"Normal Gay" has INSANE reaction to LGBT+ TikToks

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Today we're having a gander at Brad Polumbo, a self described "Normal Gay" who reacts to news and tiktoks from a 'centre right' perspective. His name sounds made up, but what about his views?
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00:00 Who is Brad Polumbo
08:15 Brad vs "Fat Activists"
15:41 Trans Lesbians on Tiktok
27:30 Non-binary people don't exist
39:39 Brad vs Reparations
39:58 Brad vs Boomers
40:49 Brad vs Dylan Mulvaney
43:25 Brad vs Bathrooms
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[@tauntingeveryone7208]

I am good. I got perfect eyesight.

[@SeinIshamiado]

Your intro was so cute 😊🥰

[@spaceman081447]

I have a question. Since you're from the UK, why don't you have any British companies as your sponsors?

[@matthewtaylor5230]

I agree with you 100% 😊

[@John.0z]

Your comment about his name reminded me of the "Fletch" movie. It is very much the sort of name that the Fletch character would invent off-the-cuff.

[@Ashen.Elixer]

"Being a lesbian shouldn't be that big a part of your identity!" "*Anyway*, let's get back to reacting to the weird gays, as a NORMAL gay, on my channel about being a sensible gay!"

[@wolftaske]

which it kinda sounds like being a "normal gay' is a big part of his identity so it seems like like being a hypocrite is ALSO a big part of his identity.

[@glenecollins]

I don’t feel like it should be, I think he thinks of himself as identifying more with his political views than his sexuality. That said I am a straight cis bloke who identifies more with his job than anything else, I can’t imagine pigeonholing myself as centre left or whatever and basing my identity around that (or just being “normal” or whatever) I don’t have to think about other parts of my identity and few people try to get me to change myself or force me to think about the other bits of my identity.

[@markduggan3451]

I apologise, I'm 60 years old and don't know what all the genders are, and I will get pronouns wrong, but if it doesn't affect me, people can identify as giraffes if it makes them happy. This world needs more happiness. Love to all.

[@glenecollins]

@@markduggan3451 that is probably a good way to look at it, as long as they can function in society as far as I can tell most mental health professionals seem to think that is the best option.

[@hexonyou]

good ol' Picke Me gays at it as always, ya know?

[@pseudotasuki]

"Being gay or being lesbian shouldn't be that big a part of who you are" - a person whose job title is "normal gay"

[@devononair]

hahahaha

[@pseudotasuki]

This would've been a better comment if Emma hadn't pointed out the same thing immediately after I resumed watching the video.

[@joshualavender]

@@pseudotasuki Just goes to show we're all thinking the same thing.

[@CHIEF_420]

💻🧂

[@EmmaShiree]

It isn't a job title. It's just a title for videos to get clicks.

[@electronics-girl]

So, there are people who try to clock trans women. But, as a computer enthusiast, I want to know: Can you *overclock* a trans woman? I want to be a turbo trans woman!

[@klutterkicker]

Wouldn't that make you too hot?

[@sage_is_gone]

just don't explode

[@andruloni]

The important part of overclocking is remaining cool

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Just make sure your transformer can handle simultaneously the incoming and the outgoing voltage!

[@BobOgden1]

Smokin!

[@torinju]

The way "woke' is used now, it means having the slightest iota of compassion and understanding.

[@stylis666]

and/or If we're going by the usage of the word woke, then conservative voices, who probably use the word the most, should count for a lot, and then just knowing there is global warming and hoping we'll all die because of it is still considered woke, and compassion is then not required. Which is also why I present myself as ultra woke, because I do both and I like triggering conservative and theist snowflakes and normalising healthy ideas as opposed to ridiculing things like curiosity and having actually learned things. I think it's important to encourage healthy things and discourage destructive things like conservatism and theism and other forms of (self) abuse, so consequently I have the urge and need to actually do that instead of just saying stuff and doing the opposite like all theists and other conservatives.

[@LilaTheMoo]

When he calls himself a 'normal gay' he means he's actually a conservative pickme gay.

[@noellalexander9527]

Safe 90's sitcom gay.

[@dramonmaster222]

Pretty much.

[@Theendgamelv3]

People in his conservative circle are waiting for the "former gay" arc lol.

[@tombayley7110]

would every day gay sound less weird?

[@popechucky]

Someone like him used to be ‘Log-Cabin’ Republican’s

[@Llyander]

Speaking as a bisexual man, I gotta admit I only recently heard the term "alphabet community" and was vaguely disappointed to discover it's used as a slur. I thought it was honestly kind of hilarious.

[@candyh4284]

Alphabet "Mafia" is pretty good too, I really do like when they do good messaging for their targets by accident.

[@an_fiach]

Yeah honestly I wouldn't be surprised if "alphabet community" and especially "alphabet mafia" ended up being claimed by LGBTQ+ people almost in an ironic way cause theyre kinda funny lol

[@Sableagle]

@@an_fiach I've heard it get claimed. The café manager claimed it the first time she heard it.

[@_koraki]

Alphabet mafia is more of a queer community thing while alphabet people/community is usually a dogwhistle

[@pattheplanter]

They are just alphabetter.

[@SakkaraKirax]

My wife (who I thought was my husband for 11 years) finally came out as trans in her 40s a few years ago. When she first started going out into the world as female-presenting, I was so worried for her. Fortunately, though, the area where we live in England seems like a pretty safe place to be trans. And I'll be clear, my wife doesn't "pass". She is 6 feet tall, has a deep voice, and a classically handsome face. However, all of her coworkers with whom she'd shared an office space for 12 years immediately started referring to her as Mrs and using she/her pronouns. No one has bothered her in the streets other than one or two odd looks. She'd only been out as trans a short while and feeling great in a beautiful skirt she just got, when some teenagers approached her. One of the girls openly asked if she was trans. When my wife said yes, this teen girl looked at her and said, "I really rate you." It made my wife's day.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

❤

[@Just-a-Metalhead]

I have to ask you say “I really rate you”, is that a misspelling of “hate” or does rate mean something different in this case? Aside from that, you love to see it when someone comes out and everyone accepts it.

[@SakkaraKirax]

@@Just-a-Metalhead Maybe it's just in England we use it this way? It means I rate you highly. Like, I think you're cool, or you're awesome or brave or whatever. It's kind of context-based. Or it could be about a thing instead of a person. So if a person (mostly younger people) says "I rate that" it's meant as a good thing.

[@Just-a-Metalhead]

@@SakkaraKirax ah okay, I’m Dutch so I’m not really familiar with a lot of those words, not that I don’t know English and American slang, but just not a whole lot. Thanks for clearing it up though.

[@SakkaraKirax]

@@Just-a-Metalhead No problem! Figures of speech and slang terms are really tricky even if you fluently speak a language but aren't from the same country or area.

[@katieheys3007]

Reminds me of when transphobic people say "im not cisgender, im NORMAL"

[@Evil_Jyan]

Normal gay🤫🧏‍♂️ Weird bisexual 🤡

[@kggamerking4777]

​@@Evil_Jyan I don't think you understood the video👀

[@Evil_Jyan]

@@kggamerking4777 he's mewing

[@Iamhere829]

​@@Evil_Jyan how would u know 😏

[@Evil_Jyan]

@@Iamhere829 🤫

[@IT_217]

I always find "meaning of lesbian" discussions funny, especially from a guy, because it used to just be a person from Lesbos. It's already switched meaning anyway! Courtesy of Sappho of Lesbos, so great she gave us two words for women that are attracted to women.

[@michellejean11]

There's also the more clinical sounding same sex attraction but I suspect Brad is suffering cognitive dissonance and is angry at people that are comfortable with who they are.

