• StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 hours ago

          I remember when calling someone a Karen was a word with a meaning, specifically calling out bigoted white women - those who would punch down. This is the opposite; someone calling out bigotry.

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          Assuming good faith question: The (false) dichotomy of top/bottom implies a power dynamic in which the bottom is subservient to the top. In reality, it’s often a simple preference and bottoms can domineer just as well as tops. Some prefer it that way. And there’s more than top and bottom. Versatile is the obvious third option (no or changing preference for position) as well as side (prefers non-penetrative sex).

          There’s this stereotype (may not be the right word) that extends from the above in that tops are more masculine or powerful by virtue of topping, due to the tie with being dominant. Thus bottoms are more feminine and subservient. All of that is false and represents the gay community in a pretty bad, oversimplified, sexist-somewhere-along-the-line way.

          The dom/sub axis is not the same as the top/bottom axis (not really an axis).

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            Sure, but the joke here is turning the dumb jokes of the homophobes against them, right? Calling a homophobe “haha u’r gay n a bottom” is kinda using their homophobia against them, no?

            Also, I’m gay myself. If someone said “haha, u like taking it up the ass”, I would be like, “sure I do!”. Say this to a homophobe n they would be incredibly offended. So ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

            But sure, I get why the morals of this aren’t so straightforward.

          • Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            It’s not just the top/bottom part that’s problematic, it’s the entire post. The punchline is “Trump and Elon are gay for each other, isn’t that funny?” which centers the idea that it would be bad or wrong for them to be gay for each other, perpetuating the conservative stereotype that there’s something wrong with being gay.

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              Oh FFS.

              We (gay people) have been pointing out the hypocrisy of homophobes with this sort of joke for ages and will continue to do it because it’s fucking hilarious. We are, in doing so, celebrating that it’s wonderful to be gay and sad that they don’t see that or see there at times in-the-closet-like behavior.

              The last thing thing I need is a bunch of word police telling me what I can and cannot say.

              You know who IS making it seem like there’s something wrong with being gay? People like you.

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            This is just absolutely ridiculous. It’s thought police over-engineering for clout.

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          you really can’t see how using sexuality to mock someone you hate is homophobic?

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            you really can’t see how using sexuality to mock someone you hate is homophobic?

            It’s not using sexuality to mock someone. It’s using hypocrisy to mock someone.

            You know what’s the same thing? When gay men call each other fags or lesbians dykes. It’s taking what was intended as derogatory and flipping it around to celebrate it. It’s the ideal response to bullying assholes of any kind.

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              Yeah, it is. It reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with a gay homophobe being gay, rather than the problem being that they are a homophobe.

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            … you could just explain your logic you know.

            It isn’t the general consensus.

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            calls out a post for being homophobia topped with an extra serving of homophobia

            less upvotes than someone who thinks “haha gay” isn’t homophobic

            😒

            Thanks for trying.

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        This is just homophobia, by the way

        Tell us you are not a gay man without telling us you are not a gay man.

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      Are they though? I feel like they just make those that found Trump and Elon to be really weird and rotten, have a laugh. I don’t know anyone conservative, that has commented on these kinds of memes, to me or others I know.

      Or did you mean effective in pulling some political stance BBJ reversal moves?

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        It’s effective in driving a rift between Musk and Trump, as many news outlets are reporting that they’ve been contacted by the Trump PR Team to clarify that Trump is in charge after the “President Musk” taunting began. Trump’s superiority complex and vanity is absolute, so being upstaged by a positionless goon will make him very unhappy.

        Although, I concede that we don’t know what actual longterm effect if any this will truly have.

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          they’ve been contacted by the Trump PR Team to clarify that Trump is in charge after the “President Musk” taunting began.

          Ugh, the childish insecurities are not befitting of someone in charge of anything, let alone a country. Dude is seriously a loser. Despite all that money and power, at the core, he’s just an insecure loser.

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          Oh I see. That’s a solid take on the situation IMO. Haha yeah. Time will tell what comes of this shit show being put on by goons, and loons, set on the verge of collapse, USA. Let dumpster fires light their way.

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            With those two divas fighting, it’s gonna be several dumpsters full of illegal fireworks. The inept president of the us vs the comparably inept richest man in the world riling up the same cult against each other. Do you think they realized they were in a highlander situation before they got in bed together?

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    Hey we got our first illegal immigrant president, if that ain’t woke I don’t know what is.