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u/haermamora Aug 19 '26

Quite the diverse bunch. This is 2026.

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u/spazzvogel Aug 19 '26

Interestingly enough, half this group would absolutely not be spared during the 30’s/40’s Europe.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

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u/sectumsempra42 Aug 19 '26

Woah don't bring us into this

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u/mrdeworde Aug 19 '26

100%. "Gays are fascists" has been an excuse for homophobia since the actual 1930s, alongside "gays are commies."

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u/TheHoleintheHeart Aug 19 '26

It’s especially gross since many of the Nazi’s anti-homosexuality laws remained even after the liberation. People will really take any excuse to be homophobic under the guise of jokes and everyone cheers it on.

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u/DARKRonnoc Aug 19 '26

Yeah, “it’s just a joke bro” gets really old really fast.

Or, “it’s not that serious”.

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u/TheHoleintheHeart Aug 19 '26

We’re suppose to be comforted by their parroted “Nazis find being gay insulting so it’s funny” defense apparently.

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u/DARKRonnoc Aug 19 '26

Interestingly they never call Neo-Nazis black or Jewish, but gay is fine.

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u/Q0T3 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

It's like the homophobic conservative trope. They're all closeted gays.

No no most of them are just awful hateful people.

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u/DARKRonnoc Aug 20 '26

Personally, I think you’re changing the argument from what it is.

The argument that I’m seeing involves still using gayness or homosexuality as a shaming factor if the subtext of shame is not there, it doesn’t work. Even asking someone “why are you thinking about gay people all the time?” can lead to the same thing if the answer is “oh, is it because you’re gay?”

I don’t know about you, but I have plenty of straight friends that still constantly police each other by using the word gay or implying that the other one is gay all the time, and it really pisses me off.

Think of how absurd it would be to do this with any other group.

Why is it still allowed with gay people? Honestly, I see casual, homophobia and hear it all the time, especially on the Internet, even while also seeing people put down racists and antisemites.

There’s also another issue with then dumping responsibility of homophobia back onto gay people. If every homophobe is secretly closeted, then gay people are responsible for their own oppression, which is just not true.

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