[@pattheplanter]

It was also used of wine from Lesbos, very famous and popular in ancient times. 1597 Aristotle liketh better of the wine of Lesbos, then the wine of Rhodes; he affirmeth both to be good, but the Lesbian the more pleasant. Bishop J. King, Lectures Ionas i. 1 1846 Manzanilla..may be compared to the ancient Lesbian, which Horace quaffed so plentifully in the cool shade, and then described as never doing harm. R. Ford, Gatherings from Spain xiv. 163 1982 Athenaeus quotes Alexis..as saying that there was ‘not another wine pleasanter to drink’ than Lesbian. Hesperia vol. 55 255

[@danilooliveira6580]

it's also surprisingly modern too. some 19th century writters used "sapphic" to refer to romance between two women in reference of Sappho, but the term "lesbian" as we know it became a thing in the 20th century.

[@paulhammond6978]

Well, "lesbian" only came to mean sapphic because it was the name of the place where Sappho came from. But, yeah, two words based on the one amazing women whose poetry fragments survived from so long ago.

[@pattheplanter]

@@danilooliveira6580 18th Century for both in English: 1732 This little Woman gave Myra more Pleasure than all the rest of her Lovers and Mistresses. She was therefore dignified with the Title of Chief of the Tribades or Lesbians. W. King, Toast ii. 67/2 A famous Courtesan of Athens, who first practis'd and taught in that City Sappho's Manner and the Lesbian Gambols. W. King, Toast ii. 64/2 1761 Their Affections tend rather to their own Sex: and of this Kind are the Sapphic Lovers [Greek ἑταιρίστριαι]. F. Sydenham, translation of Plato, Banquet: 1st Part 93 1766 She whispered to me the plan of bliss which these extraordinary letchers had chalked out to themselves, and which they stiled the indulgence of the Sapphic passion. Genuine Memoirs Maria Brown vol. II. 120

[@sarahgent2674]

"you can't make it your whole personality" Babe she made One tiktok. She also didn't mention eating food in there but that doesn't mean she subsists only on lesbianism.

[@candyh4284]

doesn't mean that she DOESN'T subsist purely on lesbianism 👀

[@facthunt2facthunt245]

Plus, it's rich coming from Brad. He calls himself 'normal' gay so he's made being gay his identity too.

[@heavywithhoping]

honestly i subsist only on lesbianism

[@introusas]

It’s so annoying when these people say this because my personality is huge and multi-faceted and my gender makes up a teeny tiny lil portion of it, meanwhile they make hating other queers their entire identity…

[@OmarAyusoVA]

These people don't understand the concept of content niches. Like no one ever assumes a person with a dedicated gaming channel has no personality outside of gaming. It's only when that content relates to a marginalized identity they assume that.

[@MS-ij8ud]

as a cis person who has been harassesed on multiple occasions for not looking binary enough and people "not being able to tell what i am" ... trans violence effects everyone. not just our freedom to identify and live how we want, but it has effected my safety as a CIS person because people are so driven by hate they judge me without knowing me.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

You are not alone! My partner and I try explaining that to people, and the willful ignorance of people refusing to acknowledge that transphobia is hurting all women as well as intersex, androgen sensitive, and other atypical presentations of genetics and hormone sensitivity people.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

I'm a trans woman who was lucky enough to be born with a masculine enough bone structure that I can safely boymode around these creeps and not be targeted for harassment. What triggers them to attack is definitely not any choices made by the victim.

[@cookiecat7759]

I definitely agree

[@noodlekeeper5150]

So they think you are trans, despite being Cis? Fuck, that's gotta suck. That's being hated for something you aren't and have no intention of being. Damn.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

@@noodlekeeper5150 there are a lot of people who are cis, and get harassed for being trans. Mostly, women who are not perceived as "womanly" enough. More female athletes are harmed by anti-trans legislation than there are trans women in sports. There's an entire country in Africa (Janine Throws mentioned it, I don't remember the name at the moment) that lost their women's track team for the Olympics, because their **naturally occuring** testosterone levels are higher than the arbitrary cut-off level that was selected to prevent trans athletes from "having an unfair advantage". This is why anyone who is paying attention, is speaking out against anti-trans legislation and sentiment, because it's not really about helping or saving women from "trans women having an unfair advantage" It's about controlling women by dividing women, and planting insecurities to make women easier to control and manipulate.

[@TimPetrone]

when I was 23, I worked at Crater Lake National Park in my home state of Oregon, and because it's at the top of a mountain and many miles from any towns...the employees lived in dorms there. In our dorm, there was one big bathroom for the girls, and one for the guys. The guys bathroom had a big open shower with zero privacy, and very few of us wanted to use it. The girls bathroom was slightly better...separate shower stalls, but still very little privacy. They DID, however, have one little private room with a bathtub and a locking door. BTW, this was 20 years ago. Because the girls understood how the guys hated the lack of privacy...especially us gay ones (you could say I'm a "normal gay", but I would never identify as "normal" by any definition), they had ZERO problem with the guys using their bathroom...including their private bathtub. In fact, they encouraged us to use it. That was the last year that building existed, thankfully. They tore it down and built a new one. I've never seen the new one, but I'm guessing the bathroom situation is more private. It's interesting, tho...I'm sure a lot of those girls from back then are on the "right" with the whole trans bathroom debate, when back then, a decade or so before it became a political issue, they didn't mind it at all. Not a single girl there cared in the slightest if guys used their bathroom (and vice versa. Both bathrooms were treated as unisex, even tho they technically weren't). Funny how people can be totally not bothered by something, but that thing suddenly becomes a political or societal issue that everyone's talking about, and now they've got a HUGE problem with it. When I was a kid, dads would take their young daughters to the women's restroom if their mom wasn't around...and no one had a problem with it. It's literally never been illegal for men to use a women's public restroom or vice versa. Not in the US. It was always just a courtesy...but there were cases when exceptions were made, and when they were, no one cared. It's only an issue now because of transphobia...which I find very sad. On a side note...I'm a cis gay man, and I definitely wouldn't be opposed to dating a trans man, even if he still had female genitalia. Just saying. I admit it would be weird for me...at least at first...but since sex isn't the most important part of a relationship, it wouldn't be a big deal for me. If other cis gay men wouldn't date a trans man, that's okay. You like what you like. But if you think that most gay people truly care as much about genitalia as you do, you're an idiot. And if you're judging people based on their genitalia...you're an idiot AND an asshole (and you clearly have some issues that you should mention to your therapist). Just live and let live. Let people be their authentic selves. I'm just old enough to have lived in a time when the gay community was still fighting for basic rights, and all we wanted was to be our true selves without fear of being denied basic shit...like housing, or the right to marry or adopt kids. When the younger "normal gays" refuse to accept people based on how they identify, or what's between their legs, it makes me sad. Too much of the gay community has become what we fought AGAINST for so long, and I truly hope we can correct that soon.

[@deborahw2338]

THIS! Maybe America should fix the fucked up bathroom stalls with short doors and huge cracks in the wall first. Personal privacy is genderless.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

@TimPetrone you are the kind of person I wish I knew more of IRL

[@lidbass]

When my kids were younger, I would happily take my daughter into the female changing room for her swimming lesson, along with a number of mothers who changed their sons in the male changing room, and no one batted an eyelid. True, you didn’t make eye contact with any other children (mothers occasionally yes!) and you got out as quickly as reasonably possible. Mind you, I live in Europe, where this whole trans thing seems to be a bit of a storm in a teacup (with one or two notable exceptions…). Just to be clear, I agree with everything you wrote.

[@mel2000]

@@deborahw2338 : Unfortunately they'd then have to contend with people using public restrooms as whore houses or drug dens. The lack of privacy is there for a reason.

[@sergeantbigmac]

@@deborahw2338 In my state theyve made bathroom stalls even worse in recent years because of the drug epidemic... Now instead of getting the druggies off the streets and out of the bathrooms their solution is to punish everyone else by basically cutting the doors down in half to 'monitor' people in the stalls. So now you can walk into a bathroom and literally make eye contact with someone in a stall taking a shit. I have sympathy for addicts but that sympathy ends when it ruins everyone elses normal day to day life.

