And I’m not pointing fingers at anyone with this, but leftists CONSTANTLY make gay jokes. I see it all the time, and I’ve noticed because, it made/makes me feel weird.
At least in my circles, the gay jokes are different in way that’s extremely important: being gay is fun and cool and a flex, not a denegration.
True, and good point. But I don’t think “if you read this you’re gay LOL” is exactly denigration either. I guess without his motive or history, it’s hard to say. For instance, I was watching a trans streamer over the weekend who made a similar joke. I guess that’s the catch, whether it’s ingroup or outgroup, right?
I definitely read that as a denegration, like it’s supposed to be a gotcha: you shouldn’t want to be gay, but now you read this and it’s too late, you’re gay, gottem.
Even if it’s all “in-group” there can still be internalized homophobia and transphobia (I still catch myself with it too), so I wouldn’t consider gay jokes to be automatically okay just because it’s from someone LGBTQ+. The context and audience are extremely important.
Tyler knew his audience was law enforcement, which is traditionally homophobic, so I read it as being a try at edgy ragebait.
At least in my circles, the gay jokes are different in way that’s extremely important: being gay is fun and cool and a flex, not a denegration.
True, and good point. But I don’t think “if you read this you’re gay LOL” is exactly denigration either. I guess without his motive or history, it’s hard to say. For instance, I was watching a trans streamer over the weekend who made a similar joke. I guess that’s the catch, whether it’s ingroup or outgroup, right?
I definitely read that as a denegration, like it’s supposed to be a gotcha: you shouldn’t want to be gay, but now you read this and it’s too late, you’re gay, gottem.
Even if it’s all “in-group” there can still be internalized homophobia and transphobia (I still catch myself with it too), so I wouldn’t consider gay jokes to be automatically okay just because it’s from someone LGBTQ+. The context and audience are extremely important.
Tyler knew his audience was law enforcement, which is traditionally homophobic, so I read it as being a try at edgy ragebait.