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[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why is Marjorie going by “Hulk” now?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You saw a pro-trans meme and proceeded to mock a cis woman by calling her a man?

Oof.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Hulk" isn't exclusively male, why are you assuming an implied gender?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Her name is literally She-Hulk. You serious?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

No, I'm pretty sure She-Hulk is a brand of makeup products. I think Titania made it.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hate to do this to you but we apparently have to whip out the dictionary.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Names have origins. What's your point?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm unsure if you have a point beyond trying to argue with strangers on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My point is that it's hypocritical and rude to post transphobic 'jokes' on a pro-trans meme. I get that it's fun to dunk on conservatives, but doing so with transphobic jokes causes a lot of friendly fire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Like I thought, internet arguments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for your contribution, neither-of-the-people-I-was-responding-to.

[–] leftzero 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That “an abandoned wreck or shell” seems very fitting for ol' Marge, I assume..?

Or maybe they're going for “one that is bulky or unwieldy”, which would also fit... 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Maybe in a vaccuum this could be a reason for someone to call her 'hulk', but let's not pretend like they're not referencing the person in the photo we're commenting on when they said that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

My point is you lack comprehension?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They aren’t saying she looks like a man, it’s a reference to a pretty specific insult she was called in the house recently. Though I guess someone could argue that insult was transphobic, I’d have to think about it but I certainly wouldn’t push back

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Youre right that they didnt say she looked like "a" man. They said she looked like the specific man in this photo - Hulk Hogan.

I understood the reference. It's still not a great look for people to 'dunk' on butch women for being butch, no matter how badly built their bodies are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It was making a point about how MTG was mocking women's looks to insult them by turning the insult back on her.

Basically vocal self defense .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

"Turning transphobic insults back on someone"... is still transphobic.

Would you call a black person the N word because they called someone else that first?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That’s fair. I just wanted to introduce a little more charity to the interpretation here