• @rustyfish
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        I heard there are pills for that.

        • @Dkarma
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          No there are no pills for thinking of cock

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        That I was calling pete a dick that has a good point here? It seems like you got the joke so I’m not sure what your point is.

        • @NegativeInf
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          Sounds more like an attempt to be funny and bigoted against a gay man. Congrats. You aren’t funny, but you succeeded in your bigotry.

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            And just how in the hell is that bigoted? Man’s a huge dick. Unless he dresses up like one in the bedroom (which would be admittedly hilarious) his being a neoliberal stooge has fuckall to do with his sexuality. I just. What are you even doing?? Are you so sensitive to homophobia that a negative comment about a gay man that mentions dicks must be becauze I’m a homophobe? Should I have called him a corporate-loving cunt instead? Sure, it’s a gendered insult with a history of sexism far more problematic than calling him a knobhead (but hey at least its not homophobic). If so, you might want to take a break from the internet.

            I, a man, have sucked at least as many dicks as he has. But while I have blown many rooms full of dudes, I have always been very careful to never blow a room full of wall street execs. He really can’t claim the same. Fuck Pete B, and fuck you for trying to use accusations of homophobia to derail legitimate pushback based on his actions as a public figure. Stop weaponizing my sexuality.

            • EleventhHour
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              Whoa, pretty defensive there. Sounds like a lot of internalized self hatred.

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                … Are you trying to call me bigoted while invoking the spectacularly homophobic stereotype of gay men being self loathing because of their sexuality? Because even ironically that’s pretty gross to fall back on.

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                  “I know you are but what am I?” Is a deflection tactic used by children. And it’s hardly convincing anyone.

                  Don’t try to hide your bigotry by accusing others when they call you out on it. it’s obvious projection and crude. Not to mention predictable.

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                    I see how you think that’s what happened, but no. I was responding to obvious bait by talking past it, and drawing attention to the fact the stock retort of “lel gay man hates self for gay bcz conservative (or whatever)” is incredibly hypocritical when people are baselessly accusing someone of being a bigot. But, I’d really appreciate if you can point to where I was being a bigot! I’ve been accused of it, but man I just can’t see where I actually… am? Whereas that one critic did regurgitate a particularly tiresome piece of homophobia. Cheers.

        • @BetaBlake
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          Jokes are meant to be funny

          • @Warl0k3
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            Sure it’s a cheap pun, but I guess I didn’t realize how many people really like buttigieg. Which is deeply surprising tbh, I’m usually pretty spot on with the broad attitudes of lemmy politics.

            I’m kinda assuming most of the hate is bandwagoning or people who’ve never looked into his politics. Man’s pretty awful.

              • @Warl0k3
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                He was (famously) a fairly high-ranking McKinsey consultant, which is a bit old news but it still baffles me how openly corrupt our political situation is that he was afforded a cabinet position. But on a more recent note, his absolute failure to do anything, including public health announcements, for a full week after the East Palestine derailment. when his office knew there were serious public health concerns has directly lead to the death of a family member. Admittedly that family member was an idiot, but an idiot with fragile health due to an organ transplant. I don’t know if a prompt response would have convinced them to leave or wear a mask or something, but holy fuck is it inexcusable that Buttigieg waited so long to warn nearby residents of the danger.

                • @[email protected]
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                  He was (famously) a fairly high-ranking McKinsey consultant

                  Lmao this was his first job after he graduated from Oxford, when he was 25. “Fairly high-ranking” my ass.

                  He got a cabinet position because he was a popular candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2020 and he’s smart as a whip with a tongue to match. There are few people who are more competent the role, and whatever nefarious thing you think is happening is based entirely on your feelings.

                  Also the US DOT doesn’t have the authority to issue health warnings, so your anger there is misplaced.

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                    Where are you getting the DOT thing from? DOT incident response is the group responsible for urgent public health announcements from transit related accidents. They may have been coordinating with the EPA, but even from the article the other user cited talks about what I’m saying happened here:

                    The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said recently that her agency’s investigation showed that the vent and burn of the vinyl chloride was unnecessary because the company that produced that chemical was sure no dangerous chemical reaction was happening inside the tank cars. But the officials who made the decision have said they were never told that.

                    I’m just so lost about where this is coming from.

                    Edit: Seriously, this comment is just about citing the sources for my criticism of buttigieg. I’m so damn lost as to why it appears to be controversial.

                • EleventhHour
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                  The EPA is responsible for announcing environmental threats to public health, not the Department of Transportation. Buttigieg had nether the authority nor remit to make such an announcement.

                  Place your blame where it belongs, and, in the meantime, educate yourself on the functions of our governmental departments.

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                    Okay, you can’t be serious with this one. DOT releases time-sensitive public health information all the time. The EPA is in no way the sole agency responsible for this - BLM, OSHA, 911 dispatch, hell even the parks department are empowered to give public warnings. He absolutely has the authority and remit to have made this announcement. His agency is specifically tasked with public health warnings for transit accidents. It’s literally their job. That’s what DOT placards are about.