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moriah

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30. Is decorating the Wall Street bull with rainbow dildos and Putin riding it...

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:26 AM

Jul 2018

... still allowed to be considered funny?

Because I burst out laughing.

Not because I think dildos are even necessarily purchased by men more than women (the opposite in my time working at adult stores), but because Putin is such a homophobe and professed (though likely hypocritical) sexual puritan that associating him with rubber dicks I think would make HIM uncomfortable, and I enjoy rattling cages of people like him.

There's the extremely sad fact that under Putin's "leadership", HIV infection rates are increasing dramatically -- but they're relying on the country listening to the Eastern Orthodox Church about being a virgin until marriage, etc, to solve it. They have repressed homosexuality so severely that the M2M transmission rates aren't even counted but are still making up a tiny percentage in the "Other" category compared to heterosexual transmission. And all it takes is sex, not necessarily homosexual sex, to transmit the virus -- Putin may be a bigot, but HIV is equal opportunity.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/25/russia-hiv-aids-epidemic-social-conservatism-orthodox-church-217011

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No, your Trump-is-gay-for-Putin jokes aren't funny [View all] DonViejo Jul 2018 OP

I make the references to show that trump is submissive to putin not to insinuate weakness associated NightWatcher Jul 2018 #1

Classic "Straightsplaining" - no one asked why u do it, it's still neither funny nor effective... FreepFryer Jul 2018 #2

So this is a discussion board but I cannot discuss? NightWatcher Jul 2018 #4

"Hell, I'll probably even delete this if it offends." brer cat Jul 2018 #6

It's that your explanation out of hand dismisses the other argument mythology Jul 2018 #7

I didn't try to explain away the sexual references. NightWatcher Jul 2018 #10

I dig how you rationalize a distinction lacking a relevant difference LanternWaste Jul 2018 #54

I get that. tavernier Jul 2018 #9

NightWatcher, there are many other ways of doing that. Show Trump as Putin's poodle, his marionette, Nitram Jul 2018 #24

Hi NightWatcher syringis Jul 2018 #32

NightWatcher, I'm gay and I support your POV Ezior Jul 2018 #33

All of these memes are offensive Ms. Toad Jul 2018 #44

By the way, it is sexual "orientation", not preference. Tipperary Jul 2018 #46

If you think being gay is a "preference," cwydro Jul 2018 #50

Then you wouldn't be using any terms that can be easily equated to homosexuality. NCTraveler Jul 2018 #52

If you want to get really offended, try Googling "Trump Putin fanfiction". Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #3

I tend to say "kissing his ass" Bettie Jul 2018 #5

Cheeto isn't "gay" for Putin, he's subservient FakeNoose Jul 2018 #8

Agree. The Polack MSgt Jul 2018 #11

-1000 aeromanKC Jul 2018 #12

I disagree... Twisty Jul 2018 #13

If you have not had those images and words used as weapons against you Ms. Toad Jul 2018 #45

Language Police Roy Rolling Jul 2018 #14

Making a joke about being gay is NOT insensitive. But casting being gay as a NEGATIVE IS. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #26

Re: Language Police. It is a mistake (or worse) to confuse feedback with policing. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #29

language police? NY_20th Jul 2018 #41

What I object to is the idea that Putin and tRump are in... robbob Jul 2018 #15

Yes, Putin would be contemptuous of tRump, but Putin is an actor when he needs to be. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #18

That's why I use the hashtag ecstatic Jul 2018 #35

Only in the sense that a bitch can be a female dog. robbob Jul 2018 #36

Best analogy I've seen to date about 45 onecaliberal Jul 2018 #53

If Hillary were treating Putin like tRump, RW would have same imagery. It's not LGBTQ-centric. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #16

Thank you! snowybirdie Jul 2018 #17

What I think; and what matters. dawg Jul 2018 #19

Agree, to a certain extent... Adrahil Jul 2018 #25

I agree. And enough with the fat jokes too, please. NT Adrahil Jul 2018 #20

K and R Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #21

I agree, Viejo. I suppose it's funny in a middle school boy's locker room way, and I know it is Nitram Jul 2018 #22

I think "bromance" is fine. It points out a similarity in their relationship... Honeycombe8 Jul 2018 #23

See my post (above) robbob Jul 2018 #28

Even though I don't care to use childish homoerotic references JohnnyRingo Jul 2018 #27

And while we're busy sorting out critical, pressing issues like this BannonsLiver Jul 2018 #39

Internet outrage has become epidemic. JohnnyRingo Jul 2018 #42

best summation of social media to date. Inkfreak Jul 2018 #56

Is decorating the Wall Street bull with rainbow dildos and Putin riding it... moriah Jul 2018 #30

I hear this a lot on the Stephanie Miller show. Basic LA Jul 2018 #31

Friends who are gay ... LenaBaby61 Jul 2018 #55

GTK. Thanks. Basic LA Jul 2018 #57

K&R homophobia is always harmful regardless of intent n/t FreeState Jul 2018 #34

I hope you never how my gay friends talk about this stuff! GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #37

FINALLY! Behind the Aegis Jul 2018 #38

There is at least one of those in this very thread. Tipperary Jul 2018 #49

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2018 #40

Thank you for posting this. Ms. Toad Jul 2018 #43

Yet we see them here all the time. Tipperary Jul 2018 #47

Also assumes the relationship is consensual... Orsino Jul 2018 #48

Politically correct Trump-Putin jokes? Sneederbunk Jul 2018 #51