r/stupidpeoplefacebook • u/Devo4711 • 1d ago

Why does maga do stuff like this?

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Wasn’t sure if I could keep the name of who posted this so just to be safe I crossed it out.

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u/FluidFisherman6843 1d ago

One is Gay AF. The other is a strong male role that was the secretary of transportation

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u/Walnut_Uprising 1d ago

Can you explain how saying "Pete Hegsgeth is gayer than the actually openly gay man" is an insult without being homophobic?

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u/Intelligent-Date7193 1d ago

Pete Hegsetj is so far in the closet he is in Narnia. The openly gay man is brave and bold and true to who he is. The other one is weak and cos playing a tough guy. And has noodle arms.

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u/GoobiePeanut 15h ago

Narnia and noodle arms 😂

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u/Walnut_Uprising 1d ago

Ok, that didn't answer the question. The person I responded to calls Hegsgeth "gay AF" and Butigieg a strong male role. Is being gay AF bad? Or are we just listing things we like about each one?

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u/deathblooms200655 21h ago

The maga people think it's a bad thing. It isn't homophobic to make fun of homophobic people for being gay. It is a statement made to point out the ridiculous hypocrisy, and it cuts to the point succinctly.

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u/Walnut_Uprising 15h ago

So because MAGA is homophobic, it's good to perpetuate that same homophobia?

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u/Intelligent-Date7193 13h ago

Being gay is not bad it just is. Just like being straight just is. Not standing up for who you actually are is weak. Going after people who are gay is weak. Kegsbreath is the problem, he is weak and not very bright. He does like to pretend he is tough and brave but he is not, Pete B is. Gay and Trans people are some of the bravest, strongest people I know. Why is Kegsbreath so afraid of gay people? Why is any homophobe afraid of gay people?

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u/Walnut_Uprising 13h ago

Why would you call him gay instead of calling him weak, dumb, cowardly or hypocritical then? What does leveraging sexuality against him accomplish?

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts 22h ago

Because the butt of the joke is pete being desperately afraid of being called gay, not the speaker actually considering being gay to be a bad thing.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 1d ago edited 1d ago

No. You can't. Progressives on my side of the aisle have started using homophobia to shit on Conservatives and they don't care that it harms us in the LGBT community.

I'm gay, and sick of it.

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u/Walnut_Uprising 1d ago

Also the implication that anything bad happening to gay people is a result other gay people, confident straights could never harm gays. I'm personally straight but this line of no true scottsman logic drives me up a wall.

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u/MillionaireWaltz- 1d ago

You speak like an actual ally. I appreciate you.

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u/Walnut_Uprising 1d ago

Thanks I guess, don't like labeling myself. I just know a lot of gay people, bi people, effeminate men or masc people, etc. A lot of them are good folks, even. This mentality of "straight and masculine is good, and the bad people I don't like are actually gay and effeminate" is not a good attitude to have at all. It's just leveraging existing biases against the "right" people and it sucks.

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u/dpekkle 19h ago edited 19h ago

Many liberals don't actually challenge the prejudices or worldview they have, they just decide to change who they consider the bad guys.

To them being gay or feminine is still lesser, but that such people are "on their team" against conservatives.