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[-] archonet@lemmy.world 113 points 1 year ago

"small government" != sticking your nose into other people's sex lives

[-] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

He's not a small government Republican, he's a using the state as a weapon for his God Republican

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[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

So, he's having a gay affair, right?

[-] Ya_Boy_Skinny_Penis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This pretty much reads as an admission, yup.

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 72 points 1 year ago

So this guy loves the cock.

[-] silentknyght@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yep. Calling it now: dude is gay.

Which is fine, or would be fine, except for the hypocrisy.

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

pretty fuckin much

[-] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

“Experts project that homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic.”

"project" is right!

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

"Gays are stronger than the strongest republic!"

Sounds like the Sacred Band of Thebes had the right idea. We can only maintain our liberty by embracing the strength of the gays!

[-] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Well our they/them missiles and tanks sure are beating the crap out of the "manly" Russian military.

NATO = Sacred Band confirmed??

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[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

They defeated even the Spartans, who were so manly that they got their wife to shave her head and banged her in the dark the first time they met because all they had seen until then were sweaty, muscular dudes. Clearly the gayer a polity, the stronger it is.

[-] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Chaos? Sexual anarchy? I don't even know what that second one looks like, but sign me up

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[-] Chetzemoka@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

doom even the strongest republic

Translation: If people we don't like are allowed to have nice things, we'll throw a temper tantrum and burn the house down.

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[-] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

He's a fucking christofascist. He doesn't think gay sex should just be illegal, he thinks anyone who is queer should be killed because they are sinning against God. Even if he hasn't openly called for that, a key tenant of his faith is that. He's a terrible person who has just gone a bit under the radar so the Republicans could shove him through quickly.

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[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seems to be a lot of projection here, as usual. I give him two months before he's outed as a boner smoking drag queen^TM^

Edit: Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[-] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I get what you're saying, just be a little careful with this idea. As a gay person it's somewhat disheartening to see everytime some ass hole homophobe is trying to opress us people go "oh he must be gay, lol." It can come across as using gay as an insult which I think your edit acknowledges. Not that internally repressed homophobes who take it out on others aren't sometimes a thing of course, but just remember the vast majority of people opressing, abusing, and hurting the lgbtq community are straight people, it's not just gay people taking it out on themselves. There aren't nearly enough gay people in existence for that to be even remotely true.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a gay person, myself, I never saw comments like this as using gay as an insult because what’s being called out here is the hypocrisy, not whether or not they’re gay. Intelligent people will realize that, and the dumb bigots are going to be dumb bigots regardless.

[-] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

No I didn't think the commenter meant gay as an insult to be clear, just that if not carefully phrased it may come off that way. I know the hypocrisy is the main pont. I think that makes sense if it's like, a story about someone being caught with a rent boy or something sure. In this case though I didn't see anything in this story to provide any evidence that this person is anything but straight.

I've just noticed this tendency that for any anti gay politician, the comments will immediately fill up with tons of people insinuating well that politician must be gay then. It starts to feel like it's a insinuation that all homophobia is just gay people doing it to themselves or something. Or like makes homophobia into a "gay problem" that straight people have nothing to do with. Which obviously isn't the case.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I know it seems like a stereotype, but it does happen not infrequently that gay-hating GOP politicians get outed in embarrassing ways as massive hypocrites, and not even always as gays. Hypocrisy is a major cornerstone of the GOP.

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[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I hear you and agree. Not all loud, dramatic anti-gay people are actually saying, "Hey! Look what I'm not! At all! Not even that one time in college!" - but it sure seems to pan out that way with politicians.

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there is a reason we find out about these things through leaks and such: Gay republicans have to hide themselves or else face the bigotry that exists within their colleagues/constituents.

Still dumb fuck hypocrites though.

“Use my marginalization to oppress me, at least I pay $3.75 less in taxes.”

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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

There's nothing wrong with being a cock gobbling slut, but there is something wrong with being a hypocritical anti lgbt Republican, while being a cock gobbling slut.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Tapping his foot in an airport bathroom in 3-2-1...

[-] ApostleO@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

As an Idahoan, I'm just overjoyed that Larry Craig is still being referenced after all this time.

It's just nice to be in the conversation occasionally.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Certainly not.

But for someone who’s worried gay sex can “threaten democracy” and who also believes the orange rapist’s Big Lie . . . /Nelson

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago

So are we talking just dudes, and is he okay with girl-on-girl or what? You never have to dig too deep to find the hypocrisy from these fuckheads.

[-] macaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago

Lesbians are OK since they are secretly one of his fetishes.

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic.

Jesus fucking christ! For a guy harping on about "traditional gender roles" (aka celebrating toxic masculinity and misogyny) he sure is a hell of a drama queen!

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

That's actually the name of my black metal band: Dark Harbinger of Chaos and Sexual Anarchy. Doom the Republic is our latest album.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That better be true. Don’t give me hope.

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

No, but here are some quick AI attempts at album art for you:

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[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago

Way to make queer people sound super cool.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Apparently, gay people are so powerful that they can tear down an entire society just by getting married.

Hey gay folks. Want to join up with a straight Jew? I've got a spare space laser here we could use.

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[-] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural” and “dangerous lifestyle” that would lead to legalized pedophilia and possibly even destroy “the entire democratic system.”

Johnson led more than 100 Republican lawmakers in an amicus brief supporting a Texas lawsuit that sought to challenge the results of the election in states won by Biden. The brief cited concern about "unconstitutional irregularities" in the voting.

No Mike. That is you trying to destroy democracy. Not those that you have spent decades you demonizing and harassing.

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

“Your race, creed, and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do”

This is honestly all you need to know. People can pick and choose their sexual preferences, but they’re inherently born with belief in a millennia-old fantasy book.

[-] aesopjah@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Anyone who thinks it's what one does that makes them gay is repressing some shit

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[-] Skkorm@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

So deep in the closet, he's finding Christmas presents.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

The more you dig into this guy you find he hates women, hates the lgbtq community, and hates America.

[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

What a piece of shit. I got $10 that’s says Mike Johnson secretly fucks guys. Seems like the loudest anti gay politicians almost always hang out in the closet.

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[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

And the Log Cabin Republicans will support him because they are the stupidest shits to exist since Jews for Hitler.

[-] Gazumi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

"Once wrote" is a euohemism for "has learned not to to be too overt about his hatreds to protect his political career and to carry on his mission".

[-] tym@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, I'm hiding inside with my kids under a shelter in place order because one of these MAGAts is roaming the woods with an AR-15.

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[-] theodewere@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

how long before we discover his secret life

[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He’s probably a closeted homosexual himself. That seems to be the general trend amongst people like this.

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