An image of JD Vance allegedly dressed as a woman and wearing a blonde wig was posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday. The unconfirmed image quickly picked up steam and began trending under the hashtag #SofaLoren, a reference to the iconic Italian actress Sophia Loren and false claims that the Republican senator had sex with a couch.
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Many commenters online connected Vanceās alleged history of cross-dressing with his legislative historyāwhich has long been a point ofĀ concernĀ for LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.
The Ohio senator introduced the āProtect Childrenās Innocence Act,ā whichĀ aims to criminalizeĀ medical institutions that provide gender-affirming care to minors.
The Republican vice presidential pick also supports measures to limit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, and labeled critics of so-called ādonāt say gayā legislationĀ āgroomers.ā
The ārules for thee but not for meā kind of hypocrisy is extremely important.
Dude come on the whole point is to who? No one gives a shit! The issue is his dressing like that does not matter regardless of his position or that of the GOP. That photo is only significant because his party acts like itās indicative of someone being a pedophile. We need non-weird people to see that. Thatās the significance. I know you know what Iām saying.
Yes itās hypocritical. You keep acting like Iām saying itās not hypocritical, thatās not what Iām saying. Iām saying that is not whatās important here. Calling out hypocrisy in political campaigns is masturbatory, itās to rile up people who already agree with you. The issue is how drag has been weaponized needlessly. Call attention to that.
Edit: forget it this is pointless clearly. Truly expected people on lemmy to see the issue here but clearly this thread is not the place where Iāll find those people.
I think thereās just a disagreement with your core premise.
There is a subset of people that are not engaged and unaware of Vanceās legislative history or public statements regarding drag. Those people will generally not engage with long thoughtful nuanced discourse. Those are the people that pointing out hypocrisy speaks to. An article or long post just doesnāt work. A quick meme does. Itās a simple cognitive shortcut to get them engaged, and itās effective. Yes, I get a bit of masturbatory joy when I see that stuff, but it shouldnāt be meant for me. This stuff is meant to go āviralā so it gets in front of the non-engaged eyeballs.
We need to use every single goddamn tool in the toolbox we have to engage people and get them to turn out. All of it. Including pointing out hypocrisy.
Everyone is aware of the GQPās obsession with drag queens/trans folks/bathrooms/etc. You can attack this obsession with this photo.
Also itās not drag, which half this thread is calling the image.
Fair enough on the terminology.
So attacking their obsession is okay, but taking it one step further and explaining that theyāre not only obsessed but hypocritical somehow makes it out of bounds?
I am truly trying to understand your point, and I think others have too, but it simply isnāt there. Can you just specifically say what you would like to see written when communicating this information to someone? What specifically do you want said about JD Vance when someone posts this photo? I think that might help.
I never described it as out of bounds that is wildly mischaracterizing what I said. Move on dude weāre just not going to see eye to eye.
It was a question, trying to understand what the hell youāre trying to say. Donāt really think itās fair to call that āwildly mischaracterizedā but you do you.
Happy to move on. You should really work on communicating your thoughts though. Youāre not making any sense and wasting a bunch of peopleās time who are trying to engage with you in good faith, and then getting combative when itās pointed out. We canāt see eye to eye while youāre facing the other direction.
I donāt need your lectures, thanks. Please move on now.