Is there at least any way we can leverage this so that bigots become literally scared of mistreating queer people? Like, if you deliberately misgender someone or use a homophobic slur everyone goes quiet and scatters in different directions because they are anticipating the drone strike.
Oh, people associate queer people with drone strikes, alright. Not as much in the US but there are people around the world (global south, etc) who will take stuff like this at face value and hate queer people because they associate us with the US military. It generally doesn’t work out well for the queer people living there.
Not as much in the US but there are people around the world (global south, etc) who will take stuff like this at face value and hate queer people because they associate us with the US military.
Jesus fucking Christ, imagine believing this.
Imagine being THIS into apologia for homophobia.
And then pretending like you never said this, lol.
Yeah, it’s very stupid. Lots of reactionaries will talk about the concept of queer people being “imported” from Western culture, while at the same time importing their own talking points from the Western far-right media sphere. Obviously, there’s plenty of queer history to be found all around the world, and in many cases homophobia was historically imported through Christian colonizers, but reactionaries aren’t exactly known for their historical literacy.
Imagine being THIS into apologia for homophobia.
Wait, now I’m confused. Did I misinterpret your comment as interpreting my comment correctly?
Are you saying “imagine believing this” in response to people being homophobic, or in response to me acknowledging that homophobic people exist?
Is there at least any way we can leverage this so that bigots become literally scared of mistreating queer people? Like, if you deliberately misgender someone or use a homophobic slur everyone goes quiet and scatters in different directions because they are anticipating the drone strike.
Oh, people associate queer people with drone strikes, alright. Not as much in the US but there are people around the world (global south, etc) who will take stuff like this at face value and hate queer people because they associate us with the US military. It generally doesn’t work out well for the queer people living there.
Jesus fucking Christ, imagine believing this.
Imagine being THIS into apologia for homophobia.
And then pretending like you never said this, lol.
Yeah, it’s very stupid. Lots of reactionaries will talk about the concept of queer people being “imported” from Western culture, while at the same time importing their own talking points from the Western far-right media sphere. Obviously, there’s plenty of queer history to be found all around the world, and in many cases homophobia was historically imported through Christian colonizers, but reactionaries aren’t exactly known for their historical literacy.
Wait, now I’m confused. Did I misinterpret your comment as interpreting my comment correctly?
Are you saying “imagine believing this” in response to people being homophobic, or in response to me acknowledging that homophobic people exist?
“Imagine believing that long-standing homophobia in other countries is caused by the US military becoming relatively queer-friendly 10 years ago”