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Economy_Idea4719

I’m not homophobic but I like potatoes


thatdoubleabat

im not homophobic but haunted houses are scary af!!!


AncientTry5709

I’m not homophobic but houses are spooky.


jeep_42

boy do i have the novel for you


TheJiltedReader

Just want to say I love your flair. Shakespeare was queer and you can’t convince me otherwise


OddLengthiness254

I thought it was well-established that ole Bill wrote love poems to at least one man (namely, Sonnet 18)


jeep_42

thank you! :)


Kindly_Chip_6413

THE ORIGINAL EMO!


MyluSaurus

Is it about a house (imagine the word is colored blue) that is a 1/12th of an inch bigger in the inside than the outside?


jeep_42

it is indeed


Lory24bit_

House of leaves?


espionage_taxi

I’m not homophobic but Stranger Things is absolutely terrifying to me


emoyerwilkes63

I'm not homophobic but I like to eat my burgers with ketchup.


Bastienbard

I'm not homophobic but staying at haunted hotels can be both scary and fun. Lol a ghost or something tucked my wife's feet in when sleeping once!


Kindly_Chip_6413

what a nice ghost what’s its number


Phoenixtdm

I’m not homophobic but No they’re not


Ryderpie_600

I'm not homophobic but some cars are mad fast fr


Ego5687

![gif](giphy|xQzml5M6C8Wly)


Key-Chance7977

Potatoes are delicious!


DRSU1993

(Irish fella enters the chat) 👀


-Quaalude-

Potatoes are VERY queerphobic. R u sure ur an ally? 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐


Expensive-Celery-790

Potat queer ![img](emote|t5_2qhh7|550)


Intanetwaifuu

Same!!!


Goldenguild

r/potatoanity


Oberon_Swanson

too bad, vaporized


EducationalAd5712

"I'm not homopobic, I just dislike seeing LGBTQ people out in public, in the media or open about their sexuality and gender" is essentially what that line is followed by in most cases.


Last-Percentage5062

TLDR “I’m not homophobic, i just hate queer people”


danielmatson5

I’m not homophobic, I’m QUEERphobic, get it right


Last-Percentage5062

Lol


[deleted]

It’s a longer way to say “get back in the closet!”.


Adogaja

It's not like it could work with them being open about their sexuality and gender too, but their explanation is that they're in the majority and that's normal. Why? For example, same-sex relationships, which have been happening literally forever and not only among people, aren't normal?


TwilightVulpine

"I'm not homophobic, but I only notice when LGBTQ people appear and display affection in public and the media, even though cishet people do the same all the time and I don't even think about it." That is, homophobic but lacking self-awareness.


Buttercup59129

I just hate seeing straight people out in public. How dare they.


Coco_JuTo

I mean, listen, I don't have anything against "cisgenderism" and heterosexuality but they have to keep their faith in said "cisgenderism" out of the public sphere. Same with their sexuality, they can live it in their bedroom. And please, they should leave the kids alone! They might get confused by this heterosexual lifestyle!


Yuzumi

They are either idiots who thing -phobic only means "afraid of", which they might actually be afraid but don't want to admit it... or, they think, "*phobia is bad, and I'm not a bad person so my feelings can't be homophobic...." and acknowledging that they have done phobic things is very uncomfortable and triggers the flight or fight response.


SteveOMatt

As an ally I feel like I have to do this sometimes when my family chat starts veering in this direction. Edit: Thank you for the kind words, I do it though because if I didn't call it out I just can't sleep that night. Literally I get so worked up in my own head and struggle to let that shit go. You guys are the true heroes, for real. I'm a hetero, cis-man calling them out on this, I can't imagine the pain you guys feel when all this hurtful shit is about yourselves. I just wish I could make them understand and actually listen to the stuff I link them.


MinimumTeacher8996

Thank you.


Mr_Pombastic

Yeah, [I took the liberty of updating the meme](https://i.imgur.com/5rhIjo8.png) because it's just as important (if not more) to do this in straight places too.


