• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    That mining enjoyer meme with the screaming bolshevik except it’s “YOU WILL SPRAY GOD IS GAY ON THE WALL”

    • Krem [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      frothingfash NO! God is a straight white man! Walls are private property and it is immoral to deface them! Graffiti is urban culture! I WILL NEVERRR

      based-department Then we have no option but to sentence you to “life” (actually two years) in an extremely comfortable prison. yeah that’s right, we’re the woke tankie commies that rule the world and we want everything to be like the nordic countries. also we’re gay

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      Kurt turned 19 in 1986, saying someone was gay was definitely a reference to sexuality just as much as it is now. And sadly, it’s still a slur in certain circles. Given the way Kurt always talked about gay rights (once explicitly said that racists, homophobes, and misogynist shouldn’t show up to his shoes), it’s at least fairly likely this is meant to be some dumbass faux-deep “gay means happy AND homosexual” 19-year-old shit imo. I mean that’s also prime growing-up-and-becoming-a-non-asshole years so it’s also perfectly likely it’s just straight up shitty! But also Kurt was punk adjacent and dumbass subversive comments are extremely punk. Hard to tell without talking to the guy.

      So nah I don’t really think it did mean the opposite? It was still a reference to sexuality and could be positive or negative in tone. The likelihood of either from a random person has changed but Kurt is a bit of a known quantity on this topic.