• Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip
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      6 hours ago

      Not sure if their comment is related / deliberate, but the image in the article is from the film Idiocracy

      In the film, the people of the future speak real slow and dumb. When they hear the time travelling protagonist speak in a vanilla US West Coast accent, the narrator describes them as thinking he sounds “Faggy and pretentious”, there are multiple points in the film where future-folk tell the main character “you sound like a fag”

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        5 hours ago

        That’s right. They literally say “books are for fags” in the movie several times. It’s a direct quote.

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      What I believe they mean is that the same people who’d use it as a demeaning slur and something to avoid are the same who would never touch a book after not being required to do so … And likewise vote for people who’s entire platform is fear mongering and hate towards the “other”.