[@desperadox7565]

Brad isn't "center-right", Biden is center-right. At least to non-US standards. Brad is hardcore conservative.

[@raulvidal2343]

Republicans have pushed the Overton window so much to the right that Biden is an extreme leftist and fascists are center-right. I guess they think that because they don't want to murder all gays for fun, that makes them moderates.

[@Urzalyr]

I love that you understand that such a bell curve is unique to nations.

[@erin1569]

at least to normal standards*

[@kirglow4639]

A normal republican conservative would be considered fascist in Europe at this point and it's only getting worse

[@rowanrobbins]

Biden is not "center right'.

[@thefrostychemist]

We think we saw a poll that said that 90-something percent of lesbians are trans inclusive, and even then, we'd absolutely argue it's a descriptor and not a rule one must follow; if you consider yourself lesbian but find a trans or nonbinary person attractive, that shouldn't break some sacred seal of lesbianism, that's just... Finding someone attractive.

[@candyh4284]

exactly. some people need to take a language course. just the one. language doesn't MAKE what's real, it just describes it.

[@danilooliveira6580]

sexuality, romance, and identity became too divided in modern days, we like things in neat little boxes and we like to belong to them. for most of history the concept of "homossexuality" wasn't even a thing, people slept with people of the same or opposite sex, and depending on your culture it would be accepting or rejected, but almost never classified as it's own state of being, just something some people did. that is because those things are spectrums, not fixed points. but the tribalistic nature of humanity makes us create groups that we belong to based on our internal identity, and I believe the interconectivity of the globalized world made it much MUCH stronger. sadly though the necessity to belong is too strong, and even after saying that I'm also a victim of this mentality. I feel sexual atraction for trans women, but not romantic atraction. why ? I don't know, but most of it could be just internal bias, there is zero reason for me to feel that way, but that is how I feel. so (personally) it's completely understandable that for someone their sexuality is so much part of their identity, that even the idea of being atracted to someone of a gender that don't validate their sexuality can be stressful as it put their identity and sense of belonging in danger. something that is valid for anyone in any place of the spectrum.

[@vforwombat9915]

" that shouldn't break some sacred seal of lesbianism," never break the Sacred Seal of Lesbianism! it is an ancient seal, dating back thousands of years, and to break it would be akin to opening Pandora's box. the fate of the world hangs in balance!

[@CB66941]

I told someone who said she used to be attracted to girls and is now attracted to guys and now has a boyfriend that "you are attracted to what you are attracted to" and she nodded pretty enthusiastically. I think sexual attraction is far more complex than we give it credit for, and putting labels on can harm us and structures power and value towards a certain preference or group.

[@vforwombat9915]

@@CB66941 ppl been putting labels on it for 6000 or so years. your concept is newfangled and still takes some getting used to for a lot of folks. otoh, for kids under 25, some 20% of them now identify as rainbow. that's 1 out of 5 that claim a nontraditional form of sexuality/gender/whatever you wanna call it. in the 80s that number was more like 3%. so it is taking root.

[@HankChinaski27]

I'm a bisexual bear who just wants to say thank you. I grew up cis straight in a ultra conservative Christian household where I only had one choice on how to live my life. To this day it uplifts me when I'm reminded my identity is my choice. I'm 46 but the damage done in my formative years definitely still influences how I feel about myself and my decision to be honest. Why does this all matter so much to the Brads of the world? It isn't us going out seeking to hurt people with our lifestyle. We just want to be comfortable in our own skin, and have the right to love and be loved without persecution. Sorry if my language is dated. I've been closeted so long that I'm still learning the nomenclature.

[@De_Selby]

​@@cajunking5987 did you read like, Krishnamurti's philosophy and blow it way out of proportion? There isn't really a problem with conveying what your perceive as your identity in any given moment in the way you'd like. Stop being a douchebag.

[@HankChinaski27]

Figured I'd share my story with maybe some kindness and encouragement. Instead the internet does as the internet does...creates an argument of semantics that matters to no one. Next time I'll just keep my thoughts to myself.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

​@@FoxyRaccoon84 I don't recommend feeding the trolls, although troll engagement does boost the algorithm!

[@HolographicMeatloaf]

YOU ARE A TOYYYYY!!!!!

[@asteros_]

​@@HankChinaski27your story and mine have only very few similarities, and I don't know you, but it heartens me to know that you are living as yourself. When you share yourself this way, you bring comfort to others, and show them that they are free to simply be as they are. Your efforts are seen and valued, and perhaps will bring comfort to someone who will need it. (I hope you understand what i am trying to say, english isn't my first language.) Have a wonderful day.

[@PrinceTyke]

AFAB stands for "assigned female according-to Brad"

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Gay Republicans trip me out. They're like, "There's room on this side of the tent for us on the center-right. It doesn't bother us that half of our party thinks we should be stoned to death."

[@janerkenbrack3373]

"Look at how hard it was for gays to be accepted, but there is no room for trans people. I guess being accepted by the GOP means you share hatred for someone else.

[@ethandollarhide7943]

@@cajunking5987 They are literally viral videos of Republicans Pastors making statements like that.

[@seto749]

What the Democrats want to do to us is only two or three degrees less horrific, though.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@cajunking5987 Sure they do. Don't live in denial.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

@@cajunking5987 Lol. Like you'd know anything about anything.

[@Derserf]

Normal shouldn't equal hateful

[@vittoriovatteroni7375]

normality is an illusion what is normal for the spider is the end of the fly - the creator of the Adams family

[@cosmomage2166]

Agreed.

[@VSPhotfries]

"Normal" shouldn't be a dog whistle.

[@cosmomage2166]

@@vittoriovatteroni7375 Words to go by.

[@MrOo0oOo0oOo0oOo0oOo]

"Normal"

[@sillystring2121]

"Brad Polumbo" absolutely sounds like a Sims name.

[@caitlinhogan5258]

Omg it does! He is absolutely a Pleasantview townie.

[@monkfruit2389]

Geoffrey landgraab's hidden boy toy vibes

[@Shampyon]

"Being gay or being a lesbian really shouldn't be that big a part of who you are, of your personality" says man who built his entire persona around being the "normal gay". Rules for thee, not for me.

[@soundrogue4472]

Edit: thought it said, "normal guy" not "gay" my bad. Idk how that makes him a hypocrite. What is he going to make his brand being a chad? Like shit I could get lost in those eyes and his chad jawline. Like idk not much else he could do for his brand.

[@Shampyon]

@@soundrogue4472 You don't know how saying people shouldn't do something, then doing it himself, makes him a hypocrite?

[@LodesDipper]

@@soundrogue4472he’s literally telling people to not make it their personality and then makes it his personality. Funny thing is if you don’t tell anyone you’re gay they’re just going to assume you’re straight which is why the “keep it to yourself” thing doesn’t make much sense.

[@trixicenby999]

@@soundrogue4472 It's not that he makes his sexuality his brand but that he don't think others should have their sexuality as a big part of their persona, making him a hypocrite

[@soundrogue4472]

@@trixicenby999 That makes more sense.

[@blitz3391]

Anybody using "Woke" that much is automatically on the Right. And in his case, he's freaking not on the center, he's well within conservative brackets.

[@candyh4284]

yeah, quelle suprise, another "centrist" that just so happens to only agree with fascist talking points.

[@ravaniphoenix5431]

@@candyh4284 As opposed to the good centrists, who only agree with YOUR talking points, right? Centrism is almost nonexistent, since the majority of them still lean heavily to one side. But y'all let it slide when convenient. Because if you didn't have double standards, you'd have none.

[@candyh4284]

@@ravaniphoenix5431 Well, there's no such thing as a "good centrist" really, in my opinion. But I don't know if you were asking my opinion or if you were asking for actual political theory here.

[@akizeta]

@@ravaniphoenix5431 "Good" or "bad" doesn't come into it. Blitz is pointing out that a so-called centrist without any agreement with the Left isn't very central. Like, if you agree with the Right about everything, what makes you a "centrist"?

