Gay Republican Sues Members of His Own Party Over Homophobic Slurs
https://newrepublic.com/post/212967/gay-republican-wyoming-sues-members-party-homophobic-slurs
https://newrepublic.com/post/212967/gay-republican-wyoming-sues-members-party-homophobic-slurs
10 Comments
ecvanalog@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 34d
“This is not the Wyoming I know” is some WILD work.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 34d
Wyoming? That place where Brokeback Mountain is set? No way, that's not the Wyoming I know!
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 34d
Chickens for KFC!
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d
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.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 34d
Am I the only one finding it concerning that this is apparently considered being worth posted in the "Not The Onion" community?
slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 34d
I mean LeopardsAteMyFace would fit best but I do not understand what your concern is about.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 34d
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?
RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 34d
Republican have been calling LGBT people pedophile for decades at this point. It's still sad to see but not unexpected.
Cytobit@piefed.social · 23 pts · 34d
The GOP is widely regarded as the party of homophobia. So it's ironic that a Republican candidate would act this way.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 34d
And?