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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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Alright... but who's the bottom? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 days ago by TehBamski@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago

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?

If you are black, yes, it would be ok. And many black people do. It's the exact same defense mechanism.

and I’m sure you know that not everyone is comfortable doing that because of their lived experiences.

Then let them not be comfortable with it and let me and my people alone. Do not try to police my language just because perceive someone somewhere to have experienced some mild discomfort... and why? WHY DO I SAY THIS?

Because honey, they need to arm themselves against that discomfort. You need to have a shield and that shield is OWNING the words. If you let people who use derogatory words own them you have lost power.