Post AkhcFtjYDn620LUDOS by jsbarretto@social.coop
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 (DIR) Post #Akhc3OtL49QysH6aYK by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-08-06T21:18:18Z
       
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       I have a lot of dudes like Walz in my life but looking at some of the reactions to him I guess it's good to expose more Americans to the ordinary dude, non-fussy, unpretentious, total guy who is also not homophobic or racist?One of the tricks that's played is this idea that by simply being a normal supportive person that means becoming "out there" I guess like the gay will rub off on you?Sound pretty goofy when you spell it out doesn't it?
       
 (DIR) Post #AkhcE7xENWg9Wv2aRc by Lyle@cville.online
       2024-08-06T21:19:51Z
       
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       @futurebird he seems to like people and do his best. Pretty normal dude
       
 (DIR) Post #AkhcFtjYDn620LUDOS by jsbarretto@social.coop
       2024-08-06T21:20:02Z
       
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       @futurebird My initial reaction was 'oh, that's a bit disappointing' but the more I read about him, the more I'm liking him.
       
 (DIR) Post #Akhd8hzfZX1PWLA4HI by mcc@mastodon.social
       2024-08-06T21:30:21Z
       
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       @futurebird I saw this real interesting post on bluesky with a quote from Walz that he volunteered to run the GSA when he was working at a high school 20 years ago *because* he was this aggressively "normal" football-coach national guard straight guy"see, this is normal too"https://bsky.app/profile/rincewind.run/post/3kz2rioz5n22y
       
 (DIR) Post #AkhdZ82TMKXDpN4R3g by ohyran@social.piewpiew.se
       2024-08-06T21:35:13Z
       
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       @futurebird the greatest con they put on us is that all people aren't just random normal folks.As an LGBTQ person, they tell me people who are not white, and white from MY ethnicity (anyone non-nordic is squished in to this group), are all homophobes. They are the weirdoes! The racist, sexist, homophobic and class-phobic weirdoes - but its their new tactic. And the amount of racist, xenobhobic, sexist and class-phobic gay dudes I have to argue with grows on the daily.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkhdavZcfy0RkKQydk by justafrog@mstdn.social
       2024-08-06T21:35:24Z
       
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       @futurebird There are worse choices.I just hope it works out and we don't get the other guy again.I'd like the chances of the USA stone cold dropping NATO to be extremely low, and I'm not confident about that with one of the candidates.