• ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    How does saying conservatives use Grindr make somebody a liberal? I swear, the word has lost all meaning on Lemmy xD

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      Liberal, call them what you want. Someone claiming not to be homophobic but still uses gay as an insult about a group they dislike. Are there closeted republicans? Sure. All kinds of closeted people. Are they even close to being a majority in republican party? No, it’s mainly goddamn straight people. Fucking own up to it and stop trying to pin the awful actions of straight people on a few hypocritical fuckwits.

      Stop using gay as an insult if you truly don’t think there’s anything wrong with being gay. Challenge level impossible.

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        They aren’t just hypocritical, the Republican platform and Project 2025 are explicitly anti-lgbt and in many cases working to actively injure that group as a whole, if not individually.

        The fact that specifically Grindr has traffic spikes around Republican conventions, rallies, or even weird funerals is notable, and the basis for a joke. Which is what this is, not homophobia.

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      14 hours ago

      The word has lost all meaning to conservatives. It’s like the word “commie” in the 50s. Don’t like your neighbor? Commie! Or today, the conservatives would say “Libtard”. Without any actual care for where the root word of their little insult comes from.

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        I can not even begin to tell you how many times I have had the word Libtard directed at me since January when DJT began his second term. Lol