[@Sableagle]

@@akizeta Considering how far into the authoritarian right-wing corner of the political compass the "Democratic" party has gone, a totalitarian ultra-right fascist nutter who thing Thatcher, Pinochet and Reagan were all too soft and/or too far left could be described as being in the centre of the Biden-Trump spectrum. Centrist from a European point of view would be about as close to hippies as to either of them.

[@Ale_V72]

I have a friend that when I first met identified as a Lesbian. She is now dating a non-binary person. You know what never occurred to me to ask: Whether she is still a lesbian... 😑😑 That's such a dumb thing to wonder. She is happy and the partner loves her. What else do I care about?

[@alalalala57]

​@@cajunking5987 Nah, just don't hate.

[@alalalala57]

@@cajunking5987 I see you don’t know what think means

[@valolafson6035]

​@@cajunking5987 Think what?

[@PansyPops]

@@cajunking5987what is there to think about? Both people are happy together, and the commenter isn’t a part of the relationship. Whether or not she’s lesbian just because she’s dating a non-binary person isn’t important,

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

My wanders on a lot of weird stuff. Your reasoning seems like human curiosity. FYI. I'm Bi and have tons of curiosity about the workings of humans. There's nothing wrong about that. How else will you learn anything?

[@ChefBourgeoisie]

"Being gay or or being lesbian shouldn't really be that big of who you are or part of your personality" Title of the video "NORMAL GAY reacts to..."

[@sophieschaefer01]

Ah yes Brad Polumbo, “normal human gay with a real name he definitely didn’t steal from a sim townie”

[@lizzybeary]

🤣👌

[@z_erinaceous_z]

HELP THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I THOUGHT

[@EmmaShiree]

It is his real name, actually.

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

@@EmmaShireeThat makes it worst

[@maxkrystal7403]

Pretty sure it’s a real Italian name

[@BATCHARRO]

Brad Polumbo from that Japanese baseball game that couldn't license any of the real players.

[@astridquarry1248]

😂 yes!

[@ghostfornow2917]

“I’m not in emotional distress, I’m just dumb” is such a mood

[@reptilianstudios8994]

Look, I'm going to be real, anyone who self-identifies as normal probably isn't.

[@bekkers29]

My trans son DOES still tend to think of himself more as a lesbian than as a straight guy, because he DID have a life prior to coming out as trans. Unfortunately, being harassed for his sexuality defined his adolescence in the same way that being harassed for his gender identity has defined his adult life. The "normal" here definitely means that he is protecting the status quo and his own narrow view. Why is it so hard to just let people be who they are?

[@bluestar4408]

I hope your son is doing well, as another trans lesbian myself :)

[@haroldgoober]

I'm a trans guy who likes men, and with the amount of times I've heard relationships like mine describe as "technically straight" if I didnt know better would really get to me

[@SpecialBlanket]

That's pretty normal. A lot of transmasc guys still relate to the lesbian community, and the lesbian community has historically accepted them as a sort of adjacent population.

[@nolancheck1465]

Why does he call himself based? That's like a comedian who tells people to laugh.

[@candyh4284]

I call myself based but that's because I'm correct about everything, and also very based

[@Faucetofstone]

Very "Please clap" energy

[@adarkerstormishere]

"... because she should be in the kitchen!" *audience remains silent. Comedian gestures towards audience expectantly* "... because she should be in the *KITCHEN* !!!" *crickets start chirping. Audience member clears their throat* "What, you bumpkins not get it? Never heard of a punchline? It's where the wife gets out of line and you punch her!" *audience breaks out in loud booing and expletive-laced heckling* "Buncha rubes! Let your females walk on you! Oh, you think I got a bad set? Look at your wife!" *bouncers climb onto stage to remove the comedian* "You can't do this to me! I'm gay!!!"

[@sharimeline3077]

It's the same as liking your own comments. Just don't.

[@alias_crouton2671]

The far right tried to take the word "based", change it to mean anything that is far right, and failed miserably.

[@fridayhawks-spangenberg8979]

"fuck off Brad" is such a mood

[@EmmaShiree]

"Oh, this person has different opinions to me? Fuck off!" - The left

[@frogonwall]

About the nonbinary trans discussion, I'd like to share my thoughts as a nonbinary person. Some nonbinary people feel uncomfortable calling themselves trans (for whatever reason, maybe they feel like they're not "trans enough", etc) and that should be respected, but so should nonbinary people calling themselves trans. Being trans is simply not identifying with the gender assigned to you. So in my eyes, it's completely valid and true to call yourself trans as a nonbinary person if that's how you choose to describe yourself. I like to just use the umbrella term of "queer" personally to encompass my identity and sexuality into one word but that's how I see all of that

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

GFQ here, and agreed

[@spidybat7658]

As someone under the nonbinary umbrella, I agree completely

[@bobunyun]

Your point about Dave Reuben is spot on. I can never understand why people like Reuben or Brad here want to be on the side of people who actively hate what they are. People who cheer on the "Don't say gay" act in Florida, who think any form of homosexuality is a sin against god. They (Reuben, Brad) will always be the targets and eventual victims of these hatemongers. Do they really think that they're on the same side?

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Saying that you're a Gay Conservative is like saying you're a Tree that's Pro-Deforestation.

[@ethandollarhide7943]

@@cajunking5987More like Facts.

[@toddashi]

"Oh, they won't come after trees like me, just the rest of the forest." Sure, Pro-Deforestation Tree.

[@Wookiee925]

And yet it happens surprisingly often, 2 of the 3 most conservative coworkers I have are gay guys 🤨

[@zemorph42]

​@@cajunking5987 It's not nonsense. Log cabin Republicans are not accepted by the GOP and never will be.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

or a maga jew.

[@emmaruffin-cromer8266]

That trans woman looks amazing while he looks like Superman making Tucker Carlson faces.

[@kirglow4639]

Superman's face, the Joker's mannerisms

[@hell3quin864]

Or Max Payne

[@danilooliveira6580]

@@hell3quin864 you don't diss Sam Lake like this in front of me

[@hell3quin864]

@@danilooliveira6580 😅

[@tjenadonn6158]

​​@@cajunking5987You're right. Superman is hot, and the gay lovechild of Stephen Crowder and Ben Shapiro looks nothing like him. It honestly activates the uncanny vally response from me: like it almost looks like a human, but its so fundamentally wrong that I just can't help but interpret it as anything other than a thrrat to my saftey. I get the impression thst it wants to eat me and wear my skin so it can blend in with humans more effectively.

[@justynmatlock8873]

Re: Being Gay being part of one's identity, in the words of Ash Hardell, "I don't muse and mull over my queerness 'cause I want to, becaiuse I like to. I do it 'cause I'm made to."

[@SpecialBlanket]

I'm nb and queer and honestly I try not to think abt people judging me etc. i'm autistic tho so it's easier for me to tune out. Also since i grew up in the bible belt everything else seems liberal.

[@BillGarrett]

Instead of a shred of compassion, this is the sort of guy who's like "when is it my turn to put my boot on someone's neck?"

[@lukedoesbutter]

Right. Moderate Fascism lol

[@memoryofsalem4474]

And somehow doesnt realise that he'll also be getting the boot, regardless of how much he helps.

[@everfluctuating]

@@memoryofsalem4474 i guess he figures if he feeds enough other minorities to the meat grinder of fascism itll stop just in time for people like him

[@sharimeline3077]

The "taxation is theft" idea is not coming from Communism, but from Libertarianism. In the US, Libertarians are on the right wing spectrum and not the left.

[@tilestwo]

To reference your information, Friedrich Engels second point of the ten points of communism is; "A heavy progressive or graduated income tax." As presented in the communist manifesto by Marx and Engels.

[@alexanderpurkis3508]

​@@tilestwoEngels/Marx are writing about heavy taxation being necessary in a transitional period before communism is achieved. "A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism."

