I swear I came across every other couple being exactly this when I lived in the US.

  • GaveUp [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    Every couple I've came across like this, the woman is just as racist but isn't explicitly about it nor does she even know she's racist herself

  • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    The woman is still 80% as racist as the man in every way that matters, and the spread narrows as they get older.

    • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      Yes, but she listens to Beyonce and voted for Obama so when she goes off on a rant about the black family that moved next door it's not because she's racist!

  • Nakoichi [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    It's because people in the US are encouraged to never talk politics and to think anyone that does is either maybe-later-kiddo or frothingfash

    So you get lots of couples that share other interests and just never interrogate each other over reactionary views (assuming as the image depicts this is specifically about white couples)

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      Yeah, and I have to guess they have lives where one parter being a racist doesn't impact them at all.

      Also you're right, Americans by and large don't investigate political ideology, even their own. It's a hobby for most people. Everyone else just goes along on standard American vibes and only figures out what they think when they have to come up with answers to questions.

      The standard American ideology is "I can do and say whatever I want and I'm not gay. I'll do whatever it takes to never be mistaken as gay"

      • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        The standard American ideology is "I can do and say whatever I want and I'm not gay. I'll do whatever it takes to never be mistaken as gay"

        michael-laugh that's brilliant! This is the real heart of the empty head Joe Rogan fan mentality

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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          6 months ago

          It really is the only thought going through a lot of white guy skulls. They have no other concerns or political opinions beyond just that

    • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
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      6 months ago

      Being a white couple in middle America, can confirm. Plenty of raging racist chuds, but the majority (idk, 90+%) are more of lib who doesn't realize their views are horrifically racist. From there it's a crap shoot on if they'll own it and try to improve if you call them out or if the weirdest shit you've ever heard starts coming out their mouths.

      I got this guy who I see a couple times a year with his partner and we talk politics and religion. Conversations have gone from his sweaty reddit-logo r/atheist screed, next time we talk he says people don't starve in America and Musk and Joe Rogan will fix things, next convo we talk gardening and his tobacco crop. Our latest conversation: the Greeks are a dirty and lazy people who are ruining the EU. Like, he goes off with every racist trope you can think of, against the Greeks... Also he joined us at a Bernie Sanders rally and volunteered for his campaign.

      We don't exactly send our best.

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      6 months ago

      Knew a lesbian couple that was basically this. One was a wealthy liberal who had a weird fixation with eugenics and the other was from a small town in the South that loved finding an excuse to say slurs.

      • ashinadash [she/her, comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        Was a hard truth for young me, learning that being queer doesn't seem to grant people any sympathy or understanding for other oppressed people, and that gays can be absolutely every bit as atrocious as the straights™ can

  • commiespammer [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I was going to defend myself but then I realized that I'm just cishet, not a couple.

  • ashinadash [she/her, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    He drives a truck with the confederate battle flag in the rear window, despite living in Canada. She's not allowed to drive it.

  • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    I'll take your word with it. I hang out with too many gays to be the judge of this.

    • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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      6 months ago

      Gays are not exempt from this dynamic. Lesbians neither. Polys might be, I wouldn't know.