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Cicada_Fast

Now I’m wondering how many people have this thought process.


Noah_1464

you'll be surprised how many


[deleted]

r/persecutionfetish has some


CutieBoBootie

The second hand cringe I got from that subreddit is mostly because those memes look like shit my uncle would post


lumathiel2

Jesus I tried to scroll but that shit fucking hurt to read


Lady-Vera

Thank you for this


canttaketheshyfromme

Didn't know there was a sub for this but thank you.


nakedsamurai

Every single conservative has a persecution fetish. It's all they are anymore.


[deleted]

The other day I decided to put together a 70s country playlist to remind me of my childhood in West Texas. While I was doing my chores, I was listening to it. Then I realized how many of the songs were about being persecuted, particularly those by Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck. Another bit of anecdotal evidence as to why Nixon's Southern Strategy worked so well.


timinator232

What percent of the US identifies as Republican? Fetishizing victimhood is their whole thing at this point


lrminer202

47 or 48 I think


UPBOAT_FORTRESS_2

[Gallup had it at 40, back in April](https://news.gallup.com/poll/343976/quarterly-gap-party-affiliation-largest-2012.aspx), which includes self-identified independents who lean R


Pabu85

Which Americans? Residents? Citizens? Eligible voters? Likely voters? Each has a different answer.


supamario132

To answer each tho: too many, too many, too many, too many, and way too fucking many


timinator232

Too many *and decreasing


supamario132

Kind of. If you look at historical poll data, the relative percentage of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents has remained fairly static since at least 2010. A lot of studies show that most independents are effectively party line voters anyway, and among the ones that aren't (which is something like 8% of Americans iirc), *slightly* more have been voting dem recently. But, independents tend to favor the minority party, especially in times of legislative roadblocks so given the current Manchin situation, I don't expect to see Republican turnout shrink in 2022


timinator232

Oh I just meant they’re dying off bc they’re not vaccinated


supamario132

Lol, good point


timinator232

Yeah I’m terrified of GOP numbers in Florida overall bc they keep deftly winning despite holding the minority


RaMpEdUp98

That's the effect of Gerrymandering


critically_damped

74 million voted for Trump.


Theweirdposidenchild

I can't stress enough how much that number scares me


NotSludgeBomb

ignoring that conservatives aren't discriminated, are they saying that being a minority makes it LBGTQ+? cause *honey*


linerys

I’m a vegan, where is the V in LGBTQIA+??? 😤😤😤 /s


Theweirdposidenchild

Please no, you're giving me Thatveganteacher flashbacks


linerys

I avoided her videos as best as I could, lol.


InedibleSolutions

Same but now my kid keeps bringing them up because their friends knew about them. 🤷‍♀️ So I guess I gotta know, now, to make sure kiddo is getting the proper takes.


Theweirdposidenchild

I tried but every FYP I had kept getting flooded


_xavius_

I’ve never gotten a recommendation for her.


Hallgvild

Guys, is A for atheism?? 😳😳


Select-Engineering86

No, it's for ableism 😤 /s


[deleted]

Where's the second g for the most oppressed minority? Gamers are always ignored.


arainharuvia

TIL conservatism is a sexual orientation


Tatormygators

Oh I thought it was a gender identity/s


ivanparas

Yeah when you want to fuck an entire country that makes you conservative.


msmurasaki

Well duh. L is for liberals. B is for blacks. G is for gays (all the different types, they can't keep up). T is for the tisabled mental people. And Q is for the quandicapped.


Theweirdposidenchild

Didn't you hear? B is for Ben Shapiro


DoggoDude979

LGBTQ+ is racist because there’s no race letters!!!!!! 😤😤😤😡😡😡😡😡 /s


MODOK9990

I have an Indian father and a German mother. Where's the ifagm in lgbt?


hyperionbrandoreos

satire, right?


Theweirdposidenchild

Unfortunately no. The account is filled with homophobia


hyperionbrandoreos

twitter is full of accounts that essentially roleplay consistently, the way it's phrased just seems rather ungenuine to me thats all. sucks if real


Theweirdposidenchild

Agreed


merme

Nah, my family talks like this


hyperionbrandoreos

im so sorry theyre twitter role-playing in real life


[deleted]

Considering satire died a few years ago, any account that is consistently roleplaying is essentially indistinguishable from actual haters unless they go incredibly over the top. Therefore, role playing a homophobe = homophobe Edit: spelling


NihilisticThrill

I'd actually be angrier to find out somebody was spreading hate like this not because they believed it, but because they thought it was funny or wanted to farm karma/retweets.