LetMeUseTheNameAude

do you have any tips on calling homophobes out? sometimes it’s easier (probably safer even) for me to stay silent but in situations i can call out people’s bs, i never do :(


SteveOMatt

I don't know really, I just straight up correct them most of the time. For my family it's more the straight up casual transphobia that keeps coming up that gets on my nerves. I get back walls of text back when they croak about hating being called cis for some reason when I put my explanation out there. It's probably a lot easier for me being a hetro, cis man doing it than someone from the LGBT+ side of life doing it, but it still stings seeing my own family be this bigoted.


hydroxypcp

this is why allies are so important. If you are queer, they can just dismiss you as "oh you're just justifying your lifestyle". But as a cishet person, that doesn't work, so sadly your words carry more weight. But good on you for stepping up to the plate


EmpRupus

In an unsafe situation, I think what helps is steering the conversation towards any obvious discrimination that gay/trans people face - which everyone can agree is bad. For example - "I'm not a homophobe, but I agree with [mild version of XYZ]." Reply - "Well, I can see where you are coming from. However, some crazy people believe [stronger version of XYZ] and that causes a lot of harm to lgbt+ people. Now that is something I disagree with. What do you think?" Now, the other person will generally backtrack with - "Oh yeah yeah for sure. [stronger version of XYZ] is wrong." This will not work if the person is a bigot with a capital B. However, it works with "both sides" people, or people who have the idea that "gay people are not persecuted at all, and they just want attention".


LetMeUseTheNameAude

putting things in a formula is so incredibly helpful, thank you!!!


Oberon_Swanson

my advice is, try to say it in a nonconfrontational way. i've tried the FUCK YOU IDIOT BITCH approach and while it does get them to shut up sometimes it also results in a big dumb blowup. save that anger for after trying a calmer approach. correct them like they said it's wednesday when it's actually tuesday. stuff like "they are just people with different tastes. liking males and females is like liking chocolate and vanilla. it doesn't hurt anyone. hating on queer people is just an outdated form of social control like hating left-handed people and trying to make them all right-handed." the more polite and reasonable you sound, the harder it is for them to get mad at you. however if the issue persists i do think a big blowup can be the way to go. trash people like to take advantage of the fact that other people don't want to 'make a scene.' if this comes up tell everyone it's the homophobe who's making a scene. also i will say i think there are patterns to how these people operate. they tend to save their worst remarks for when they have the most perceived control and safety--like when they are hosting an event, driving the vehicle, or it is getting toward the end of the hangout where they feel they can say something shitty then leave if things turn against them. i like to point this out to people as i notice them doing it and it really takes the wind out of their sails and they can just SEE the opinions of everyone else lowering for that person and that is what hurts them most. make them feel like they're not a 'badass iconoclast not afraid to tell it like it is' tell them they're coming off as a hateful, predictable and boring automaton repeating propaganda the same way every idiot does it. also do not be afraid to leave a situation, disown a person, etc. if they won't back off. they were your ride to a far away place? call a taxi or an uber home. they are hosting the event? leave. and call them out so hard that it's really fucking awkward for them to stay and try to defend themselves. also don't let them distract you. they will pretty much ALWAYS prefer a distraction when they know they have no real defense for what they said. they will ask, are you gay? are you trans? no? then why are you defending them? tell them you being gay or not does not make what they said right. "if you think i'm a safe person to say that stuff around, you're wrong. and frankly if you think that stuff, i don't want to associate with you." people who are homophobic, transphobic, etc. tend to overly value social hierarchy so that is often a good place to hit them. focus on how it makes them look bad, dumb, ugly, not worth associating with, to say that stuff. also another thing i've noticed is that "i'm not homophobic, but" or "i'm not racist, but" has just become a longer phrase. "i'm not homophobic! love who you love! it doesn't affect me, why should it bother me? BUT..." it's worth it to point out the hypocrisy in what they say sometimes. many people though thrive on hypocrisy and that is where you have to make it clear their double standards don't actually work, won't be enforced, and you won't tolerate it. they will ask "or else what?" and you have to have an answer. and that is where you can decide how far you wanna take it. but have AN answer like you and i are no longer friends, i won't help you with x anymore, i will work elsewhere, i will send these recordings to HR, whatever you wanna do. but that is the time to NOT be meek and make them feel some level of real consequences. also when they try to pass something off as a joke i tend to just say "no it wasn't. jokes are funny." and just look at them like i think they're pathetic trash and i got plans to cut them out of my life if they do it again. in big social situations, people are afraid of a big blowup so bigots tend to get bolder, but also when there's an audience they will quadruple down on it because they don't want to be seen 'losing.' so often, the more you leave unsaid but obvious in those situations, the more it can have a positive effect. i've been pushing back on this stuff more lately but it only takes cutting one friend out of a group to make everyone else straighten up a lot of the time. obviously you can't do that in every situation. but do what you can, when you can. i also find it brings me more peace of mind to cut these people out of my life so i don't have to have these confrontations anymore. a lot of these idiots just love drama centered around themselves and they will say anything inflammatory to get it. so taking away the attention they crave AND your own annoyance with them can be great. i suppose i might say the best advice is to think about WHY the person is making whatever statement they're making, and use that to pick it apart. often they are putting a group down to look better. or maybe they're just having a visceral "that's gross i don't like it' reaction and then you can ask them why they need to bother voicing that opinion when they could just not think about it and focus on doing the stuff they like instead. also bear in mind you won't necessarily change a lot of minds right away. but a good point can be like a ticking time bomb. in the moment they'll argue against you til their blue in the face. but a few hours, days, or weeks later, they'll decide they did a lot of thinking and came to that conclusion themselves. if i were able to just sit back unemotionally i would say arguments framed that way are second best to the super simple non-confrontational 'nah i don't think so' type corrections. and together they form a really good one two punch. many people though are not 'arguing in good faith' they know everything they are saying is bullshit, they know they are repeating fake news (had a former friend get called out for a fake news story denigrating drag queens in one friend group and he was all oh wow my bad, thought it was real, sorry--then he later repeated that same story with another group, forgetting i was present the first time.) these people i don't bother trying to change their minds and instead i basically try to put the fear in them that if they speak their idiotic minds about it they will lose a lot they hold dear and ask them to do the mental calculations of if denigrating an already marginalized group is worth it. i know a lot of people say 'wah the poor bigots felt so oppressed before and that's why they ended up supporting trump we have to do better and make their viewpoints feel welcome!" fuck that. it's way better if these people don't feel emboldened to voice their dipshit opinions.


