discussion "big city gays" called out for not spending money on mutual aid; do you agree?

[Archetype]

This actually made me laugh omg

Edited September 6, 2022 by Archetype

[Leppie]

What the ****? Surely those tweets are serious    

[tellem]

Random tweets getting threads now 

[Domination]

54 minutes ago, Tropical said:

Everything about this kind of rhetoric.  I truly believe this is just sophisticated right-wing trolling, otherwise... 

Yeah… what in the world  

[Adamj.dion]

Blue hair Twitter for ya.

[Attitude]

What's a mutual aid fund?

[Obsession]

I definitely agree with mutual aid and that some members of the community can have more privilege, but I don't think you can just assume someone is rich because they bought a harness. The way this is worded makes it seem like they're blaming fetish gays who live in a big city for systemic issues.

 

I do think some (read: SOME) of these girlies with a gofundme don't really exhaust every option before making one, but I think they probably genuinely need the money and if I'm not donating to their fund, it's not really my concern tbh.

Edited September 6, 2022 by Obsession

[Tusk]

big reparations

big reparations 

oh you and me got big reparations now…..

[LustSpell]

These people are getting a little too entitled tf

[lovedaddy]

get a job

[Komet]

Tf yall doing over there in a*erica, what is this behavior? 

[qurl]

i don’t make enough money myself to treat mutual aid like it’s another netflix/subscription service. sorry that i have to keep some of my money for me / enjoy my silly lil life just a little bit. i give what i can to people i know/am familiar with

[Katamari]

10 hours ago, Attitude said:

What's a mutual aid fund?

the fact we still dont know

[Beyonnaise]

Aren't harnesses like not expensive? And you can get tattoos cheap too  Regardless, whining about what other people spend their money on is such loser behavior

 

This type of rhetoric from the terminally online far-left always curiously slides horseshoe theory into right-wing "stop enjoying your homosexual lifestyle" talking points

[Theshigo Washidu]

What an odd thing to get annoyed about  

[GotMyBlueprint]

[Arthoe]

5 hours ago, Komet blu said:

Tf yall doing over there in a*erica, what is this behavior? 

This is the brainrot that sets in in countries without socialized health care. Instead of directing the vitriol towards people who are responsible for gay people getting hate crimed and then having to live with 100k medical debt as a result of getting hatecrimed, they direct it towards an easy target: People of their community they are envious of. People whose existence isn't ruined by one unplanned hospital trip (but might be ruined by two consecutive ones).

 

It's kind of always the same sh*t and this video continues to ring true:

 

 

[Jagger]

LMAO  

 

95% of these gofundmes seem so desperate and fake. I would never donate to any of them unless I know you personally. Too many scammers out there. Get a job 

[Arthoe]

12 hours ago, Attitude said:

What's a mutual aid fund?

 

1 hour ago, Katamari said:

the fact we still dont know

Mutual aid funds are money deposits that are used when a community member is in need of monetary help. It's basically a non-professional insurance policy, that is being operated by the community. They are extremely prevelant in the US because they got no social welfare or safety nets whatsoever and the main goal of professional insurance companies is to get out of paying, once an actual accident/something else happens. 

 

An example would be the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a mutual aid fund that provides protestors who were arrested at Black Lives Matters protests bail money to get out of jail. 

[Redstreak]

These people are insufferable and I know it’s reactionary but honestly visibly queer looking people are becoming a group I just flat out try to avoid in public and in friendship

[Trent W]

People have forgotten the meaning of work since the pandemic.

 

A lot of people seriously don’t want to do anything and leech from others.

 

I agree that we should complain about corruption with wealth inequality but these lazy asses are just parasites.

[Bussea]

?

[uusagii]

I'm up for critiquing hilariously dim-witted facets of gay culture, but this isn't it at all

 

Edited September 7, 2022 by uusagii

[SmittenCake]

11 hours ago, Beyonnaise said:

Aren't harnesses like not expensive? 

super cheap

[Dula Peep]

So annoying when people assume if you live in a big city, you have money.  Quite the opposite.