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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 46 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I seriously had a Right-Wing friend of mine try to tell me that

"The Trans needed some pushback because they were simply demanding too much" Card

Which hurt, especially with a "You need to learn to compromise, we're not asking much. It's not going to tear your arm off to put biologically accurate data onto government documents." Stat Boosting Spell Card he threw down when I pointed out that Trump was ordering people to put M's on Transwomen's documentation

I'd never been more insulted in my life. Bro had no clue he was legitimately saying the modern version of "Look the Government just needs to know your background, wearing that Star of David in public isn't going to get you killed."

Thankfully he was willing to listen when I pointed that goof out to him.... He's still a Right Winger who's now willing to walk back his statements in favor of "Agree to disagree"

I love my friend and I'd stand up if his rights were being violated, I'm just horrified to realize he absolutely will not show me the same decency.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

God, does the "Asking for too much" card drive me fucking crazy.
These darn queers and their desire to walk the streets without the risk of being beaten to death, how dare them!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i used to follow ytubers like that they will listen to reason, but was still "anti-wke this or that" something changed during the pandemic and then went full maga.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ugh, I hate Right Wing Youtubers. You can see Google's political bias on full display with them. I always find it suspicious that non-political youtubers can't say "Kill" in ANY context without it being counted as a swearword on par with the N-Word...

But Right Wingers can say the most hateful shit and are still allowed to have a channel with PragerU platforming LITERAL CHILD ABUSE yet still being allowed to do a show targeted at kids.

There was this DBD Youtuber who was spitting straight facts about the horrible decisions made with the game, and then he moves from his first point (bullshit nerfs that feel so random that it's likely play testing wasn't done with them) to talking about how the game is "Unrealistic" and to that I said

"Okay... it's a dark cartoony game where you play Hide and Seek with Freddy Krueger and the Xenomorph, it 's not meant to be reali.... Ah THERE we go."

Why did I say "THERE we go!" Because he immediately jumps to "Like 1/5 of the cast is canonically gay! But there's only like .0001% of people who are gay in real life"

And I had to point out that "You were cooking... until you got really homophobic." in the comments

He actually responds to me and gets into a shouting match.

He goes on and on about how the character David King was "Clearly intended to be a straight man", because his backstory "Had him be VERY manly!", and that it was an attack on him personally that he was "Changed to be gay"

I calmly told him that the devs can do whatever they want with their characters. I mean yeah if they said "Oh , btw, Laurie Strode's a lesbian", that'd be bad because the job of the guest characters is to show them as they were IN THEIR ORIGINAL FILMS! But.. they didn't make Laurie Strode gay, they made David King, a character Behavior created themselves, gay.

He gave me the same bullshit about "David King's original story had him being manly!"

I pointed out that David King's CURRENT story still had him be manly, and that manly men exist in the gay community (With David being something of what they call a "bear" in the gay community), oh and the big one.. this wasn't some recent out of nowhere Overwatch-style retcon, he'd been hard confirmed as gay VERY early on... So, wasn't sure why he was complaining.

Because I knew that (very common and well-known piece of information), I outted myself to him as "ONE OF THEM!!111", and he said something to me I'll never forget.

That I was one of the "queers" ruining America, who was as he put it "Offended by Everything and Ashamed of Nothing!"

Now that was the most mask off he'd been all conversation.

I simply asked what was it he felt that I had to be ashamed of... Never got an answer, so I can only assume he didn't know himself.

Later I found I was subscribed to him, likely had done so early on in his vid. He was live-streaming killer and complaining about a well-known Youtuber who exposes Toxic Players in the DBD community... The whole stream it was nothing but shitting on this Youtuber for, and get this, defending gay gamers from homophobic bullies instead of "Letting them get what they deserve for shoving it down people's throats."

When I realized this I left the stream, downvoted, and unsubscribed.

I wish him well and hope he changes, but since I know he's unlikely to, deep down I hope he's having a rusty nail shoved up his dickhole and that it gets infected.

I've sadly since learned that the homophobe not only was still at the homophobia game, but had gotten the slogan "Ally to the Community" trending through the Toxic Side of the community as a backhanded way of insulting.... anyone Pro-LGBT affiliated with DBD.

