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      “In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay. Stay fucking hard,” Gomez instructs viewers in the video, delivering one of the most unintentionally homoerotic lines of the 21st century so far.

      Great writing.

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        in the 80’s we kept getting told about the evils of homosexuality from men whose breath probably smelt of truck-stop foreskin.

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    What’s the current over/under on her being outed in the next six months with an underage cheerleader, and having to apologize deeply to her family and constituents while continuing on her mission to destroy our country?

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      You have to establish dominance. She already said you can’t be weak and gay. One or the other, but not both.

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                “Hoo hoot! Link… Look up here! It appears that the time has finally come for you to start your adventure! You will encounter many hardships ahead… That is your fate. Don’t feel discouraged, even during the toughest times! Go straight this way and you will see Hyrule Castle. You will meet a princess there… If you are lost and don’t know which way to go, look at the Map. The areas you have explored will be shown on the map. Press START to enter the subscreens and Z or R to find the map. On the map subscreen, you will also see a flahing dot showing you which way to go next. Did you get all that?”

                “No…shit, I mean yes! YES!!”

                “Hoo hoot! Link… Look up here! It appears that the time has finally come for you to start your adventure! You will encounter many hardships ahead… That is your fate. Don’t feel discouraged, even during the toughest times! Go straight this way and you will see Hyrule Castle. You will meet a princess there… If you are lost and don’t know which way to go, look at the Map. The areas you have explored will be shown on the map. Press START to enter the subscreens and Z or R to find the map. On the map subscreen, you will also see a flahing dot showing you which way to go next. Did you get all that?”

                Sigh…YES.”

                “Alright then, I’ll see you around! Hoot Hoot Hoot Ho!”

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    In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay.

    So, you can’t be anything you want? It’s incredible that she doesn’t hear the irony.

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      You can be anyone you want and if we don’t like it we can subject you to indescribable horrors.

      It’s called Freedom, sweetie, and everyone has it.

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      It makes sense though. They ruin the educational system, poison the waters and tell everyone that its a waste of time and effort, and muddy the waters to make understanding harder. Anyone who ever left the hood will tell you - education is fucking everything.

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    The one wearing a bulletproof vest telling others not to be weak. She’s not strong enough to stop bullets on her own?

    I wonder what her secret girlfriend has to say about that.

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      To be fair, that’s a weighted vest that a lot of (mostly Crossfitters functional fitness types (I don’t want to get sued)) wear to make their workouts harder.

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        I saw “bulletproof vest” in the article but missed the “weighted or” part just before it. I did partial research before I posted. Lol.

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          There’s no real such thing as a true bullet proof vest, unless you enjoy wearing 25lb steel plates; a ceramic armor vest is significantly lighter but are not rated to take more than a few impacts of 7.62mm or even a few 9mm for regular consumer grade restricted for non-military use armor

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        Nah that’s definitely body armor. I think it’s an oversized plate vest but she’s running, it’s all black, and I’m shit at identifying such things.

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      For women, wearing a weight vest actually legitimately helps reduce bone loss in the hips. Statistically marked improvements for women tested vs control group.

      Source - Snow CM, et al. Long-term exercise using weighted vests prevents hip bone loss in postmenopausal women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55(9); M489-491, 2000

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        Weighted vests look significantly different than body armour. Also I haven’t seen any weighted vests that have a section of velcro for patches.

        She’s wearing at least 3a.

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    “In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay.”

    … What if I want to be those things?

    Why doesn’t she choose not to be fucking stupid and not an asshole?

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      can i be moderately strong and gay but probably slightly closer to weak than strong because i wanna get fucked senseless by a strong protective man be a twink

      not that i want that or anything

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        Strong twinks are hot.

        And you can be physically strong but still need emotional reassurance and tender cuddles after I fuck you deep and wild like the horny slut you crave being. You don’t need to pick one or the other.

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      I want to be gay but I’m too weak to go through all the shit society throws at gay people, so I’ll conform and hide my true self.

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    I am not sure how anyone can be “weak” when they constantly face so much discrimination, bullying and harassment and choose to spread a message that is essentially love is love. That’s heroic, not weak. You know who else persisted with a message of love under duress and hardship? Jesus.

    Edit to say that I agree with the other commenters about being Strong and Gay 💪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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      It’s interesting because I just saw a documentary about Roy Cohn and even though he was gay as the day was long, he would never identify as gay. Mostly because he viewed gay people as weak and as victims. Which wouldn’t mesh with his view of himself as powerful. It’s an abhorrent mindset that might apply here as well.

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    What’s with all the conservatives wearing soft armor with no plates in them? Fashion?

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    I feel like “Republican” is its own derogatory category now.

    “Don’t be a Republican, care about your neighbor” or “Don’t be a Republican, check the facts” feel like completely reasonable things to say because Republicans have basically stereotyped themselves.

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      “Love thy neighbor” gets responses.

      So does “What would Jesus do” about immigrants, homeless, etc.

      “I love how you ask yourself ‘what would Jesus do’ and then do the opposite” is a break the glass response for genuinely monstrous statements.

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    “In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay."

    So in the US I can be anything I want… except if I want to be weak and gay.

    Any other exceptions I should know off?