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Pink triangle was reclaimed though. So IMO pink triangle with a cancel sign over it shouldn’t be seen as nazi-level homophobia, just regular homophobia for Trump. Admittedly, Trump’s a nazi, so…

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I’m sorry, so you’re saying that using the hard R is fine because black people reclaimed the word?

Or would that be different?

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love this guy. I always upvote nathan fillion.

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That is certainly different. Trump’s not black. In contrast, “queer,” pink triangle, and other reclaimed homophobic slurs are encouraged for general use. Try another slur instead as a counterargument please.

As an illustration of what I mean – IMO it’d be much worse if he said “no fags” or something like that.

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I’m not going to sit here and type out slurs. The long and the short of it is that just because something has been reclaimed, doesn’t mean it is always benign. Context is king.

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Show of hands anyone who truly expected differently from this miserable attempt at an administration or from the current occupant(s) of the oval office.

🤦‍♀️ 🙄

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I’m not a brain-rotted idiot, so, obviously, yes.

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Please excuse me while I go bury my hand.

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You would think the GOP and right wing in the U.S. would have put the main culture war issue behind us after Barack Obama and the Roberts Supreme Court told them it’s all good now… But here we are…

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Sometimes I wonder if this dude is an actual nazi or just a delusional wacko steeped in nazi ideology…

(jk they’re the same thing)

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He should be arrested

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He was. Not for that. Didn’t stick.

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25 points

Far too kind.

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12 points

It would just be another photo op for merch and the White House Wall of Fame.

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Somebody should propose something effective and realistic.

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Have at it.

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