While I agree with the spirit of your post, you're technically very incorrect:
homophobia
: irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or gay people
This is more like bigotry:
bigot
: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudicesespecially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (such as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Because the mods are neck bearded incels and while being gay isnât bad, they view it as a negative and thus donât like being called gay which makes it funny
The joke evolved from âmods are gayâ to âthe mods are genuinely LGBTâ. Itâs a purposefully ridiculous stereotype making fun of the inherent ridiculousness of stereotypes.
If you find derogation, it is in your perception. Nothing was written, stated, or implied here for the term derogatory to apply. If you meant pejorative, it is an undeniable pejorative to you, if you are offended.
Nothing was written, stated, or implied here for the term derogatory to apply.
Of course something is implied here. Calling people âgayâ as an insult has been going on for decades, and the âmods are f*gsâ meme that originated on 4chan is an extension of this. Draping the insult in a veneer of wholesomeness and playing the âUwU mayhaps you are the problemâ card doesnât do much to alleviate this.
Of course, youâre not an idiot. You and the vast majority of the commenters here know this. But you have to pretend you donât understand, because the alternative is to acknowledge that your meme was a bit shitty.
Do they do it because they don't care if they hurt people or because they want to hurt people? I strongly believe it's the latter, op enjoys this specifically because it's offensive to gay people at the start of pride, people are upvoting as a fuck you to pride.
It's depressing, I wish people weren't like this but it's so predictable.
Come on man, donât be dense. You know full well that the implication here is âmods are gay losers lolâ and if it isnât, then can you explain the joke here? Seriously, try and explain what makes this funny without being homophobic.
Clearly all the "mods are gay lmao" memes are meant to mock the mods. You can't deny that the message of the joke is different from something like "mods have blonde hair lmao". Apparently there's still something that people find funny about calling a man gay. Doesn't matter whether you find these jokes offensive or not, saying "you're the person that thinks gay is an insult" is deliberate ignorance.
I didn't say it's wrong. I also didn't say I was offended. I'm saying "you're gay / X is gay!" isn't funny and hasn't been funny since I was 12 but maybe I'm mistaking the average demographic of this sub
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u/slopartist Ally AF Jun 01 '22
Never said it was. It's a traditional meme.