• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    So… let me make sure I’m understanding you correctly…

    You’re saying the media outlet called “lgbtq nation” described this woman as queer in order to dehumanize her and show people she isn’t like them?

    Kinda strange… Who do you think reads lgbtq nation?

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      4 days ago

      Nuance on the word media, not specific to the publication posted here. The media is trying to dehumanize her by calling her queer because to the average MAGA queers are pedophiles wanting to destroy the nation with socialism

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        4 days ago

        So is that why the lgbtq nation called her queer? Just curious.

        Cause it seems like right-wing outlets aren’t focusing on her queerness. They’re just calling her a terrorist. Or a “liberal communist,” whatever that is (do they not realize communists hate liberals as much as magas do?)

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            4 days ago

            Oh, see I wouldn’t know that cause actually I don’t follow right-wing media, and since OP’s source article is from lgbtq nation, I don’t think that detail is even relevant. Go complain in the comments of a fox news article.

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            4 days ago

            I saw a very concerning statistic recently about literacy rates in america, and unfortunately it didn’t even surprise me…

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        And of course the news and memorials about the queer woman one of their ilk murdered shouldn’t mention the fact she was queer, because that might make the MAGAs celebrate her death more than they did from the second they heard about it.

        If you think this is better than the 90s era ‘don’t mention someone on our side is queer because it’ll make us look bad’ attitude, you are wrong.

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          4 days ago

          jesus what in the pancakes waffles is this? You assumed a lot of things in that last line (and no I don’t think that)

          I never said they should not use that word I just explained how the media (most of it on US is MAGA related) will use her queerness as a weapon

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            4 days ago

            Sorry for the misfire if you’re not actually against it. I have been seeing shitheads advocate against mentioning that she’s queer for that exact reason all day, and I’m really tired of it.

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              No problem I get it, as a gay man it would make me mad if they erased my queerness, but at this point we need to understand how the media manipulates all this to serve a narrative to the average US citizen (and you know who they voted for)

              For us, yeah it is maddening to think queerness could dehumanize someone, for them it is just another minority to hate