[@sharimeline3077]

@@tilestwo Regardless of that - I am connected with tons of socialists and communists, and not one of them ever, ever says "taxation is theft." They understand that under Capitalism, taxation is necessary and benefits the society as a whole. Only Libertarians whine about taxation being theft.

[@tilestwo]

@@sharimeline3077 I think the modern Libertarian idea that taxation is theft comes from Frédéric Bastiat's work, "The Law" where Bastiat describes tax as one of the many types of "legal plunder."

[@matthewkopp2391]

Thomas Jefferson us often referred to as the first libertarian (along with Thomas Paine). Jefferson advocated for a 100% inheritance tax (along with Franklin) and was able to convince Adans to sign a moderate inheritance tax. The purpose of that tax was to prevent plutocracy. Jefferson also proposed a progressive geometric tax on land, so the more land you owned the higher percentage of tax you were required to pay. It was specifically designed to destroy land monopolies, and zero tax on small farms and small land holdings. The US „libertarians“ who chant „taxes are theft“ are a type of pseudo-libertarianism that was manipulated by wealthy oligarchs to obfuscate the term „libertarian“. For Jefferson all institutions that served a self interested minority at the expense of the majority should not be allowed to exist and ought to be dismantled. And it is obvious in their writings, for example pseudo-libertarians will even go out of their way to distort John Locke, because Locke viewed private property as a means for a person to secure the fruits of their labor. The Lockean Proviso is the principle that there should be enough property left for others, which the pseudo-libertarians purposely left out of the Lockean literature. The ideal was universal property ownership which would create sovereign citizens who were not subjected to manipulation from landlords. Adam Smith also viewed landlords as parasites.

[@troubleondemand7703]

Has anyone ever encountered a self-described 'moderate, center' person who wasn't really just a right-winger?

[@flamingscar5263]

I describe myself as center and say I do a good job of it But by "center" I don't mean "sitting always in the middle" I mean that I have some extremely left leaning views (standardized Healthcare, trans inclusive LGBTQ rights, higher taxes on the 1%) and some extremely right winged ones (pro police, pro gun ownership, pro land ownership)

[@danilooliveira6580]

it's a right-winger that agrees with most of they see from the right, but know how fucked up they are so they try to distance themselves while keeping all the opinions that matter.

[@danilooliveira6580]

@@flamingscar5263 that is why left/right/center only makes sense when talking about how you side with the major political groups. because people are coplex beings, and using only a single axis to describe their political views is just... insane. even two axis is completely reductive.

[@troubleondemand7703]

@@flamingscar5263 None of those views are inherently right-wing though.

[@troubleondemand7703]

@revilo178 Some people are saying... lol. Left wingers are not anti-police on any part of the left-wing spectrum, from liberal/progressive to full on communist. They may not agree on how policing is being carried out, but that does not make them anti-police.

[@cloutgodgaming2073]

As a nonbinary person I will no longer pay my taxes since I’m not real 😀👍

[@daniellamcgee4251]

While you live tax free, spare a thought for all the embryos and fetuses in America who will be funding your non-existent lifestyle. 😭

[@cloutgodgaming2073]

@@daniellamcgee4251 do what?

[@jasminetea1174]

@@cloutgodgaming2073 I think that's a joke about the fetus are people viewpoint, so they would be paying taxes in the same logic as you wouldn't lol. I thought it was funny at least.

[@ClaseyMeanAh]

You're real, and pretty delusional as well

[@IWonder474]

You exist as a person. He just doesn't believe in the concept of being nonbinary.

[@jellie_fishh]

Trans lesbian: talks about how much they love being a lesbian and how special it is to them Brad: errrmm what the freak 🤨🤨

[@Eric-tj3sg]

I love that Emma thinks saying "Your name sounds made up" is mean. She may be the nicest sweetest person on earth!

[@maybedrinkin3241]

I know. Always blows me away how she manages to ruthlessly and relentlessly roast idiots in the sweetest way possible. I have a lot learn from Emma.

[@MayonakaMidnighter]

Dudes like this are the types that bother me to my core, it's a straight door-slam to enbies

[@MayonakaMidnighter]

@@cajunking5987 too broke to afford one of those

[@nightshade7240]

The wonderful thing is that we don't have to pay any attention to these kinds of people. Enbies are demonstrably as valid as any other identity :) Live your best enby life, it's the best kind of revenge you can have to hateful and ignorant people who choose a side that demonstrably hates everything they are. Not to work from the inside to make things better, no, that'd actually require some modicum of empathy. They just think it will save them from the lynch mob, never realising the lynch mob is using them as their token f@g, which is what his own side refers to him as.

[@nightshade7240]

@@cajunking5987 You realise that enby is an identity not a personality, right? There is absolutely such thing as enbies and they are lovely people and demonstrably exist. Maybe you should take your own advice and work on developing some likeable aspect to your personality?

[@k4nd1incyb3rsp4c3]

​@@cajunking5987 I love how everyone always implies that nonbinary people are just so boring they have to pretend to be queer to be interesting. Most nonbinary people I've known are incredibly interesting all on their own. People find me fascinating before they even know my gender at all. Nice try but identifying as nonbinary is usually the end stage of a long introspective journey that leaves people more well rounded than cis people.

[@amandaahall9059]

I’m Swedish. We basically don’t have gendered toilets. Like really, just don’t pee on the floor.

[@SpecialBlanket]

My building doesn't have gendered toilets and no one finds it weird. It's the bathroom, just keep it respectful. There's even a shower stall right by the toilet stalls. We have trans and cis men and women, and the only harassment claim ever (which I feel suited to say bc I live here and am mgmt, we operate not for profit btw) was against a cis female, who allegedly harassed a cis female guest thru suggestive comments. The resident was later evicted for similar behaviors.

[@bellaF]

crazier that trans lesbians have been around longer than brad polumbo has even been alive

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

Hell of an understatement.

[@righty-o3585]

There is such a broad range of what is acceptable by the general consensus of society that I'm not sure " normal " actually exists.

[@candyh4284]

it doesn't, and anyone telling you it does is trying to sell you something. good eyes.

[@Sableagle]

It's just perpendicular to the surface, or the direction of the strongest optical density gradient. Why this guy's making a fuss about it I don't get. Does he want us to measure the angles between him and incident and refracted light rays? Weird guy.

[@paulovitorsouzanunes4854]

Normal only aquaints to things that are normalized in society, and of course, there are guys like brad, that thinks that his normal, is globally accepted, and therefore, claims that anyone digfferent to him are the "weird ones" or "not normal"

[@tomokolovecraft3792]

​@@paulovitorsouzanunes4854this reminds me of a Twilight Zone episode that explained the concept of normal briefly. A doctor pointed out that being "normal" just means that one falls in line with the majority of society. If 51% of people slept wearing socks, then it would be "normal" to sleep with socks on. The best part of the scene for me is when another guy followed this by saying "I sleep with my socks on." Showing how explaining something can't prevent a person from focusing on the wrong thing.

[@TroutBoneless]

On Dylan's throwaway line about making it illegal to misgender someone in an article, it should at the very least be the policy of a news outlet to use the preferred genders of it's subjects. I imagine someone would get fired if they referred to Donald Trump as a "she" in all of their news articles. It literally is bad journalism, and you should probably get fired for it

[@sterthester736]

From what he said it sounds like Brad thinks journalists get to do and write whatever they want, it's so stupid. Like on top of all his phobic shit, he's also just an idiot who doesn't understand the difference between journalism and opinion writers.

[@Delaterius]

Dividing the population into People Who Are Normal and People Who Need To Be Made Normal is one of the foundations of fascism, and a particularly baffling behavior for a gay person to indulge in

[@cultistaautista]

Fascism is a fusion between a syndycate of worker unions and an authocratic (that is non-democratic) state. That's pretty much it for the foundations of this ideology. What you're describing is social engineering and pressure, it has long existed before the concept of fascism was ever a thing, and still exists independently of it

[@Delaterius]

@@cultistaautista That is not even close to it for this ideology. I don't know who told you that's all there is to fascism, but they are woefully mistaken

[@CharlotteSWeb-oh7ou]

@@cultistaautista Fascism is anti-union and anti-worker. Also, they were observing it as a foundation of fascism and not the sum of it.