My point is, I just hate people who do nothing but hate and how they that despite being the clear aggressor, seem to believe they're never the ones in the wrong.

Nyway, I should lay down for bed, but before I go I must say

inb4

"If they have a problem with things being shoved down their throats they shouldn't deepthroat so fucking hard."

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[–] excral@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Kind of ironic that those who preach for a small government are the same who just have to collect as much documentation as possible. Ironic until you realise how helpful that might be if you want to persecute some minorities eventually.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“You need to learn to compromise, we’re not asking much. It’s not going to tear your arm off to put biologically accurate data onto government documents.”

Like... Why though? For what reason does the government need this and why would a normal person even care? I could see that it needs to be documented in medical history but even then they should refer to you properly.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago

"Stop being intolerant that I'm a fucking asshole!"

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?"

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[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Left and the Right feels like Feet Guys vs Cannibals chewing on a bunch of toes.

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[–] anarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 week ago (12 children)

This is my attitude whenever someone complains about there being too much 'politics' in everything.

Everything touches politics, but we only notice it when it adversely effects us. The people who take as granted that politics is it's own thing are usually the people who are the most privileged by it.

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago (13 children)

More often than not, MAGA tend to stab themselves in the back. They just don't have the self-awareness for it.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

The upside to Fascism is that it's never back in town for long. You don't have to worry about it becoming the new status quo.

The bad news is, you do absolutely have to fight tooth and nail because although it will take itself out in the end, it will take innocent people with it. The reason we fight is to do three things

  1. Minimize the damage

  2. Make it harder for Fascism to come back

  3. Create a new status quo to replace the one that was so bad that people wanted to do fascism in the first place.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah now with trump them trans kids have to show them genituls at sports events.

What do you mean I don't have insurance anymore? I don't understand!

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was thinking of saying the knife should be in the back but the artist is right. this is pretty in the front.

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[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Had kind of a similar conversation with my dad recently. "I'm sorry you feel that way." "Well they're cutting Medicaid, so we'll see how that goes for you."

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

‘I’m sorry you feel that way.’ He’s sorry you think people should have equal rights?

Your dad doesn’t have a political problem, he has a morality problem.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even the non-apology "apology" is unacceptable!

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[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was actually about my job (I work for the federal government), but same issue. He, my mother, and my brother voted for something that directly impacts me.

There's a guy up thread saying I shouldn't take it personally, but how can I not? They're the ones making jokes about how hard I don't work.

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[–] margaritox@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is the “just because we disagree on politics we can still get along” frame of mind generally a conservative thing? Because on one hand, it makes sense. On the other hand, I find it very difficult, for example, to look past the fact that some conservatives want to stop aid to Ukraine (as a Ukrainian living in the US).

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 week ago (18 children)

human and civil rights aren’t “politics”

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Indeed, many Conservatives are of the "I just ate, so I guess World Hunger is a myth" variety.

Unless something is specifically happening to them personally, it isn't THAT big a deal.

A lack of empathy is a hallmark of the ideology.

[–] margaritox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I chuckled at the “I just ate, so there’s no hunger example” because I have a conservative-leaning friend who was of the “it just rained, so there’s no drought” mentality.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Tolerance paradoxically demands intolerance of the intolerant.

[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It was pointed out to me a while back that the paradox of tolerance is only a paradox if you consider tolerance to be a philosophical position.

In fact, we don't treat it like that. We treat it as a social contract, in which context it is no paradox at all to say that if you aren't tolerant then other people aren't obliged to tolerate you in turn

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This here - the social contract view needs to be widely adopted

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[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

We really need a deadly plague that's easy to vaccinate against.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

You don't have to be RUDE to me, I just want your abuelos rounded up and deported/ in a prison/ forced labor camp/ disappeared what's the problem here!?

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

My sister has lost several friends when they voted MAGA and showed their true, horror selves. My sister is a hero.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My trumpet sister has wisely stopped praising her false god in my presence when they visit at least

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[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 10 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This artstyle looks like "what if Control Alt Delete was drawn by someone who had fashion sense and also talent".

I like it.

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