• realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club
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    21 hours ago

    I love seeing reality make peoples’ heads spin haha

    “Trump hates gay people”

    Trump hires a gay person

    “Oh my what on earth is happening here”

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      34 minutes ago

      The term “hate” is overloaded, and you know that.

      Trump “hates” gay people getting married, being outwardly gay, or anything else his super religious supporters want

      Trump doesn’t “hate” gay people when he can ignore their gayness and use them for his purposes.

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      15 hours ago

      The fact that he’s a billionaire is more important than anything else. Same reason Thiel funds conservatives, he’s rich enough that any anti-gay lgbtq stuff doesn’t actually have any effect on him. Same reason Rogan and Musk could smoke weed in Texas on video and not face any charges. It’s just wealth solidarity trumping any supposed “family values” or “war on drugs” as per usual. Lindsey Graham being gay is like Washington’s worst kept secret and yet he represents one of the most bigoted states on the side of bigotry for over 20 years.

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      20 hours ago

      I don’t see any spinning heads. Obviously the person has other terrible qualities that Trump likes more than he hates gays.

      He has hired black people and Trump hates black people. He still thinks the Central Park 5 are guilty despite the actual perpetrator being found and the five being exonerated.

      • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club
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        20 hours ago

        Fair enough, maybe the TDS sufferers aren’t exactly “spinning” per se. It’s just funny to see people with a set narrative add conditions to that narrative once they notice it comes in conflict with reality.

        “Trump hates gays” becomes “Trump hates gays unless they’re bad people” once Trump hires a gay person, for example.

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          19 hours ago

          White people would pay to see black performers in the 50s, but wouldn’t let them use the same water fountains or building entrances.

          You can be a bigoted prick while still employing people you’re bigoted against.

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              5 hours ago

              What don’t you like? It’s an example of “having a black friend doesn’t make you not racist” in the same way that “hiring a gay man doesn’t make you a friend of gays”. Trump has already indicated that he will (again) disallow trans people in the military.

              You ever hear somebody use the phrase “he’s one of the good ones?” Because I get the feeling trump uses it quite a bit. Besides - it’s obvious Trump cares more about loyalty than he does ideology. Even Hitler had a homosexual in his organization at the start.