[@UnexpectedDanger]

This dude is definitely emulating tucker carlson's facial reactions

[@danboru_bakooo1966]

What.... Holy shit is so weird, i can recognize the expression how the hell

[@georgesears934]

"Oh shit, they're making a really cogent point in a coherent way that shows they've put a lot of thought into this! What do I do?! Uhhhh.... (Eyebrows go berserk like he's expecting his editor to insert VineBooms over each cocked brow) Yeah, that'll show em"- Normal "Center-Right" fella

[@delarkaBCN]

and then, refer to trans women as "trans men"

[@PansyPops]

He looks like he’s doing impressions of over-the-top emojis 🤨🤪😨😮😡

[@jasminetea1174]

I NEED THAT EDIT, someone needs to make a brad polumbo vid but Everytime his eyebrows move it does a vine boom like this is Johnny test or something. That would be amazing.

[@lori3056]

The quotes, brackets, and sensationalized headlines are so typical of the right. Brad looks like he's smelling his own farts.

[@tjenadonn6158]

​@@foolishlyfoolhardy6004They're so bad at pretending to be human.

[@TrollDecker]

I think he uses his own farts as botox.

[@Avigorus]

Something that crossed my mind recently with the whole "eat the rich" thing is that I now (jokingly?) identify as an oligvore. Oligarchy beware.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

I could never be a oligavore. Not even after a plane crash, and starving in the wilderness.

[@DirkDjently]

"being gay or being lesbian really shouldn't be that big a part of who you are, of your personality" says the person who has named their social media channel after their gayness

[@5-Volt]

His channel name is literally just his name...?

[@DirkDjently]

@@5-Volt I think maybe you have a couple of things backwards

[@5-Volt]

@@DirkDjently "says the person who has *named* their *social media channel* (assumption being KZbin channel) after their gayness" What part of "Brad Polumbo" expresses gayness? I know exactly what you're trying to say, just nitpicking about the literal meaning of what you said being inaccurate.

[@DirkDjently]

​@@5-Volt ahh, I see, you are being purposely dumb

[@DirkDjently]

​@5-Volt ahh, I see, you're being obtuse on purpose because you think you are making some kind of worthwhile point. You could call it "having a couple things backwards," even

[@mr.perfectcell1887]

I'm a weird bisexual too.

[@spidybat7658]

Me too!

[@isabellecornfoot7201]

“Babe”. Let me disagree with how you’re expressing your own identity and make funny faces “cupcake”. 😂❤

[@candyh4284]

And this is why the word "tenderqueer" always bugged me, because these dudes do exist, and are the people the word is MADE for, and people saturate it by flinging it around like a toy insult. Exasperating.

[@emdivine]

@@candyh4284 Interesting, because I see them on completely opposite sides: this guy seems fake and not personally invested in expressing his identity that way, while as I understand tenderqueer it's people being far too sensitive in a particular queer kind of way. We may just have very different interpretations of either him or the word

[@gamingsheepy6981]

funny how center-right moderate always actually means far right

[@JarredTheWyrdWorker]

Comment at 3:35: Pretty sure "Normal gay" means "I'm a conservative conformist shit who likes to fit in and throws any LGBT person that doesn't engage in respectability politics and otherwise cater to patriarchal cisheteronormative sensibilities under this bus."

[@cultistaautista]

It's not conceptually incoherent to be a member of the conservative toilet sign genders cult WHILE being gay, but he's sure in a fantastic company with those who have Westboro Baptist Church esque views on people like him.

[@janmulcahy1458]

I've never felt a loyalty to either gender. Nice to know Brad thinks I don't exist 😂 OMG the tips of my fingers have started to disappear 😂😂😂❤

[@toddashi]

Oh no, me too! I guess we'll have to wait for a day of visibility.

[@janmulcahy1458]

@@toddashi brilliant 😂😂😂♥️

[@damascus9876]

“No loyalty to either gender” sounds HARDCORE. Like you’re a gender traitor….a gender double agent…Master Gender Spy.

[@janmulcahy1458]

@@damascus9876 gender spy 😂😂😂I love it! ♥️ I've a licence to thrill😂😂😂

[@katashworth41]

OH NO! I feel myself disappearing… I don’t feel so good Ms Thorne.

[@mildlycornfield]

YOU'RE NOT A LESBIAN, BRAD, THE CONVERSATION ISN'T ABOUT YOU

[@tjenadonn6158]

​​@@cajunking5987Those people who back away from you when you try to ask if you can watch them do it. Theyre a subset of women, whom you know as those people who always cover their drinks on the rare occaisions when you actually leave your basement.

[@Melissa-pe2jr]

​@tjenadonn6158, im sure the straight woman cover their drinks around this one, too.

[@maybedrinkin3241]

Whoa! Easy with the logic. You could hurt someone.

[@EmmaShiree]

You're allowed to have an opinion about something, even if it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with you.

[@kindauncool]

+@@maybedrinkin3241 EXACTLY BROO I keep saying this whenever people talk about "animal abuse" or when ADULTS try to define what "child abuse" is. It's so annoying that people don't get it.

[@DapperMrAlex]

I don't know what Dylan intended, but I do agree with what she literally said. I don't think it should be allowed for media /journalist to be openly hateful toward any group. They should minimally be heavily fined and the writer should be fired. Misgendering and deadnaming trans people is harmful in proven and tangable ways. It's absolutely vile that any "journalist" would be so fucking cruel.

[@Summer512]

Everyone's talking about normal gays, but what about tangent gays?

[@callsignapollo_]

Big fan of spline gays, personally

[@CasioSilver]

He's just some pickme trying to cash in on anti-woke stuff, it's so boring. I'm a gender non-conforming lesbian, I'm trans-inclusive and there is a lot less transphobia in irl lesbian communities than FARTs would want you to believe. My gf is trans and for a long time she was scared of going to lesbian spaces because of the transphobia she had seen online but she eventually pushed through that fear and realized it's really just other people fear-mongering in online spaces. Define lesbian however you'd like, I'd prefer a definition that doesn't reduce me to a "non-man" because my identity shouldn't be tied to men to begin with but also whatever... I agree with Emma let others define it for themselves. The lesbian community is small, more people being involved means lesbian spaces can still exist and I welcome it.

[@MadameCorgi]

@@cajunking5987 nobody asked you

[@DevilWomanCake]

@@cajunking5987 Congrats on your coming out my friend.

[@DevilWomanCake]

​@@cajunking5987 Well excuse me princess!

[@kindauncool]

+@@DevilWomanCake what's the point of misgendering? You're just as bad.

[@DevilWomanCake]

@@kindauncool Well excuuuuse me, Princess!

[@Pfhreak]

Brad's going to be one of those guys that finds out the hard way in his 40s that habitual expressions leave marks.

[@OneKillQuota]

Emma, I just dig your general outlook on these things. I often try to tell people that if you just accept that humans are a fucking chaotic species...life will be a lot easier for you. None of us are any one thing. And if someone is...how tragically shallow of a human.

[@DubArchaeologist]

Mocking someone's name is childish playground bullying. Mocking someone's foreign name is childish playground racist bullying.

[@Saezimmerman]

This guys whole tone is very mocking and sarcastic. It’s a common tactic that I see in my hyper conservative community. Very rarely does someone have a reasoned argument for whatever they’re against. They just make fun of it as though their perspective is so obvious that no one on the other side could have a sincere perspective.

[@Lazy_Fish_Keeper]

There's a few of those people in the comments section....

[@DevilWomanCake]

@@Lazy_Fish_Keeper Yeah, some his defenders have come to this video.

[@zachsmith2349]

Conservatives look at the learned biases that they and everyone in their insular community hold and call it "common sense." Any deviation simply must be wrong and requires no proof or real arguments beyond an appeal to their biases they call common sense.

