• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    This would have been more effective in the 90s where people actually hated gay people.

    I’m not saying it’s right, or that I agree with it, but in the 90s it was socially acceptable to hate gay people.

    Today? Today this looks like an obsolete joke whose punchline no longer lands.

    Because I’m not gay, and I’m not a cop, but if I pulled this guy over as a cop, first thing I’d do is prey on this guys insecurities and homophobia.

    The bumper sticker no longer points fun at cops, but rather identifies the wearer of said bumper sticker as an asshole.

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      People don’t hate the gays anymore? Ohhh shit. I never got the memo. I guess I can come out to my parents now!

      Yeah sit down straight guy. You don’t get to tell us the climate of tolerance.

    • ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
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      This would have been more effective in the 90s where people actually hated gay people.

      You miss the point: the message isn’t for people of today, it’s for pigs whose minds are stuck in the 50’s.

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      I don’t know if the average cop has made it into the 90s mentality yet. Where I grew up there is a greater than zero chance this still gets your ass beat.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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      This would have been more effective in the 90s where people actually hated gay people.

      Most cops still hate gay people.

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      2 hours ago

      The sticker uses the word “gay” negatively. It insults a community like an afterthought.

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        Eh it’s playing on that usage, but the tongue is firmly in the cheek enough that it’s obviously not meant in a non-ironic way. As a queer guy I could see playing with the phrase that way, much like how my friends call each other the F word, and people wear “he/him/daddy” shirts at Pride, and all sorts of other ways we can make fun of ourselves and not take ourselves dead serious 100% of the time, which turns people off.