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[–]kwallio 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I saw something like this when Buttigieg (I'm sure I spelled his name wrong, idc) was running for pres - on tumblr people were calling him straight and a bunch of other people were like ???? and it turns out if you don't die your hair strange colors, have multiple piercings and sit a certain way in a chair you aren't gay. Gay is basically an aesthetic to the younger crowd and if you are basically normal that isn't "gay" to them. Its so, so stupid.

[–]motss-pb 16 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 1 fun17 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

"Queer" twitter lost their shit when Pete and Chasten didn't want to do a photo op in front of a stripper pole. For any other candidate that decision would have been totally understandable. Why not for Pete? Because he's gay and apparently you aren't gay enough unless you're sliding down a pole in a gay club.

To quote the Daily Show, “it sounds like the takeaway of this conversation should be, ‘if Buttigieg does not eat his husband’s ass on live TV, he’s not gay enough for me.'”