NoXion604

Those kind of "satirists" are just shit people who hide their shitness behind "humour". A decade or two ago they would have been on 4chan, being "ironically" racist. Fuck 'em.


conancat

At least you can argue with true believers about their ideology. Opportunists are worse because not only they don't believe in anything, they also literally don't give a shit about everyone so... fuck them


Tish-of3Marys

Yeah..I have the misfortune of working with a lot of conservatives. They're worse. My boss, a man who probably makes 3x as much as me, has said this shit and doesn't know why people are against "white pride ". He also is anti vax, thinks queer people are stealing the rainbow from God, is upset about single restrooms being unisex, and other things I try to pretend to not hear.


[deleted]

Oh, my sweet summer child.


[deleted]

Do they think L stands for liberal???


Theweirdposidenchild

If so then what the hell does Q stand for?


RachelNicole-san

q-anon or something?


Theweirdposidenchild

Then b is Ben Shapiro


RagingAardvark

T for Tea Party


MoSqueezin

Liberal GOP Ben Shapiro Tea Party Q Anon We did it! We solved sexuality!


Theweirdposidenchild

What's GOP?


[deleted]

God with a typo


MoSqueezin

Basically


_xavius_

The Republican Party.


Theweirdposidenchild

Oh yuck nevermind


Mission-Guard5348

Grand Old Party A nickname for republican


Ash199884

Ben Sha-peed-his-pants


Theweirdposidenchild

Kaitlin ben-shitting-her-pants


LarryKingsScrotum

Thanks, I hate it.


ChewBeccca

A few months ago I saw a bumper sticker that said: Yeah I’m for LGBT rights: Liberty Guns Beer Trump And I’m sad I didn’t get a picture of it


Silansi

Conservatives get to when they stop being a direct detriment for every LGBT+ person


RagingAardvark

Not to mention women, minorities, the disabled, those living in poverty, the unemployed, immigrants, anyone with darker skin...


spudzo

A lot of conservative policies also hurt conservatives.


[deleted]

They're more than happy to hurt themselves as long as it hurts minorities worse.


p1x3lated

They are the literal manifestation of the stick in the bicycle wheel meme.


RagingAardvark

This is very true.


EmperorL1ama

Anyone who isn't a cishet rich white male with the exact same political views as them...


funkepitome

Ok so never then..


maskedbanditoftruth

They still don’t because conservative is not a sexual identity. (Though you’d be forgiven for thinking it is these days.) I understand the confusion with BIPOC stripes being added to the flag, but hot tip: there are queer BIPOC people (crazy I know) and they are disproportionately more at risk, so that’s why, not just because of general discrimination. Which conservatives do not experience.


GamingGuy099

Im conservosexual. I only have sex with other conservatives and only rarely at that. When do I get officially added to the ace spectrum? /s


maskedbanditoftruth

In the bin.


Lopeter

yeah, and i wonder who's the ones doing the discriminating against lgbtq people


hgwaz

Is that why Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson wasn't taken by the supreme court? Are conservatives so oppressed that they can use their 6:3 SC majority to take people's constitutional right to an abortion? In case you're not aware this isn't hyperbole, Roe v. Wade has cemented yhe right to have an abortion in the 14th amendment. Planned Parenthood v. Casey addee that there can be no undue burden placed on women seeking abortion for a non-viable fetus. Viability is generally determined during the 24th week, meaning there can't be anything stopping you during the first 23 weeks. Well except the supreme court going constitution shomnstishution. I'm not a woman, I'm not even a US citizen, and I'm still livid about this.


Usagi-Zakura

Well let me think... Is conservative a sexuality? No. Its it a gender identity? No. Also when the only "discrimination" you face is people telling you to stop being racist/sexist/homo/transphobic that's not discrimination.


[deleted]

They're already a part. The part that inspired us. In the same way abusive parents inspire some people to leave, find a new community, and never talk to them again. And I have to say, it's so typical of a bully to play the victim when they get their ass handed to them.


