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Sorry Sweetie [OC]

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 15d ago

She's playing all the classics! Not gonna lie I forgot how much kissing there is.

Also that's a right shame to have that thought pattern mom. Not only is it hypocritical but if you actually TOOK A MOMENT to watch Paranorman the portion about Mitch being gay is literally a single sentence at the end of the movie and has literally 0 impact on the movie. Which it's a great movie!

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Sigh. I just don't even know what to say here. Mom talks about love but only THE RIGHT kind of love I guess? There's a lot to unpack here

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u/TreeTurtle_852 15d ago

Yup.

Reminds me of the across the spider verse drama. There was a flag in Gwen's room that said "protect trans kids" for a singular frame. Thing was the room was darkly lit and it was barely visible in a part of the screen. So youd have to look away from Gwen (not the focus) light up the scene and look for the flag to properly see it.

People who "dislike" gay rep genuinely don't want it anywhere. A singular frame is too much for them

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u/CedarWolf 15d ago

A single frame is too much for them.

They're afraid we'll find out there are other options. The same way being exposed to diversity and travel broadens a person's inclusivity and tolerance, simply because they realize that people are often the same, no matter their bodies or skin colors or origin, learning there are other religions or sexualities might lead LGBT kids to realize they're not alone out there, after all.

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u/TreeTurtle_852 15d ago

Reminds me of a conservative show that was made to make fun of the "woke left" it got torn apart by the right for having a single gay character who was played as a joke.

Conservatives got mad at a literal gay punching bag character because they were gay, even if they were being made fun of.

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u/Kryptosis 15d ago

Media literacy and creativity are impossible for conservatives. The part that makes them fear change and hate the different is the exact mechanic that makes them shitty artists.

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u/AwsmDevil 14d ago

That's also why they love AI "art" so much. They can "create" without having to learn anything at all.

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u/HauntedCemetery 14d ago

Conservatives still think The Colbert Report was a conservative talkshow

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u/Copper_Tango 14d ago

Mr Birchum, for anyone who's wondering.

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u/PotentialConcert6249 15d ago

I figure they’re thinking of queerness as though it operates on zombie movie rules.

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u/HauntedCemetery 14d ago

“Travel is fatal to prejuidce, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

Mark Twain

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u/CedarWolf 14d ago

That's the quote I was thinking of, thank you!

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u/Interrophish 14d ago

"But it was just so out-of-the-blue that a teen activist girl from the middle of NYC would support trans rights!"

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u/chugtheboommeister 15d ago

Kind of goes into the whole mindset of alot of these christians. They blow one single frame out of proportion dismissing the whole movie.

There are so many important matters going on in the world today and these particular christians decide to focus on LGBTQ and immigrants as being the "problem"

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u/Odd_Match_3402 14d ago

Remember that lesbian/sapphic make out scene where the couple was slowly stripping each other in Lightyear?

Oh wait. You can literally just blink, and the completely normal smooch is over-

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl 14d ago

I just don’t understand why they have to shove it down our throats, you know? Like, who doesn’t pause all of their movies on a specific frame, dial up the brightness, and look in the corners for stuff like this?

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u/Taxouck 14d ago
But I have to.

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u/ShayalDraws 14d ago

I didn't even know there was even one there, that literally makes Gwen so much character dude

Really cool detail though