[@Stimps1983]

I'm sorry, but he's got creepy serial killer smile vibes.

[@CarysCreatesThings]

I think he looks like Robbie Rotten from Lazy Town.

[@noonewhocares8955]

​@@CarysCreatesThings I can't unsee that now 🤣

[@IO1070IO]

@@CarysCreatesThings Don't ruin Robbie for everyone. LMAO!

[@IO1070IO]

TJ Kirk's serial killer eyes still take the cake for me.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

@@IO1070IO Robbie Rotten is a bad guy we love to hate. I don't see how comparing him with an awful person is ruining him. He is an awful person!

[@earlgrey4976]

As a woke extremist, thanks for making me look so powerful and competent as well as weak, a snowflake, and violently triggered all in the same breathe.

[@leeshajoi]

something something fascism presents the enemy as strong and weak simultaneously

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

"THE WOKES ARE GONNA TRANS OUR KIDS!1!!" and "Those damn Wokes, they demand you give into their delusions then cry if you speak the truth"

[@iPig]

A message to the other "normal gays" out there. You will not be picked. You will not be the chosen one. You won't be "one of the good ones" forever. It doesn't matter how many times they say "love the sinner, hate the sin." The right is not your ally.

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Actually it's pretty clear that what they immediately mean by "Love the sinner, hate the sin" is "You're free to immediately change, repent, and stop being gay, black, female, or poor."

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

@@slimal1 Do your opinions align with what they say, or what they do? And furthermore, with what their politicians say, or what their politicians do? All four of these are almost entirely separate camps.

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@memoryofsalem4474]

It doesnt matter how right you are, I doubt they'll listen hun

[@DeanaMartin-kt7fo]

Boop, here's a turtle 🐢

[@tombayley7110]

why does your turtle look like a tortoise?

[@jurassicsmackdown6359]

TURTLE>:D

[@taloncompany6649]

TURNTLE >:D

[@DeanaMartin-kt7fo]

@@tombayley7110 He's just funny lookin, that's all

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

𓆉︎𓆉︎ Boom! How bout them turtles? (づ ͡ ᗜ ͡ )づ ♡

[@TheLodjur]

"What does he eat? Hay!?" 😂 Now I have a mental image of that dude with a feeder bag hanging from his wonky ears.

[@JarredTheWyrdWorker]

Comment at 1:09: Oh, we're talking about Brad Polumbo. Expectations are now set appropriately.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

Brad Polumbo, the gay conservative pick-me detective

[@michellejean11]

Detective or defective...

[@RandomSelectGaming]

You should learn what things mean before you comment.

[@Szriko]

It's pretty typical. He doesn't realize that, guess what? They're still going to throw him into a camp and he's going to share the same grave as the other undesirables. A useful tool, to be discarded later. Just like any other minority desperately hoping to make themselves 'one of the good ones'.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

​@cajunking5987 "I know you are, but what am i?" ...truly devastating.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

@@cajunking5987 I simply gave you very handy advice to prevent yourself from looking foolish in public. Advice I might add you desperately need, as you are continuing to make yourself look foolish.

[@PinkiePi]

Brad reminds me of that weird villain from Lazy Town.

[@SpecialBlanket]

Omg he looks just like him!!!

[@user-mz5pi1xq4n]

He looks like if the mask and Ben Shapiro has a baby together

[@gayasparagus]

🤣🤣

[@8GrantRantsUnited8]

God i’ve seen so many sponsored ads for this guy, he’s the worssssst

[@PaleLady]

I'd pose the theory that Brad embodies the idea that the right HATES anything feminine that can't be forced to conform to patriarchy.

[@charleslipscomb2567]

This reminds me of a Steven Wright joke: "I recently found out I'm possessed by the spirit of a nineteenth century woman. It's really not a problem for me because she was a lesbian."

[@dawnmrodgers]

Being trans does not define your sexuality as gender and sexuality are two separate things.

[@axel1957ll]

Yes!

[@user-nj7tt3do7u]

Hate to be this guy but... why are you all shaming the guy for his name and his looks? I thought you were all respectful and yet you use childish insults to adress this guy? Really? Come on, you're all better than this Also what is with this "pseudo gay" narrative you're all going with? The guy directy said his sexuality, what more do you need?

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

I clearly do not discount his sexuality at any point, I do think he's being deliberately camp

[@user-nj7tt3do7u]

@@EmmaThorneVideos Well, it still sounds odd when you put "normal gay" in quotes. Like obviously that's just an exaggeration on his part since he's covering dumb people on Tiktok of all places and by "normal" he probably means "smart / sane", not "superior". I don't see how he was grandstanding or proclaiming himself to know better, at worst he expressed his disagreement with the videos and that's it. And personally I'm more disappointed on how frequent you used his looks as an argument. One or two times? Sure. But when you go on and go on with this "joke" and your fans keep calling him like that... well... it just looks dumb and petty on your part

[@Dlya.lyubvi]

Why should the left take "the moral high ground" why sould we avoid these insults. When many of us get beraded all the time. The left does not need the moral high ground. Political power comes out of the barrel of a gun, not from a moral pedestal. Also while the creator may actually be gay, some conseevative organizations, like gays against groomers, take the name of mainly the lgb, to attack other "left" ideas, when many in the organization are not actually gay or any other part of the community.

[@donaldbraucher9885]

Poking yourself in the eye doesn't make you dumb, it may be a dumb thing to do, but smart people do dumb things all the time. So it's ok.

[@quinn0517]

True. The key information is whether or not you stop poking yourself in the eye.

[@C_Animus]

Based (modern vernacular) = honest, straight forward, uncensored, uncaring. Base (old vernacular) = simple, stupid, uncontrolled, slave to emotions. See the Salem Witch Trails play 'The Crucible' for contextual usage.

[@candyh4284]

as in "Base emotions," "base instinct," and "basal ganglia" (threw that last one in as a fun fact)

[@tilestwo]

@@candyh4284 I’m going to start using “Basal” instead of “Based”

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Base/ bass- lowest level. Based meaning lowest most animalistic instincts, or even lower, controlled by the devil, low acts closest to hell, as opposed to highest, civilised, cultured, most spiritually pure, closest to heaven. Basal cells being the base/ lowest cells that make of the foundation layer of skin.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Newer meaning of based seems to me to be the basic facts, bare bones, to the point, nothing embellished or sugar-coated, or elevated, and therefore authentic. But I don't hang out with people who use the word in speech, so it's just my interpretation from the context of what I see written.

[@candyh4284]

@@daniellamcgee4251 It's actually from dealer lingo ("freebase"), then seeped into "internet culture" then seeped into political extremism.

[@EmmaElaineN]

Normal Gay? Is that the same thing as, "Straight acting gay?" Wait, no, I get it now... he's a Log Cabin republican. No, no, wait again, he's a gay neo-con.

[@cultistaautista]

"Normal" as in "sane". Which is clinically and practically understood as average and unremarkable

[@devononair]

I liked what you said at around 23:35 about whether being a lesbian is a big part of who you are. I was about to agree with Brad on that, because MY EXPERIENCE is that it doesn't have a huge effect on my life other than being in a lesbian relationship, but what you said reminded me that some people are part of a lesbian community, activist groups etc. I'm not, and forgot that other people are different! Thank you :)

[@mholm1818]

Having been an Ayn Rand fanboy, I recognize another one when I see one. He'll either recognize it's b.s. like I did, or get really pernicious.

[@VoltieBird]

"Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!" - Brad probably

[@ravaniphoenix5431]

No, it's most probably you, for you're the one expecting to be picked by him (as in, you wish he shared the same side of the political spectrum as you, thus being picked up by him, because how dare people not be from your own hivemind)

[@FlyingInfant]

@@ravaniphoenix5431 I mean, when brads "side of the political spectrum" is anti humanity, anti empathy, which you're obvs part of by calling empathy "hive mind". Sad and ironic that your whole worldview is uneducated anti-humanity hive mind bs. Then again, they do love the "poorly educated," easier to dupe the gullible.