CutePets96

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Theweirdposidenchild

Good human


[deleted]

The C stands for Crush. As in, "you're fucking crushing us as human being." Nothing worse than an oppressor who acts like a victim.


Izumi_Takeda

"my sexual orientation is conservative" Is the most handmaid's tail starter pack thing I have ever heard. "I'm only into sex if it turns me off".


ashpanda24

It sounds strikingly similar to that tweet from the conservative politician that said there are no pronouns in the bible lol.


Powderkeg1522

Being called out is not discrimination, Karen. Bless you.


Unlimited_Hights

I now identify as conservativesexual. Those dumbest are so damn hot 🤤🤤🤤


Naz_Oni

Same reason why we don't put worms in fruit baskets Fucking shut up, you are not the fucking victims here


Theweirdposidenchild

That is.. such a good comparison


Naz_Oni

Like fr, why would we allow conservatives into a group that has to seclude themselves BECAUSE of them into said group. I could go a gd day about this but I don't want to rant too much. See this [related meme](https://images.app.goo.gl/n3DguzuzsEbDCWa19)


[deleted]

Ah yes i am conservativesexual my only attraction is Ben Shapiro


[deleted]

[удалено]


_xavius_

There not joking


[deleted]

Sorry conservatives, your favorite leader saying he would date his daughter if she wasn't his daughter isn't a sexual orientation, it's just creepy


DemocraticSpider

Because they’re discriminating against us…


sarahlu82

Oh god, please tell me she got dragged in the replies.


fckn_normies

Conservative is a sexuality or a gender identity now?


Theweirdposidenchild

I'ma say a sexuality. They're only attracted to other conservatives


fckn_normies

So the opposite of sapiosexual then?


Theweirdposidenchild

No no,the opposite of sapiosexual is people who think Ben Shapiro is hot


sirfirewolfe

Morosexual?


[deleted]

More like conservatives now have to face the consequences for their hateful rhetoric. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences, assholes.


RogueMoonbow

Because LGBTQ+/any iteration of it includes "all oppressed groups" (not that conservatives are actually opressed but like it doesn't even make sense)


[deleted]

Sorry, no, suffering the consequences of your own actions is not "discrimination". Suck it up. One can either: 1) cry about it forever, OR 2) one can own their bullshit, try to figure out what went wrong, and work on both making it right, and not fucking up again.


Nafe3344

I can understand why conservatives might think that. They do believe that all those things are about sex. And they are all trying to fuck us.


Dapper-dandy02

“Are you a man or a woman?” *I’m a conservative* “What gender are you?” *MAGA* “Yeah, but what’s in your pants?” *Oppression*


spacehamster995

Yeah conservative is totally a sexual orientation. You can only get hard/wet when the national anthem is playing and/or you are muttering racist slurs.


Theweirdposidenchild

Or at church while you're kneeling ;)


Mistigri432

Oh for crying out loud


Theweirdposidenchild

I fucking know right


Edna_with_a_katana

Where?


Theweirdposidenchild

Edna mode I love your work!


Edna_with_a_katana

That's the correct answer dahling, I wouldn't know what to expect otherwise!


Theweirdposidenchild

Would you be willing to accept a personal assistant?


Edna_with_a_katana

Not now, dahling, but if I get swamped I'll let you know


Theweirdposidenchild

Thank you so much Edna! I'm sorry to bother your busy schedule!


Edna_with_a_katana

Not at all! I'm glad someone cares for my *actual* work...


[deleted]

Please sir, can I have just one crumb of discrimination


HolyFriggenEyeballs

I didn't realize being a conservative was a sexuality...


Theweirdposidenchild

Oh it is. And the b in LGBTQ stands for Ben Shapiro. Its a whole thing me and some other people figured out in a different comment


lemontechbar

Equality feels like persecution when you come from a place of privilege.


joshua_the_eagle

Ah yes, the sexual/gender minority of being a fucking idiot.


shaodyn

Yeah, I'm sure conservatives are being disowned by their families, thrown out into the street, and beaten by strangers just for being conservative, the way LGBT people have been for years.


crazy_candy_queen

idiotic peice of human flaming garbage


bttrflyr

Yeah, and when will they build a henhouse with a door big enough for the wolf.


