jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe partisan fight over “weird” is becoming a proxy war for LGBTQ issueswww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1177
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minus-squareTipRing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 months agoConservatives typically call LGBT people much worse things than “weird”.
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months agoYeah but calling conservatives Nazis or fascists doesn’t hurt them because that’s what they are and they’re proud of it. Calling them weird really gets under their skin somehow.
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months ago Calling them weird really gets under their skin somehow. It’s because it makes them seem pathetic and not scary. They get off from being seen as dangerous, but really can’t handle being made fun of as it reveals them for what they truly are.
Conservatives typically call LGBT people much worse things than “weird”.
Yeah but calling conservatives Nazis or fascists doesn’t hurt them because that’s what they are and they’re proud of it.
Calling them weird really gets under their skin somehow.
It’s because it makes them seem pathetic and not scary. They get off from being seen as dangerous, but really can’t handle being made fun of as it reveals them for what they truly are.