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[–][deleted] 30 insightful - 1 fun30 insightful - 0 fun31 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They really think that we're just a bunch of walking stereotypes, don't they? How are these nutters considered progressive? They have the same views as conservatives.

[–]Virginia_Plain 19 insightful - 20 fun19 insightful - 19 fun20 insightful - 20 fun -  (5 children)

They straight because they aren't babbling about how they are a polyamorous queer kinky couple: Chasten (He/They) is a genderfluid Cancerian dom/switch who likes making pies and other vegan treats, sewing, crafting, and abolishing the prison industrial complex, but also being a cat parent to their two fur babies, Pumpkin and Gertie, while Pete (They for now, but leaning heavily into Fae/She as they explore their identity...is unofficially going by Petra now, so if you call them that, you'll probably get a free reiki sesh out of it ;-) ) is a grey-ace Sagittarius/Capricorn cusp who likes biking, juggling, tarot cards, smashing fascists' heads, and herb gardening.

They are looking for a third roommate, please respond with a brief bio about yourself, your living goals, and what you are looking for in a housing situation. Must be LGBTQ+ positive, must be committed to issues of gender liberation, QTBIPOC liberation, anti-capitalism, and non-hierarchical, non-patriarchal societal structures. A link to your social media profiles would be helpful too. Priority given to QTBIPOC applicants. No cops, no fascists, and no one who uses fragrances (Chasten is fragrance sensitive!)

[–]Elvira95Viva la figa 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wish I could give 1000 likes. Brilliant

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

*chef's kiss*

[–]antares 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are an artist.

[–]ChunkeeguyTeam T*RF Fuck Yeah 20 insightful - 2 fun20 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I wish I could laugh this bullshit off

[–]reluctant_commenter 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hear you. I find it hard to laugh sometimes knowing that many people eat these stereotypes up, and then it affects our communities in negative ways down the road.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah it's like a madman writing on the walls of his insane asylum room but instead the writing is taken seriously in popular media circles.

[–]kwallio 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

I saw something like this when Buttigieg (I'm sure I spelled his name wrong, idc) was running for pres - on tumblr people were calling him straight and a bunch of other people were like ???? and it turns out if you don't die your hair strange colors, have multiple piercings and sit a certain way in a chair you aren't gay. Gay is basically an aesthetic to the younger crowd and if you are basically normal that isn't "gay" to them. Its so, so stupid.

[–]motss-pb 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

"Queer" twitter lost their shit when Pete and Chasten didn't want to do a photo op in front of a stripper pole. For any other candidate that decision would have been totally understandable. Why not for Pete? Because he's gay and apparently you aren't gay enough unless you're sliding down a pole in a gay club.

To quote the Daily Show, “it sounds like the takeaway of this conversation should be, ‘if Buttigieg does not eat his husband’s ass on live TV, he’s not gay enough for me.'”

[–]Datachost 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's so fucking weird to me, because wasn't this the goal? Wasn't this what the whole fight was for? "We're just like you, we just want to settle down with the person we love". And now people are doing just that, they're being ostracised and told they're not gay enough for it? Nah, fuck that

[–]wendyokoopa1 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Remember they were using gay to mean stupid now they've hijacked autistic

[–]iamonlyoneman 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

an aesthetic

This is why a third of children are surveyed as self-identifying as genderspecial.

[–]onenaivecanary 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They did it to Ellen, of all people. I'm not surprised they did it to Pete, too. These same people claim learning about "LGBTQ+ history" is essential to education, but think the only "facts" anyone needs to know is that ALL historic gay figures were AKSHUALLY trans.

[–]xanditAGAB (Assigned Gay at Birth) 17 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 0 fun18 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The queer theory cultist have always been around but after we won alot of victories they managed to take control of the whole movement. Now most of us are too normal to be called lgb by them.

[–]spanishprofanity 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I'm confused. Was Chasten a woman this whole time? 😵‍💫

[–]Femaleisnthateful 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, conversion therapy and female erasure all in one. Good job.

[–]ShieldMaiden 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Are they meant to be straight because they're dressed like bible salesmen? Is that it?

Also, TIME will never recover from the various TRA/POMO/Queer Theory clownery they've been publishing these past few years. so many major media outlets and periodicals and newspapers have totally lost my respect.

[–]PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why don't they just come out and say how they hate bisexual and gay people, and everyone who is not trans?

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    [–]automoderatorHuman-Exclusionary Radical Overlord[M] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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