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let’s talk about “secretly queer” jokes and antisemitism (thread):
let me begin by saying that both these people have blocked me and so i cannot have any form of good faith conversation with them. that said, it’s a good conversation to have, so i’m gonna have it with people i give a shit about. and ofc i took this too seriously i’m even simon
let’s talk about “secretly gay/trans” jokes:
believe it or not, i think these are fucking tired. like no one wants to hear another neoliberal hot take about putin and russia being in some secret relationship. they’re not funny because they’re simply not funny and it makes being queer into a “gotcha!”
before i go any further, i just want to point out that neither of these people are trans men. you can do with that information what you will, but it’ll be explicitly relevant in the next tweet.
“ben shapiro is trans” and “trump is gay” jokes are two different things. it’s like queerbaiting vs two men who are close. trump has no “queer indicators,” the same way two random men on a tv show who aren’t being teased as gay have none.
ben shapiro is the classic ftm stereotype. to joke about that is not a confirmation, it’s making light of things that are often true and that society mocks us for. being short, his higher pitched voice, etc. these are things society thinks they can “clock” us with.
people who aren’t trans men don’t get that. neither of the three (there was one qrt i didn’t include) people who took issue with it were binary trans men, and that’s a different experience than even someone who’s transmasculine. it’s just not the same.
“ben is a trans man” is funny because it makes light of stereotypes and the fact that he and abby look the same. not because it would be funny if he had a shit ton of internalized transphobia. clearly. depressing that i have to explain an obvious joke.
now let’s address my so called antisemitism:
first of all i’m jewish and they aren’t so i’m just going to put that out there. but let’s look at the claims:
racial judaism doesn’t exist. and all jews are ethnic jews. if you disagree with me you better not be a fucking goy.
end of thread :)
