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Hellbound Hellhound

(527 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:26 PM Sep 2025

Very blue area in NY here; this person would get laughed out of dodge and the town next door too.

Especially since I'm in a very Native American area, "Two Spirit" is a joke and a slur. Not a dig at this person, whoever they are, but I know "Two spirit" is a laughingstock at best among the local native community, an in-joke of derision and mockery. Putting "Two spirit" in their profile basically marks anything they say as an outright lie or joke as a matter of course.

Those folks aren't Maga, and most I know voted Dem, but this joke lands and resonates with a LOT of them, something they'll tell to others and laugh. We need to be aware of it. Say what you will but "Pronouns" are dangerous, nearly suicidal territory for the Dem party as a whole.

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