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> The cartoon portrays Trump and Putin as lovers, supposedly to mock their alleged closeness. It doesn't attack homosexual people. It does attack homosexual pe
by legostormtroopr 7y ago
> The cartoon portrays Trump and Putin as lovers, supposedly to mock their alleged closeness. It doesn't attack homosexual people.
It does attack homosexual people. You can't use "gay" as a slur or as a punchline to a joke anymore. The punchline of the joke isn't "they're close", its "they're so close they're gay".
That makes "being gay" an active of derision or humour, which is an attack on gay people.
- xeeeeeeeeeeenu 7y ago>It does attack homosexual people. You can't use "gay" as a slur or as a punchline to a joke anymore. The punchline of the joke isn't "they're close", its "they're so close they're gay". No, the punchline of the joke is "they're so close it's almost like they're in a relationship". Of course it has to be a gay relationship, because they're both men. As I said before, the joke would work just as well if the cartoon depicted a woman and a man.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> The punchline of the joke isn't "they're close", its "they're so close they're gay". Equally, the implicit punchline could even read as “Trump’s cheating on America with Putin”. It would work just as well with leaders of any combination of genders.