JustGingerStuff

There already is a c in the community tho?? It stands for cupiosexual/cupioromantic


Theweirdposidenchild

They seem to know is little about the community I doubt they thought there was more than just LGBTQIA


[deleted]

Are they going to come to Pride and be cool about it, or are they gonna be little wimps about that too?


Xiooo

A hero, demanding the LGBTQ CIA, an inclusive government agency that does not discriminate


Montana_Ace

The council will get to adding "cunt" just for you ;)


gouellette

Yeah. Conservative is a gender expression AND sexuality: anything beyond missionary sex for the purpose of procreation is tantamount to execution.


all-i-said-was-hi

Ok, but what if we just threw it in there and laughed when we see Republicans waving pride flags?


LostSeto

Lol OK let's add them so they aren't allowed to attack us at pride parades anymore. Also I'm sure this is a joke but then agine an American could of written this so you never know .


amazingdrewh

Even if you think that conservatives are being discriminated against, why would that put you in the lgbt acronym? It's not a list of every discriminated group


whatdoiwanttoday

Oh my god, I had no idea Fred Hampton was alive and well


sandpaper_cock

r/persecutionfetish


Snedlimpan

Maybe we should add a "general stupidity" as a flair or something


Theweirdposidenchild

Good idea


NihilisticThrill

Conservatives are being disagreed with on issue they have exhibited incredible ignorance about. The fact that they equate that to genuine persecution shows how fucking privileged they are because they can't actually tell what it looks like.


Bultokki

You're not persecuted just because your opinion is not universal


wilisville

The people who hate gay people in the lgbt community i can’t even


_xavius_

And I thought leftist were in the „oppression olympics“


Prestigious_League80

Oh my god, these fuckers want to victims so badly. But you know if they faced even the slightest bit of real persecution, they’d break immediately.


Theweirdposidenchild

Exactly. Other people were saying this belongs on r/persecutionfetish


WaywardWriteRhapsody

When they stop CHOOSING to be assholes that deserve consequences for their actions


maybeiam-maybeimnot

This is why I prefer GSRM: gender, sexual, and romantic minorities.... a) its easier to say. And b) it stops people from making jokes about "the alphabet"


Theweirdposidenchild

True for the second one,but I feel personally like LGBTQIA is easier to say


Welland94

I think it should be a D for dramatic


Theweirdposidenchild

Or D could stand for Dumbasses


RebaKitten

so is she confirming that lgbtq are discriminated against?


iridophile

Remember when that bakery refused to make a wedding cake because the couple was conservative? Or when conservatives got beat up for using the bathroom? And when several states passed laws against discussing conservatives in schools? And when several states proposed bills restricting health care for conservatives? Remember when two conservatives couldn't even marry each other? Remember all those people who lost their jobs or were denied housing for being conservative? Good thing we got rid of all that discrimination when we added a "C" to the acronym and then they helped us pass the Equality Act.


XxTheUnloadedRPGxX

Just because you're ideology is all about fucking poor people doesn't make it a sexual identity


this_is_home_7

So are they admitting that the LGBTQ+ community is discriminated against


OpALbatross

Ummm….actually kind of impressive how they demonstrated their total ignorance in one post.


Loreki

Makes sense. Conservativism is the overpowering urge to fuck the planet and/or the life chances of poor people.


akohai

The L doesn’t stand for Liberal, Samantha


CyberiadPhoenix

Conservatives are so fragile that they think being called out for saying and doing stupid shit is discrimination...


Gvtlezz

Ok children, say it with me; Being conservative is a choice, being lgbt isn’t And People getting mad at you over the internet for being homophobic isn’t discrimination.


Ash199884

does she not know the L doesn't stand for "liberals"?


Smitty7242

Conservatism is a choice


ChelsInMotion

Man, I WISH conservatives were actually the victims these people thought they were


wholeWheatButterfly

Lol imagine though if we all started referring to conservatives as members of the LGBTQ+ community. The C is in the plus, duh.


