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“Ms. Noem is devastated,” a spokesperson for Kristi Noem told The New York Post. “The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time.”

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

“Ms. Noem is devastated,” a spokesperson for Kristi Noem told The New York Post. “The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time.”

Killing puppies? COOL AND GOOD

Crossdressing kink? BAD SAD

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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 41 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I am sure he is a vile and disgusting person for completely unrelated reasons but I hate how having a kink is made out to be some shameful and horrible defect that you can be "accused" of and have to keep secret.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Liberals love having permission to make fun of people for stuff like this that they normally can't get away with.

"Haha, he's a crossdresser! No of course I don't have a problem with crosdressers, but HE does, so Im just saying it to get under his skin! What? This contributes to violence against gender variant people? Stop being so sensitive! It's just a joke!"

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I don't know, I think a big part of the 'own' is the hypocrisy of it. Every accusation an admission.

I don't know if liberals really are secretly waiting to dogpile someone for crossdressing.

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Im mentally lumping it with the Putin/Trump kissing stuff because 'both Trump and Putin are homophobes' 'owns' that libs gleefully and uncritically trot out. If the own was that he's a hypocrite, they'd lead with that Person X accused of hypocrisy as photos of them doing Y emerge", not with the 'scandalous' kink

(Edit: others in this thread have also raised this point)

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[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sort of like how Trump apparently giving head to Bill Clinton became the main thing libs were latching onto for a while

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago

would be the second ever cool thing he did if it happened, after the draft dodging

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

He was just stuck in a life he didn't plan for.

Source: it was me I sissified him and i'll do it again

[–] dead@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Aside from the kink, Kristi Noem could be mad about the infidelity aspect. Messaging other women about sex could be a violation of a monogamous relationship. However, I would bet that Kristi Noem is more mad about the cross-dressing.

Infidelity can also cause someone to lose US Government security clearance. This is because people who are engaged with infidelity are vulnerable to being blackmailed.

The story was originally published by Daily Mail, which is typically very reactionary. I chose to link Them Magazine (LGBTQ magazine) to avoid problematic opinions in the article.

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[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago

It's because sex is shameful, religion said so. It's wild how deeply ingrained this bullshit is.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

A lot of hate for groups like trans and queer people really does feel like it's rooted in historically christian self-shaming for sexual desires or kinks. When people are taught to repress something there is always a segment who express that repression by directing hate at those they view as not doing so. For the repressed, seeing others who are free feels like a personal attack.

[–] Juice@midwest.social 15 points 4 days ago

The first stage of dehumanization is sexualization of the other

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This might also explain why a shockingly large number of furry haters end up becoming furries themselves, lol

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think it's also an overcompensation, covering up the repressed feelings by loudly demonstrating how much you hate it.

It can also not have that at all of course, but in some cases it's the only explanation I have, and I've spoken to quite a few trans people who admit to having been transphobic before their eggs finally cracked who have all said they think it was overcompensation.

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

People with weird little fetishes need to stop trying to build a world where if someone finds out your weird little fetish you are fucked.

Come you sissies, human ponies, feet fuckers, bimbos, brats and rope bunnies. Let us walk hand in hand to a world where you can be your freaky self without fear and shame.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There must be some psychological term to describe this pseudokink these people have, where the kink itself is not enough, they also need a meta-layer of working against the legality of the kink

[–] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Men will literally build political machines that eat them before going to therapy.

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[–] Biggay@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

I dont know if this is some further pathology of their sexuality and politics, but like, I think the shame, knowing its wrong to them is part of the kink. Like it feels connected to the want to be oppressed, to find a justification in existence like that. For some elites that seems like it also drifts towards pedophilia but also things like drug use and abortion where they can understand these things better as being wrong by engaging in them but being superior to everyone else, can excuse themselves from being included.

Its such a weird mix of individualism and supremacy, while still wanting to exist and realize themselves without being able to know what that means. A total emptiness of the nihilism of the upper class.

[–] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago

God forbid a man has hobbies

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

can have little a bimbofication as a treat.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

yea if you got like $25k I got u fam

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[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As someone who gets hired to draw this sort of stuff sometimes, to the point that it is relatively vanilla for my clients, this is an extremely funny article. This is like that German guy who sued over spicy food.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 19 points 4 days ago

Me pretending I'm not familiar with kink stuff when someone tells me about it later irl

[–] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago

You'd think being married to a fascist was the actual problem here. But nope...

[–] Lurkmore@hexbear.net 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The simulation is breaking down. The timelines are blurring. Posts are becoming real. Everyone watch what you say.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Sam@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Thanks for that!


[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago

Chapo’s Bimbofication of the Western Male prophecy is upon us. Blessed be the Christ-man.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ms. Noem is devastated,” a spokesperson for Kristi Noem told The New York Post. “The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time.”

Lmao, why prayers? The guy just has a fetish, he is not gonna die

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[–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Accused? Man is out here rockin' cartoonish giga knockers with nipples that are throwing gang signs

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago

on some gang unity shit fr

[–] LaBellaLotta@hexbear.net 22 points 4 days ago

The lathe continues undefeated

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago

That's so sick. (positive, affirming, like doing a kick-flip off a cop car)

[–] BimboChristmas@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago

Nothing wrong with being a bimbo but this is still very funny to me.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What am I supposed to pray about?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That he gets the big knockers he so desperately craves.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Do bad people deserve big knockers?

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Think of it as wishing a lifetime of back pain on him

Also a fuckload of chest pain during the development of said knockers, if he doesn't just go for store-bought

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[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

what if we had BMOfication where you became a sentient handheld game console

[–] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

Hooray BMO!

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[–] SerLava@hexbear.net 12 points 4 days ago

The dog knew too much

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

lol poor guy.

[–] EndMilkInCrisps@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Talk about a shock (doctrine).

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

whom amongst us shrug-outta-hecks

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