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.’

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.’

  • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
    115·
    18 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.

    • LuannePlatter@infosec.pub
      71·
      18 hours ago

      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

      • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
        111·
        18 hours ago

        It’s a quote about bad faith actors, you like. Like accusing me of Zionism because I called you out on your homophobic remarks.

            • LuannePlatter@infosec.pub
              71·
              18 hours ago

              I’m not sure if you know this, but Grindr really did crash in that area, in unison with this MAGAthering. I’m not implying that homophobes are all gay, I’m literally pointing out the correlation of Grindr being down and then a large number of them leaving, and you somehow drew homophobic and anti-Semitic remarks from that. You need help when you have that bad of a victim complex

              • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
                110·
                17 hours ago

                Grindr really did crash in that area

                Source other than the same website cited every time which is based on user submissions? Because it’s a meme and people are incentivized to file fake ones because it’s funny.

                I’m literally pointing out the correlation of Grindr being down and then a large number of them leaving

                Is the correlation real, or does it just confirm the narrative you already believe because you are homophobic?

                and you somehow drew homophobic and anti-Semitic

                boy you really must have reading comprehension issues if you think that was what the quote meant. Please make sure your source for Grindr outages actually says what you think, you’re priming me to believe that you’re just gonna link the first result that confirms your biases.

                You need help when you have that bad of a victim complex

                Ahh yes, everyone calling out bigotry just has a victim complex, classic. Prove Grindr has actually gone down or be silent, troll.

                  • abbotsbury@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    13·
                    14 hours ago

                    One instance from 10 years ago, that is pretty funny though

                    At the RNC, Trump vowed to protect the LGBTQ community against “foreign” threats, and billionaire Peter Thiel gave a speech in which he said he was “proud to be gay.” This has led some to call the 2016 Republican National Convention the most “gay friendly” RNC ever; Grindr’s findings show that may have been true in more than one way.

                    It also appears to be an outlier as far as Republican conventions go. Remember this is also back when there was the whole “Gays for Trump” thing, so certainly some of those numbers come from publicly gay useful idiots rather than repressed homophobes. Since such conservative LGBTQ groups have fallen in popularity, and the GOP has been much less friendly towards them, I think it’s fair to say “RNC Grindr spikes” are more anomalous than periodic.