• FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    I'm tired of artists profitting off queer and drag culture

    She IS queer and drag culture. What's she supposed to do, not be a lesbian?

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      The people saying shit like that are molecules apart from being Log Cabin Republicans at any given moment.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      "Denying a person's gender and sexuality isn't a problem if it's someone we don't like. In that case, you're free to do things like misgender them or say their homosexuality is a lifestyle choice."

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      1 month ago

      Oh so she's profiting off lesbians both financially AND romantically

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      I'm tired of X profiting off Y too but every time I suggest ending capitalism suddenly they love profit again

  • edge [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    we should expect better of the people whose careers we finance

    But not of the people we give power, apparently.

  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    Remember when she was going to read Palestinian poetry at the White House as a form of protest and she was advised that it would put her life in danger to do so? I wonder why she would be hesitant to get involved.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      It will put her life in danger.

      Hey CHUDs, tell me again how you’re the rebels because you punch down on innocent people that can’t fight back?

      • TheDoctor [they/them]
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        1 month ago

        While Roan said she felt this was her one chance to stage such a protest directly in front of the president, she ultimately decided against it after discussing the plan with her publicist. While supportive, her publicist also argued: “You fuck with the president and the government, your security is not the same, and neither is your family’s.”

        source

  • Angel [any]
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    1 month ago

    The only issue I have with what she said is her using the term "both sides," as if they're a part of a different side.

    • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      True, but that's a reasonable mistake given the framing of the question and the fact it's a verbal answer off the cuff. She's pretty unequivocally voiced support for Palestine and ending the genocide so it's not like she's a centrist.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    I’m bisexual, and if me not supporting the comic relief anime villain party out of fear of the main antagonist anime villain party conflicts with that, then call me straight.

    Extremely privileged position

    You are a settler in the global north, you’re the last type of person to lecture anyone on privilege. How fucking dare you try to paint simply wanting peace to be bourgeoisie decadence?

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    Poster 2 is a great example.of how liberals are literally incapable of complex thought.

    It's not possible le to criticize dems from the left so if you're criticizing the dems you're to the right of them.

    "The bare minimum for the lgbtq community" is more than what the dems give. And it's more than they'll ever give if everybody just votes for them regardless.

      • buckykat [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        Dems stopped openly and actively opposing gay marriage after the supreme court legalized it, making them Allies maybe-later-honey

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Hey they got rid of the guy who was opposed to gay marriage as their presidential candidate like... three weeks ago.

  • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]
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    1 month ago

    She should support the party who has controlled the white house during a severe unravelling of trans rights

  • frauddogg [they/them, null/void]
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    1 month ago

    Settler queers and their minstrels stay proving they the weakest links... Genocide being a negotiable is the single biggest sign you might be a colonizing vulture; but more fools me for expecting an iota of self-awareness out of them.

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      1 month ago

      I've been saying for years: democrats' problem with the Holocaust is the SS didn't receive diversity training for guarding Auschwitz.

  • fart [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    She even says she's voting for harris in the actual interview, she just stops shy of an actual endorsement. "Requiring" gen z pop stars to endorse a candidate is wild.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    privilege is when you care enough about the lives of people to not endorse their wholesale extermination.

    like omg, think of how uncomfortable it will be to live in America and not be able to pretend it isn't a fascist, carceral murder machine.

    how could you do this to us, just threaten to not support keeping the veil in place?

  • Tom742 [any]
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    1 month ago

    I just want to know where libs got the impression that the democrats have any interest and intentions in championing gay and trans rights. It’s certainly not one of their campaign promises, it’s not part of their party plan, and I don’t believe I’ve heard KKKamala mention anything during her speeches.

    To point, they invited anti-trans republicans to give speeches.

    • roux [he/him, they/them]
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      1 month ago

      I feel like if the Dems really cared, there'd be at least some kind of legislation by now protecting the rights of queer and trans people.

      To my knowledge, there isn't any but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

  • fox [comrade/them]
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    1 month ago

    Why are we expecting a musician to endorse anyone? She should have exactly as much electoral weight as anyone else, i.e. none. Like, a community or union leader giving an endorsement means something but a musician? What, is Kamala going to fund bigger concert venues? Direct R&D to discover new chords?

    Also, Harris is a cop, I don't see any cop deserving endorsement from any member of the LGBTQ+ community for any reason. If the choices are a fascist (capitalist) and a fascist (cop), there's no worthy opponent to endorse and only the system itself to condemn.

    Also also, Roan in that same interview said it was important to engage on local candidates more than national ones. It's not like she's rah rah on Republicans because she's unenthused about the génocidaires in power, she's telling people their votes are more impactful locally because again, both national candidates thirst for unlimited Palestinian blood, and no good comes from voting for either of them.

  • heggs_bayer [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    For the last image:

    There is no bigger privilege than treating genocide as a non issue

    That poster is definitely the kind of person to say "The Democrats might support the genocide in Gaza, but the Republicans will do that genocide and a genocide of queer people at home." As if the demonrats have been doing jack shit to combat the anti-GSM measures of the frothing fash rethuglicans.

  • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    You claim to be gay, and yet you don't support the brownshirts. Don't you know they have a gay leader?

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    1 month ago

    The message democrats have sent with their abandonment of the Palestinians and their rightward shift on immigration, is that they will discard you as soon as they think you're a liability to them as a party. They absolutely will not drop their fucking nuts and fight for you.

    Trying to say that they'll protect LGBT rights -- aside from the lack of evidence policy-wise over the years, even in democratic trifecta states -- doesn't hold up with how they've thrown other groups under the bus and excused it with "it's actually to protect everyone else."

    That's what they'll say when they're fucking you over too.