• dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 hours ago

    hm, I hear you - but I think that would have to be embedded in the context of the meme; it’s not like anyone knows you are a “cocksucker” (in a non-pejorative sense), let alone that you endorse sucking cock from the memes you share; the homophobic assumption that sucking cock is wrong and taboo is what makes the meme successful, and I don’t think anything changes from the fact that you don’t personally share that view and happen to be creating or sharing the meme

    basically the homophobia is in the audience that interprets and receives the meme, the meme succeeds because it plays on that homophobia, and so the meme is “homophobic” in that sense

    I have trouble imagining these memes being shared and being popular in the gay communities that I’m a part for that reason - the audience might find the implication that sucking cock is itself wrong as homophobic and uncomfortable, maybe a gay audience would recognize the hypocrisy and also understand the latent homophobia that makes the meme work, but I just don’t imagine it being as popular (and to be honest I’m not seeing it shared in those communities; nor would I personally feel comfortable sharing it in those communities)

    it should be clarified that when I point out the homophobia, it’s not meant as some attempt to cancel the memes (let alone to indicate we should protect Trump out of some kind of concern for him as a homosexual), instead I’m just trying to point out reactionary threads, the way misogyny and homophobia are common even in anti-Trump sentiment

    fuck Trump, obviously - but I’m not going to follow that up with “the cocksucker”

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        8 minutes ago

        misinterpreting the common use of “fuck” as a way to convey disdain as actually articulating a sex-negative attitude is so non-serious it exposes your bad-faith 🙄

        are you just upset that you didn’t have anything to offer, and this seemed clever to you?

        either way, I’m blocking you for your bad faith; I am happy to waste time engaging with serious people, but I have no time for your silliness (if I can’t tell if you’re a troll, I’ll just assume you are one and block)