• enbyecho@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      you really can’t see how using sexuality to mock someone you hate is homophobic?

      It’s not using sexuality to mock someone. It’s using hypocrisy to mock someone.

      You know what’s the same thing? When gay men call each other fags or lesbians dykes. It’s taking what was intended as derogatory and flipping it around to celebrate it. It’s the ideal response to bullying assholes of any kind.

      • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
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        16 days ago

        It’s not using sexuality to mock someone. It’s using hypocrisy to mock someone.

        I guess it would make it okay to call a black right-winger an N-word and talk about how he can’t swim and only eats chicken and watermelon, then?

        When gay men call each other fags or lesbians dykes

        and I’m sure you know that not everyone is comfortable doing that because of their lived experiences. it’s awesome that homophobic jokes don’t affect you, but not everyone can distance themselves from them.

      • Trying2KnowMyself@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 days ago

        Yeah, it is. It reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with a gay homophobe being gay, rather than the problem being that they are a homophobe.