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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Use the ol' timey word for it and call them queer. Start referring to conservatives as "the queers" just to troll them

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The actual queers are gonna hate that. Maybe they can call another queervention (or was it queervalcade?) and get back to us on using it for trolling.

Hopefully one of their ambassadors will swing by and share an opinion. My Gay Agenda says, "In usage of the word "queer," stay where you are and wait for help."

[–] stephan262@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

As a bisexual British person I absolutely support the idea of returning queer to it's classic meaning. There's also the option of just using both meanings. Context will establish which one you mean.

The Republicans are a right queer bunch, unlike my fellow queers in the LGBTQ+ community.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Capitalizing Queers to mean our friends and lowercase queers as the descriptor for these weirdos might be a simple distinction as well.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Could also refer to the way Republicans do things as queerly, as in "why is this dumb cunt queerly burning books?"

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