I love the state regime media’s attempt to spin this.

‘Yeah you can carry a gun, it’s your 2nd amendment right. You’re not actually allowed to use the gun though, come on guys violence is bad.’

Fucking trogs have argued for years that guns are needed for the defense of our democracy. What does a gun do? Apparently in the eyes of the Trump admin, they should behave like those ceremonial knives that are welded into their scabbards.

Horrifying

I worry even worse events than Jan 6th will occur.

At this point, though, it’s inevitable to prevent the blade from falling. Best we can do is try and guide where it falls.

No, no — only America bad. C’mon, don’t inject nuance into this — say it with me: America bad.

If you speak to someone who has not reappropriated the word

So literally anyone that isn’t LGBTQ+ or an ally? I’m sorry I don’t see how you can believe that bigots will teach their kids anything other than what they teach them. It’s difficult to call this an ‘old mentality’ when plenty of young people participate in it. Like, seriously: perceptions of LGBTQ+ people have shifted so wildly in the past few years (particularly revolving around trans people) that I’m baffled this is still a conversation.

but we showed you it definitely changed, in a lot of situations, for a lot of people.

For whom? Certainly not for trans people, if what you’re saying worked then why are so many people supportive of Trump? Is this an ‘old mentality’? Odd how it manages to gain so much power if it’s a dying breed.

Idk dude, make of it what you will — I do not believe reappropriation is anything other than defining yourself with the words of your oppressors. I will not be doing that.

No I’m pretty sure you can apply a positive context to your use of the word and there are people who will still flip out at you about it.

I don’t really care, there are certain things I can’t stop — performative activism is one of them.

No, my point was never anything but perception of the words having not be changed.

You can change the context to a positive one, it still won’t be received positively by nearly as many people as you all claim.

Look, I understand that there’s this mentality that taking words back is empowering. What I disagree with, entirely, is that the perception of the word has changed.

You call random men on the street queers or bitches, you better hope they aren’t a former inmate.

No I’ve heard the chant, what I disagree with is that it’s actually had an effect on how the word is perceived.

For example, call a former inmate a bitch or a queer. Hell, call random men bitches or queers. Examine the results.

Listen, I understand that there’s this mentality that taking words back is somehow empowering. My counterpoint is that there’s a considerable number of men, at least where I live, who would take being called queer as an insult. They’d definitely take being called bitch as an insult, shit dude — maybe you’ve never met someone who went into prison but you do not call them a bitch. You’re likely to get the shit kicked out of you.

No you’re an extremist for assuming every and anything you want about me to fit your worldview.

You’re an extremist, and braindead.

Dude, Idk what to tell you — call random men queer and see what happens.

Imagine thinking this is a take.

Like I said, extremists are a plague.

The English language is not a tonal language, and it’s interesting that you bring it up — because I have only heard queer used as a pejorative.

Reappropriation does not work.

Man makes his wealth through the American movie industry, leaves when America gets bad.

Yeah I’d say everyone has the right to be angry at that.

Edit: extremists are a plague

Ok extremist

Spoken by the arbiter of truth, hatemongering across the ocean.

Guess what dipshit, the U.S. isn’t Nazi Germany and there are many reasons why. If you can’t understand that, let me be clear — you are a dentbrained troglodyte and you should focus on the shit going on in your own backyard.

Says the guy who doesn’t even fucking live here.

Extremists (you) are a fucking plague.

Because it is, or are you of the impression that calling someone a bitch isn’t an insult? Seems to me it’s still a pejorative, same with all the other ‘reappropriated’ words except for the n-word (contextually, I’ve heard black people use it as an insult too so go ahead and figure that one out for me).

Yes, because you know everything about me — like I said, extremists (you) are a fucking plague.