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Leopards Ate My Face

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When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory. I argued against biological males competing in women’s sports and being housed in women’s prisons. I did so loudly and publicly, losing many friends along the way.

Today, some of those same attorneys I worked with are advocating for my right to marry my fiancée to be stripped away.

I fell for obvious right-wing propaganda and rationalized the hate with reason and logic. Now the hate machine is coming for me and that's not fair!

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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Now the hate machine is coming for me and that’s not fair!

"It was fair when the hate machine was coming for other people but it's not fair when it's coming for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Was it lions that eat faces? No ... no ... Tigers? Hmmm I forget.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 49 minutes ago

this has a distinct aroma of puma

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

99% of American politics makes sense once you understand that MAGA = Narcissist.

That's how black/gay/whatever person ends up MAGA. Their narcissism is stronger than their cultural/racial/whatever identity.

The choices they make, the way propaganda is able to work on them, the evil shit they can talk themselves into supporting? It's all fueled by narcissism.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 hours ago

they also believe if they are well off enough, whites will seem them as equals, whites only see them as TOKENs at best. i saw some asian tubers that slowly became magaty over covid, albiet quite lazily. they think if they say the same talking points they get more views, add a little mysogyny too.

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Not gonna sugarcoat it, come collect your award. Dipshit.

[–] Jay101@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Ah, typical queer white supremacist meet inclusive white supremacy.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 hours ago

They say stupid shit like this and wonder why we can’t take them seriously.

[–] lostme@piefed.social 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But I will not stand by while LGBT rights are legislated away.

coming right after

I still believe that biological males shouldn’t compete in women’s sports or be housed in women’s prisons.

might sound silly, but they're being truthful. They are not standing by while T rights are legislated away, they actively support it.

Perchance this person would prefer it being LGB instead

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 hours ago

"Drop the T" was always going to end up in everyone experiencing homophobia more viscerally.

might need a new sub for "selfAwareWolves" for a post like this.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

When the “woke” mania swept the country in 2020, I took a step back and reevaluated where I stood and why I stood there. To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on a number of issues. I opposed childhood gender transitions, unlawful and divisive DEI mandates, and the excesses of Critical Race Theory.

I had to stop reading right there; can't handle this much ignorance and bigotry. What a fucking clown. 🤡

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

You weren't missing much by stopping there. I wish I had. She still doesn't realise that she's been a useful idiot to them all along.

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 7 hours ago

Proof that membership in one out group isn't an indicator of an ally.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago

Alice Weidel is shocked the fascist Höcke, being friends with nazis, doesnt like her and wants to get her "out of the way"

[–] greyhathero@lemmy.world 29 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

So they are a racist lesbian. Got it

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

There are a lot of people who have benefited from the battles won by progressives yet they vote for conservatives or even fascists. Because they don’t like that progressives continue the battle and fight for other people that aren’t like them.

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

A racist transphobic lesbian at that.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I work with two lesbians who are (proudly) married and also diehard trumpers. No surprise at all: they hate black people.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Don't worry, they won't be able to vote soon.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

That depends if they're the "let's keep our own names, fuck the patriarchy" type of lesbian, or the "let's bond in a quirky way by both changing our last name to a hyphenated or portmanteau'd form of our names" type of lesbian. The former would be unaffected by the proposed voting restrictions, while the latter could both have a great deal of trouble voting. It's the changing of the last name that's the problem.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 hours ago

"I'm conservative so I can force everyone else to live by my rules, but how dare other conservatives do the exact same thing to me!"

The stupidity of these people is fucking painful.

They're tokens that will be spent first.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Based off the sheer amount of AI slop on that website, I'm not entirely convinced that the author is even a real person.

bell hooks argues that gay men might be more aesthetically sensitive than other people. If this is true, then no gay man was involved in the art direction of Queer Majority because it is low-rent slop all the way down.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 3 hours ago

The bigot is a very real person. Whether she used slop or not, I’ll let y'all scrutinize.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 hours ago

I made sure they came for everyone else but now they're coming for me and it's not fair!

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 30 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] sleet01@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 hours ago

Absolute donkey.

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[–] Ooops@feddit.org 50 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

"To my surprise, I found that I agreed with conservatives and libertarians on [...]"

...totally imaginary issues that only existed in right-wing hallucinations.

🤣

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (4 children)

Yea like wtf is “woke mania”?

They only ever heard of it in 2020 because that’s when they were told to hate it.

I guess I’ve been “woke” since the 90s, but I’ve always just called it, “not being a fucking shithead”

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago

It’s a way of saying”I hate black people”.

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[–] n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Separate marriage and state. The government should treat everyone the same whether they are single or married, gay or straight, or anywhere in between.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

State marriage, if available at all, needs to be available to any couple. Religious marriage doesn't. If I am a priest who wants to marry only straight people, only gay people, only groups of 3 or more, that should be fine and protected.

But if the government wants to be in the business of establishing legal protection for family groups, it cannot be allowed to discriminate. Absolutely agree. It is not discrimination to disallow discrimination, no matter how they try to spin it.

I would be fine with your idea, no more "legal marriage" just religious and no option to register it with the state.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago

None of that shit has anything to do with running a country. That's why you shouldn't have been backing it.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 hours ago

this literally reads like the Martin Niemöller poem

They didn’t “turn on” you. They were never on your fucking side to begin with, and you were a goddamn idiot for believing their very obvious and blatant lies to the contrary.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 44 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Reid is a true American: it only matters once she herself is negatively affected.

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 124 points 17 hours ago (16 children)

The whole affair made something clear: for many on the right, their past tolerance of gay and bi people who aligned with them on a few pet issues was never rooted in principle. It was always about convenience. We were never truly accepted — just temporarily useful. And now that some of us have outlived our political utility, they’re more than happy to throw us to the wolves the moment the opportunity arises.

I am still incredulous at the existence of Log Cabin (gay male) Republicans, or even Peter Thiel.

Why on earth would you give any support to an organization dedicated to the destruction of people like you?

Does your own hatred of minorities and the poor make you willing to risk joining forces with those who are likely to come after you next?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thiel plays it safe by staying out of the spotlight, and backing conservatives behind the scenes. Plus we never hear conservatives every attacking THIEL for being gay for any long periods of time, because he has the msm wrapped around his fingers. the "closest" was his young model SIDEPIECE being defenestrated in florida in 2024, which barely stayed on the news long.

trumper gays drank the whole koolaid of the right, they think they are special because they are wealthy or rich.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 14 points 11 hours ago

was never rooted in principle.

Republicans have no principles. Ask them in 2024 if they would support Biden going to war with Iran, and they would laugh in your face. But in a March 25 poll 79% of Republicans approved of Trump's current actions.

Republicans just repeat the last thing they heard on Fox News.

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