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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago

President Biden 2: electric boogaloo.

Coming 2032

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Sad, they'll criticize everybody but the ones pulling the strings.

if only closeted Rs would appoint him to the board for a fat salary with zero work, they could avoid this!

[–] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

I mean, the homoerotica coming from this administration and some of their supporters is kind of overwhelming. Did you see the outfit Andrew Tate was wearing when he was arrested? Dude.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago
[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 141 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

I'm pretty sure the biggest problem in the US is the full-steam-ahead rolling out of fascism. But what do I know...

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

The two things are not in any way separate.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 96 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Who do you think is rolling out the fascism?

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Are you trying to say gay people are bad?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Not at all. Just hateful pieces of shit fascists - some of them happen to be gay, though

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 59 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The Heritage Foundation, billionaires / trillionaires and their white nationalist puppets - chief of which is the orange stain currently soiling the White House.

If some of them are closeted gays is probably totally irrelevant.

[–] homes@piefed.world 48 points 2 days ago (5 children)

If some of them are closeted gays is probably totally irrelevant.

That’s a whole point though: it isn’t irrelevant at all. It’s their strongest motivator for being such hateful, hypocritical cunts.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

C'mon. Fascist architects don't give a fuck either way about the people they demonize. They don't pick people because they have a personal issue with them, they pick them because they best fill the role a fascist needs of them.

[–] Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hm i thought it was the racism, hence ice is dragging people out of their cars etc if they have black hair

[–] homes@piefed.world 5 points 1 day ago

It can be more than one thing

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do not give a fuck about their repressed emotions. No one should. What matters is their actions. Their actions are killing queer people. It does not matter if those actions reflect self-hatred, because they aren't the ones being killed.

It matters because they actively aim to create more shame and depression to increase their ranks.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Except they hurt the rest of the community. See my reply below. I didn't mean to say "it's only the gays"

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa, For an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government Says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God

[–] usernameless@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

You know what, Stuart? I like you. You're not like the other people, here in the trailer park

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's clearly the gays. No question about it.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking the hateful closeted hypocrites, the Epstein class, and the Nazis but certainly not all gays.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

The same picture.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's what Hunter said. To be clear he's blaming "closeted gays" not "gays", he's known to troll people on social media and nothing upsets the GOP more than the truth.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

The fact that so many progressives can't tell the difference between genuine ableism/bigotry and trolling conservatives is why America can't have nice things.

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Roy Cohn has entered the chat.

Roy was Sen. Joe McCarthy's righthand man, a vindictive pit bull who had Ethel Rosenberg executed. Besides the more famous Red Scare, Cohn presided over the Lavender Scare, an attack on homosexuals in the State Department.

Years later, Cohn would die of AIDS.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also the demented rapist's mentor

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was trying to focus on the whole 'self hating gay' thing.

But yes, he did teach Trump all he knows, and Donnie threw him under the bus when Roy was diagnosed.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Under the bus*?

I don't think Cohn cared for bush. And that's fine

[–] homes@piefed.world 60 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

“The Closetocracy” he called it in a recent interview that had me laughing pretty hard. The idea being that these self hating gay Republicans hate themselves so much that they turn their hate and spite outwards towards everyone else.

Of course, the idea is much more nuanced than that, and he does a great job of explaining it in the interview.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

He's out for blood and I'm here for it.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

idk, did Epstein traffic many boys?

I think there's more closeted straight male pedophiles than closeted gays

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago

Look up the Sasha Reiley stories and you will have your answer.

(The answer is yes)

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

I see what he's doing. This will get under the snowflakes' thin skin.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago
[–] DeepDown@leminal.space 7 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I get the appeal of this emotionally, but why does anyone listen to Hunter Biden? I see conservatives started glazing him in weird ways too and it's just strange because I thought everyone hated both his dad and the idea of families in politics

[–] pm_me_your_puppies@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why does it matter?

He was given a platform by the GOP when they dragged him through the mud for checks notes struggling with addiction.

It probably started as a therapeutic way for him to take back control of the narrative surrounding his own life and his sobriety journey when he broke his silence a few months ago. Addiction is a mother fucker, having gone through it myself, so I support him and am proud of him.

Everything else is just putting into context how ridiculous U.S. politics is these days. The poor guy just wanted to actually speak for himself, after years and years of having his name dragged through the mud. He didn't ask for Donald Dump to make his life an open book, but he's having fun with it now, and I'm here for it.

Plus, thanks to the GOP, it's confirmed he's packing a massive shlong. And I love that for him.

[–] DeepDown@leminal.space 1 points 16 hours ago

Probably because treating politics like wrestling is how we got in this shit show, especially because peeps tend to overlook these personality's baggage just because they can deliver sick owns to the enemy.

But you're right. This shit is so far gone from reasonable reality that it probably doesn't matter anymore

[–] nullspace@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Republicans gave him a platform when they wouldn't stop glazing his hog so he might as well use it.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

I'm fine with it. Trump's criminal whelps screamed about Hunter's failed attempts at getting a lucrative gig, and now they're stealing America blind. Hunters criticism stings much harder than anyone else's.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are people though?

I don’t take what he says as gospel just entertainment.

And it’s pretty fun watching him have fun trolling those bastards.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

He's good at it too. Finally someone using nepotism for good.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

Republicans can’t govern. They can only peddle scandal.

Hunter is having fun turning this back on them.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Why do people listen to any influencer? Because they are popular.

[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It’s a combination of the closeted gays and the pedos

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

HA! Excellent. Hopefully this gets all the traction it needs to help them melt down.

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