Zeteo reports from the GOP convention in Dallas, where Trump offered Americans a fake bribe while dismissing the real pain he’s causing them. Some Republicans already have a ‘flight to catch.’

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      24 hours ago

      If Grindr’s down, what’s the point? Besides, Lady G and her Ladybugs threw all the best parties. It’s just not the same without her.

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        6 hours ago

        This is more about hypocrisy than homophobia. These are people pushing anti LGBTQ+ legislation whilst being closeted themselves.

        Were they open about their sexuality no one would mind what the fuck they were doing on grindr.

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              22 hours ago

              It most certainly is still homophobic to blame homophobia on gay people. Straight homophobes exist in a vastly higher quantity than any subsection of the population which is gay, the subsection of that which is self-hating, and the subsection of that which channels that self-hatred into promoting homophobia.

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                22 hours ago

                No. I don’t buy this.

                If a closeted gay person beats a gay person to death for being gay, that’s homophobia.

                Being closeted isn’t an excuse.

                Speaking of which, fuck Lindsey Graham.

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                  22 hours ago

                  You don’t have to buy it, it’s a fact. Straight people possess the ability to be homophobic, do you deny that? If not, you must accept that by sheer volume, they outnumber any self-hating homophobe. If you do deny the ability of straight people to be homophobic, that is blaming homophobia in it’s entirety on gay people (which is very homomphobic).

                  If you’re just doing the “haha calling the homophobe gay” bit, that’s homophobic by using homosexuality as an insult.

                  Ultimately it just comes down to that, if you see a homophobic person and immediately assume they are gay, that is homophobia. You are linking their bigotry to an alleged homosexuality. What other bigotries do you think someone must secretly be part of the group they hate?

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                    20 hours ago

                    If you’re just doing the “haha calling the homophobe gay” bit, that’s homophobic by using homosexuality as an insult.

                    It is not using homosexuality as an insult. It’s using hypocrisy as an insult.

                    Ultimately it just comes down to that, if you see a homophobic person and immediately assume they are gay, that is homophobia.

                    No one said that.

                    Republicans are generally more prone to homophobia, yet many of those Republican homophobes are actually homosexual, as evidenced by various high-profile instances as well as the multiple times that Grindr has crashed in the immediate vicinity of a Republican convention.

                    Again – homosexual is fine, hypocrite is not. Especially when that hypocrisy is directly harming other homosexuals through shitty policies being pushed through.

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          23 hours ago

          Nothing left to do there after they crashed Grindr I guess

          Right there, silly.

          Calling homophobic people gay is a) using gay as an insult, homophobic. b) blaming minorities for their own oppression, homophobic. c) creating a narrative where straight people never need to question their biases or prejudices because they know they aren’t gay, and therefore can’t be homophobic (which is a homophobic narrative)

          Do better next time, hon

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            22 hours ago

            Your post history literally has you making jokes about mass shooters who are violent with women. I think I’ll skip morality tips from the incel.

            Do better next time, hon.

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              22 hours ago

              Feel the need to stalk post histories instead of defending your words, a hit dog will holler. Besides you literally just had a comment removed from a pizzacake thread today, and considering the comments that didn’t get removed, I think we both know you’re the real incel.

              Sorry if insulting Sam Hyde offends you, I know your type idolized him.

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                  22 hours ago

                  ahh, can identify him in a meme, but now it’s time to play dumb

                  Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

                  Is your non-reply to my explanation of your homophobia a tacit admission then? Jumping straight to stalking and personal attacks kinda confirms it.

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                    I haven’t identified anyone in a meme. My comment got removed because I asked why males get so offended by the word consent. As a non-incel homosexual I personally don’t feel oppressed by my comment. Why are you suddenly bringing anti-Semitism into this are you a Zionist