify with on a personal level?

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

They need to feel attacked to forget how much they are hurting everyone else.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 months ago

Because they have very small minds and an oversized amygdala. "The amygdala is the part of the brain that's most closely associated with fear, emotions, and motivation."

https://www.webmd.com/brain/amygdala-what-to-know

[-] Intrama@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

If they don't have an enemy to point out and rail against.. they'd start eating each other. It's messed up.

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

Other than a few of them (Like Mike Johnson) I don't believe that any of them really were offended by it. They just know that it's something that their donors would be offended by, and so they make a show to keep the "campaign contributions" coming.

Republicans have no convictions of their own. They're literally about power for power's sake. If suddenly Fundamentalist Christians decoded a new Dead Sea Scroll and it said Jesus was trans and therefore trans are the chosen people, Republicans would be wearing rainbow ties the very next day.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 3 months ago

Lmao, I just watched the inauguration and they're on the screen like 20 seconds top.

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[-] aniki@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 months ago

I downvote you for sport.

[-] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just block the ~~user~~ account and move on with your life.

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