[@FlyingInfant]

​@@ravaniphoenix5431People that keep using terms like "sheep" and "hive mind" are the most pathetic, anti-empathy sociopaths and are just projecting. Sorry you can't think for yourself and can only use sad little fascist buzzwords like "sheep" "hive mind" and "woke" (without even knowing what woke is.) You're a detriment to the human race.

[@ethandollarhide7943]

​@@ravaniphoenix5431Funny that you can't seem to name a positive thing that Conservatives have done for Gays.

[@ravaniphoenix5431]

@@ethandollarhide7943 Supported the legalization of gay marriage back when that was a hot topic, for one. Did you know Trump was one of these supporters? Did you also know that Biden, andeven current president at time, Obama, opposed it? Something to think about.

[@the_weeb_teen]

Me, who grew up watching Pokémon, hearing the words "the future is now": "THE FUTURE IS NOW, THANKS TO SCIENCE!!!"

[@Shampyon]

This stuff about "How can you be a lesbian if (x, y, z)" is hilarious because these definitions aren't new. Same with definitions of gender, other sexualities, etc. We were talking about them in my Uni days decades ago, and the conversations were already old by then. The thing is, the people using them typically do have well-thought out reasons for the definitions they use, whether you'd agree with them or not. But knowing that would require actually being invested in listening to and wanting to understand them. As opposed to folks like Brad here, who seems more interested in monetising his "I just pooped my pants" reaction face.

[@socalodeas]

"Some people are particularly attracted to specific hair colors" You don't say?? 😂

[@daniellamcgee4251]

It's just one of those specific attractions that are significant to some people, that not all of us can relate to. Emma can't relate to it, so it makes sense for her to use it as an example of an equivalency to illustrate her point.

[@fridayhawks-spangenberg8979]

They love the first Amendment until it's somebody rightly calling flem out (e.g. Florida SB 1780 which would redefine calling somebody transphobic/homophobic/etc defamation)

[@temerityxd8602]

Just read through it and I don't think it says anything like that, just seems to be an update to the deformation rules in general. And calling someone transphobic/homophobic etc can absolutely be considered deformation depending on the situation. Like if you know for a fact that someone isn't one of those things but you say it anyway to try and make them look bad that could be considered deformation. They also added a thing covering AI stuff which is interesting.

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

​@@temerityxd8602 But when Person A calls Person B homophobic, how do you prove that Person B isn't and that Person A knew that? Like, most people with bigoted ideas are convinced they aren't bigoted, they are just rational/critical/realists/stating facts. So there is just no way to ever prove that calling someone homophobic was intendee to defame, and not a genuine belief by Person A that Person B's words and behavior are homophobic, even if B disagrees.

[@temerityxd8602]

@revilo178 Yep, that was my bad. Picked the wrong auto correct option.

[@Scatscar1985]

Brad Polumbo looks like Remi Malek and Ben Shapiro were fused together in Seth Brundle's teleportation device. Apologies for upsetting Remi Malek fans.

[@pleegjepleegje]

A dietitian promoting a highly processed food like cereals for breakfast is a kind of fishy.

[@chudpunter]

yeah, didn't love that. "hey, if you like cereal, this is alright in moderation and you can get a serving or two of fruit in with it, don't stress about it too hard" is a fine and reasonable take. "this is a great source of nutrition with lots of vitamins and minerals!"... ok slow down, that's just barely-paraphrased marketing material. (regardless though, this has nothing to do with "woke fat activism" or whatever, and seems more like dubious financial incentives)

[@erraticonteuse]

​@@chudpunter My thoughts exactly. I follow a few fitness influencers who fairly regularly assure people that it's okay to have a treat, especially nostalgic and/or comfort food, and I love them for that. But if any of them partnered with General Mills, I'd unsub so fast.

[@Groffili]

I never understood the "categorization" of sexual attraction. It just seems... irrelevant. People like whom they like. People dislike whom they dislike. Being inclusive or exclusive of specific groups doesn't mean you are a "bad lesbian" or a "good enby" or whatever. It just means you are you.

[@FlyingInfant]

Those that like to "other" people tend to enjoy forced categorization.

[@30000beesinatrenchcoat]

This is why I don't want to label my sexuality, or at the very least I'm not in a hurry to. I'm attracted to whoever I find attractive, regardless of their gender.

[@DocumentaryFanboy]

Every day I get more and more convinced that normal is overrated.

[@ethandollarhide7943]

" Normal is an illusion. What's normal to the spider is chaos to the fly"

[@daniellamcgee4251]

What is normal for me is atypical for the general global population.

[@christophertablante7680]

BY WODEN, you found him! You see, I was playing Fallout 3 during a lighting storm, and a bolt of electricity hit my house and Brad fell out of the game!.... You see, "Brad Polumbo" doesnt "sound" like a fake name, because he actually is an artifical NPC character from the game, thus explaining his name, appearence and behavior! QUICKLY LITTLE DUCKS! I need your help, only you Emma Thorne, can return Brad home before his RAM cache is cleared and he forgets his true identity!

[@gagejohnson1513]

Everyone here is a hypocrite I bet if I said something about the people you like you’d be salty and trying to dehumanize me

[@TsunamiBeefPies]

I want to thank you for being the voice of reason and compassion in your talk that begins at the 31:45 mark. People are people. Let them be. Emma, you are always good to watch and listen to. Thank you for all that you do--the silly, the serious, and everything in between.

[@ArielVHarloff]

as a trans masculine person I can't really imagine people like me wanting to identify as lesbians so I'm not sure how I feel about that part of the first tiktok but just because it would make me feel dysphoric AF doesn't mean that's true for everyone else so if identifying as lesbian makes folk happy good for them.

[@foolishlyfoolhardy6004]

That didn't really make sense to me either. It feels more reductive in a way, rather than inclusive, which is what I think she was going for.

[@electronics-girl]

I could maybe see how someone who identified as a lesbian might be sad to let that part of their identity go when they transition. Maybe we could have a term like "lesbian emeritus" for trans men?

[@austinluther5825]

I've met a few trans masc non-binary people who identify as lesbians, but zero trans men. I'm a trans man, and I definitely wouldn't want someone who found me attractive to do so as a lesbian. That would feel like she doesn't see me as a man. I don't think the woman in the video was intending to be insulting or erasing. Maybe she's a little bisexual and hasn't realized that about herself yet. Or maybe she can find more femme presenting trans men attractive on a surface level. Whatever. I don't know her and I'm not dating her, so it's really not a big deal.

[@MadameCorgi]

@@austinluther5825 I have met trans men online who as the person above said, are attached to the lesbian identity. I can empathise with how hard that can be, because I've switched labels a few times, as have most queer people. However, just because letting go is hard, doesn't mean you shouldn't do it or that the identity needs to be retrofitted to you.

[@austinluther5825]

@MadameCorgi I didn't really think about it that way. I'm gay, so lesbian has never been a part of my identity. I didn't realize how much of a blind spot that created. Thanks for the insight! ❤️

[@dogwalker666]

He looks like a pound shop Max Headroom.

[@SimonJM]

Not just me then? I was going to make a very similar comment, but I never really saw much Max Headroom stuff and it was decades ago so I wasn't sure!!!

[@dogwalker666]

@@SimonJM I recently re watched the original C4 movie.

[@SimonJM]

@@dogwalker666 You have my sympathy! 😁

[@dogwalker666]

@@SimonJM There wasn't much on TV 🤷‍♂️

[@melangellatc1718]

INDEED, but in a bad way.

[@paulkendall9525]

Just watched to the end, and it reminded me of why I subscribed. Emma's grace and respect for the people she features, whether or not she agrees with them, gives me faith for the future.

[@cobrasys]

Wait, you mean to tell me that Brad - a cis, white man - doesn't understand how a space can feel unsafe? Say it ain't so! 🙄