Today, i couldnt upvote a post from anarchymemes@anarchist.nexus so i decided to check it out on my pc. i noticed that i was banned from the com even though i havent posted anything on the com nor the instance. i guess the reason for the ban is that i posted a meme to different comm a while ago. The meme is homophobic but i didnt know it when i was posting it. After finding out it was homophonic, i added a disclaimer to my post.
i dont think i deserved the ban, and i want to hear your thoughts.
Calling that homophobic is such a stretch it should be a yoga pose.
As a queer, maybe we don’t think “wow these 2 straight people are gay” is a funny joke. It’s definitely homophobic when the only joke is “lol straights are actually gay.” OP deserved it, it’s actually really easy not to be homophobic.
Below you can read the opinions of a bunch of straights and disregard them
That’s not the joke though.
It’s basically a pun or play on words based on Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ (the federal statute he signed) sounding like something he calls Bill Clinton, who he allegedly performed oral sex on.
The joke also works if Trump’s a woman who had a secret affair with Bill and signed the so called Big Beautiful Bill.
Of course, if the reason you’re laughing is ‘haha gay’ then that is homophobic, but technically the joke isn’t.
Thanks for your input. I had that in my mind when I posted it. However i see how it could be viewed differently.
The important thing is that being banned doesn’t matter at all.
I’m literally gay myself lmao.
Then you should recognize the harm done to you when your identity is the butt of a joke
What harm? The only person who is going to find it distasteful are the people who are homophobic. To anyone else it doesn’t matter because being gay isn’t something to get upset about. Moreover, we’re never going to be able to change their minds on being homophobic. As a gay dude myself, I also don’t find this remotely homophobic because being gay isn’t the butt of the joke. Them being so pathetically and desperately afraid of anyone who is gay is the joke. I don’t find much difference between this and me having personally claimed that Trump is actually gay privately due to how much he hates gay people.
Thr mental gymnastics folks do to defend their oppressors against their allies never ceases to amaze me
Please tell me that was intentional lol.
I can’t resist a good butt pun
It is not blatantly homophobic but I find the meme distasteful.