• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    It makes no sense to me to be gay and Republican.

    That’s like being gay and Christian. Like… you know these people hate you.

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    Am I the only one finding it concerning that this is apparently considered being worth posted in the “Not The Onion” community?

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        Well, a guy is filing a defamation lawsuit against others that called him a pedophile (I don’t know where the “Homophobic Slurs” statement in the heading is coming from btw, seems like intentional rage- and clickbait misinformation to me).
        That by itself is surely not a topic the Onion would have any reason to write an article about.

        So the reason that this might be considered Onion-worthy nonetheless, must be the fact that he is a gay person that joined the Republican Party, so he had to expect being called a pedophile, because that is the expected norm?
        Is that it?
        If so, who honestly would be not concerned about that?

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          Republican have been calling LGBT people pedophile for decades at this point. It’s still sad to see but not unexpected.

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          The GOP is widely regarded as the party of homophobia. So it’s ironic that a Republican candidate would act this way.