Homophobia vs. hypocrisy debate; misgendering concerns

I do think there is a substantial difference between mocking gay Republicans because I think being gay is bad and mocking gay Republicans because they think being gay is bad

That's some bigoted ass shit to say. I'll never vote for Temu Patrick Bateman in any form for any reason already, but glad to know he and his staff are continuing to be repugnant shitty human beings.

Maybe stop telling us that it's not homophobic when we can see that it certainly is. She can do better. I was rooting for her. This ad is ok. BTW, misgendering someone - even an asshole - gives people permission to misgender everyone. Maybe it won't effect him, but it will affect others.

Gay liberal doc checking in. I sincerely hope you unseat him and retract this ad and say something about how it was a lame, misguided attempt to be subversive. You’re a pediatrician. A closeted pre-teen in your district could very easily not understand why you’re attempting to do here and

I am not defending Lindsay Graham. I want him to lose, and lose big. I thought this candidate had a chance. She probably still does. But that ad is incredibly homophobic. It won't bother him, but it sure as hell bothers some of us within the LGBTQ+ community. That reaction is fair.

Ooooooooo the joke is he's secretly gay but then see you flipped it and made it war (which is a matter of public record you even have clips) because you're not anti-gay enough to say that about someone like it's bad, huh? Well you let me know how that pans out in 2026.

The ad isn't attacking his hypocrisy lol. It's not like she is contrasting his voting record on gay rights with his private life, it's just making references to the latter in a context (war-mongering) where it shouldn't be salient.

If being anti-slut was one of Noem's big agendas, I wouldn't care who attacked her for her hypocrisy. Highlighting the hypocrisy of closeted Republicans is not the same as homophobia. Kinda like antizionism vs antisemitism.

Then you're an idiot, because it takes a particular level of stupidity not to see the giant flashing innuendo and "subtext" (using that term VERY loosely given how blatant this is).

It's very frustrating to me that people have decided many bigots are closeted. No, he's a bigot who wants to have power over specific groups. It's not love or lust or admiration.

The very idea she thinks homophobic jerks will vote for a woman makes her a sucker

And then people wonder why Dems keep losing. With friends like these...

There’s something to be said about someone in a position of public trust who is living a lie, but this isn’t that. You’re just making fun of him for being gay.

She’s fucking clueless. I’ll never forget seeing her smiling with Hakeem Jeffries as they were leaving Trump’s second inauguration.

The whole thing is dumb. They are trying to appeal to bigots, but bigots don’t mind a man who hides that he’s gay and does literally whatever else they want him to do.

she did. I guess you missed that. That's the whole message, Lyndsey has been lying to all of us for 40 years because he's a coward, unlike the millions of strong gay people that have lived their true life. also, he's a war mongering psychopath trying to look like a tough guy.

She used his political stances to make homophobic jokes. It fucking sucks.

not to mention that if homophobia was ever gonna work against him, it would have probably happened already. this is disgusting.

You should be ashamed of this and yourself. Using snide homophobia to go after anyone is gross.

it's not about him, it's about actual queer people who don't need homophobia normalized

This is straight-up homophobia. Bigotry is a loser tactic for a Democrat, aside from it being utterly disgusting

Him and Very Little Johnson being gay wouldn't be a problem if they weren't bigoted fascist assholes. Nobody cares except for themselves!

Plead not guilty. To the thing he did on the news. This guy is connected to some rich closeted bigotry

Really? Think what you want about the homophobic dog whistle, but it doesn't even fit the framing here. It's shoehorned in for no reason. The "twist" of "the secret is actually him being a warmonger" doesn't work because that's never been a secret, as the various media clips shown demonstrate