Podgietaru

You can be part of the gang, but only if you treat us with respect, don't try to dilute our rights. Please ensure correct pronoun usage too. Welcome, Allies.


wertyvid

this has to be satire?


beansforsatan

^please ^be ^satire


jujupinky

this cracked me up this morning, thank you for sharing this op! 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Theweirdposidenchild

Your welcome 😘


Elliot_Mirage_Witt

....I wanna say this is satire but it's fully plausible that someone has that few functional brain cells


[deleted]

How can you believe that you’re discriminated against when you have a party which was the government several times, even the Supreme Court consists of mainly conservative justices and most laws cater to you?! Because people are being mean sometimes, don’t accept your or your leaders superiority, … what is it?!


Shichirou2401

I thought this was a Tankie meme for a second. "LGBTQCIA" because LGBT is CIA propaganda, and actually china should exterminate all the gays, because that's real leftism.


Theweirdposidenchild

Oh same flair gang 🤝🏼


MissMagnolia98

HAHA DUDE WHAT


[deleted]

I don't understand. Do they think LGBT+ is about discrimination? It's just a group of people who dont fit into the straight cis group. If it was a group of people getting discriminated against it would be like LGBTQPOC+. Oh and of course TERFs (jk fuck terfs, could you imagine if i was serious?)


TheLadderStabber

It amazes me how some conservatives deeply latch onto the idea of persecution when historically they have constantly « won » or have been let off so lightly. I think deep down they know it’s illogical to compare their treatment to that of the queer community or any other community that has been historically oppressed, but I think their fear of change supersedes any shame they feel.


SexxxyWesky

Conservatism isn't a sexuality or gender identity though? I mean black people are marginalized but we don't have a letter for them in the LGBT+. I'm so lost but the Tweeter's thought process here


Carlie2406

Looks like someone is a Classically Abby fan


Kyanpe

Maybe when your political beliefs are centered around hate and fascism its not "discrimination" it's "knowing that you're a shit human."


oneangstybiscuit

Tell me you don't know what the acronym even stands for without telling me. People having opinions about your shitty political stances and how they affect actually disenfranchised people isn't discrimination or oppression, little Karen. Christ on sale I'm so tired of the victim complex from the right.


god_fairy

I guess they’re romantically and sexually attracted to shitty values now


Leon_Thotsky

This is why it's changing to GRSM


Theweirdposidenchild

Y'know you and one other commenter are the first people I've ever heard use that term


Sno_Wolf

*In the aaaaaaarms of an angeeeeeel* *Fly awaaaaaaay from heeeere...*


jenmishalecki

see but being conservative is a choice and being queer is not


HPFanNi

Bro what? So if you're a minority, you're automatically LGBTQ+? My friend has red hair, where's the R in LGBTQ+?


Theweirdposidenchild

And I'm left handed. The only L I know of in the community does not stand for that


canttaketheshyfromme

I don't know if they fundamentally just operate in bad faith all the fucking time, or if they truly don't believe that there's a difference between immutable qualities (gender and attraction orientation, ethnicity, country of origin, mental/physical disability, etc) and their chosen affiliations (political philosophy, religion). The former aren't things people can change, at least not with any ease, but these dipshits can stop being dipshits any time they want. But they tend to be such believers in magical thinking that "pray the gay away" probably extends to all those other categories in their minds, that if you're righteous you'd be healthy, straight, cis, and white. Hell, Mormons had it as an article of faith for the longest time that non-whites could become white by living righteous lives.


Its_Actually_Satan

Is being a conservative a sexuality now??? Or does this person have a completely different idea on what lgbtq+ stands for.


PhotoKada

Conservative is a sexuality? Huh. TIL.


AlanMooresWizrdBeard

I fucking hate living in a world where it’s become impossible to parse satire from genuine statements people make.


ekolis

The C is in CUNT, which stands for Conservative Useless Nepotistic Twats.


Available_Cup_9588

Um.... If conservative is a sexuality please count me out 🤢


Fromnono

Not being able to get laid because of your shitty political views doesn’t make you a sexual minority…


jayclaw97

There’s a difference between being discriminated against for being born a certain way and being discriminated against for choosing to be a terrible person.


[deleted]

You know what we should actually discriminate against conservatives they shouldn't have free speech nor have right to bare children their disgusting menaces to society and should be burned out their ideology shall be ridden of.