• ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
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      5 days ago

      You say that but we all remember him personally mass banning elon musk parody accounts and banning photos of himself he didn’t like.

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        So he does read your tweets. This still does nothing. This is just the lamest form of activism, and as recent evidence shows, it clearly doesn’t work.

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          Pretty sure the only thing this is meant to accomplish is annoying Elon and his fanboys.

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          …you think this is meant to be activism? Indeed, you think this IS (the lamest form of) activism???

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            Didn’t you know? Everything liberals do is activism. Just like every black character is a political statement, or how every vegan is an extremist.

            I say that in jest, but some people legit can’t fathom their “out” group being normal, every day people. The scary truth is that for some folks, daring to exist at all is seen as a form of protest.

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        Context matters here. I think the joke is that this gender-swapped picture would really piss off Elon Musk in particular because he’s so openly and proudly transphobic.

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          Yeah i don’t think i would really like this sort of joke normally. But given he’d rather say his son died to the woke virus than admit he has a trans daughter… fuck elon.

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          That’s like saying it’s okay to call someone a fag if they are a homophobe.

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            It absolutely is not morally sound, but it clearly feels right to many. We regularly justify these attacks because such people seem to deserve any and all suffering for their values and misdeeds.

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          Its not a misgendering. It is a mocking of his reverence to trump and cozying up ahead of the swear-in ceremony. If it pisses him off… it’s his own transphobia to blame. We’re just encouraging him if he’s an egg.

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            If the point isn’t to misgender him, then call him first gentleman. First lady is misgendering him. It feels justified and extra effective because of his transphobia. But it isn’t about misogyny.

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        Musk has previously described himself as an “alpha male”, it will annoy him for sure.

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        Maybe, although I personally don’t get that at all. Then again I’m not exactly a misogynist and do enjoy drag… Maybe I do want to see Elon in legit* drag after all. And I do mean something legit–not the diarrhea of frat bro tropes he’d inevitably lean into.

        Can we get a fanfic going about Elon’s secret drag performance addiction instead of ketamine? I’d probably read it, but I’d also be glad it exists.