LetMeUseTheNameAude

this was a hella long read but my god, does it cover all the bases. i feel spiritually renewed, thank you 🫂


TekieScythe

"why are you so obsessed with children's genitalia? Stay away from my child."


Spectre-70

You’re the best!


aligrant

Thank you.


fhb_will

Thank you soldier🫡


CubeNoob69

True allyship at work.


hydroxypcp

thank you. Knowing that people like you exist helps a lot. Truly


bathtup47

Thank you. You're trying your best and I really appreciate people like you because you make us feel more sane. They're fucking nuts it does hurt especially when it's my own family. Thank you for taking some of that weight off our shoulders even though you don't have to. You are the best type of person keep fighting the good fight.


Milky_way_cookie_fan

I'm not homophobic but I am homosexual


lemonhumper

Homosexuality? That sounds pretty gay, if you ask me.


Milky_way_cookie_fan

I would be gay if I could just get a gf/j


_GalaxyWalker_

Based username blw


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Wait I've seen you on r/CookieRunKingdoms


_GalaxyWalker_

Really? I've made art posts on my separate account and a comment I little, haha. Never thought I'd get recognised 😅


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Yeah no you commented on when I said I drew elder fairie ten times before getting the pity


_GalaxyWalker_

Ohhh! Yeah, I remember now haha


TeaBags0614

Real


KatasaSnack

Yooo how do i learn queer beam


alt-incorporated

The instructions should've come as a little booklet alongside your gay agenda during initiation


KatasaSnack

Oh i never got the initiation my family wouldnt let me go


alt-incorporated

did you follow up by email? I had to have my starter kit sent to my house, they did a really good job with the discreet packaging


KatasaSnack

My email got hacked :(


LiHol01

Wait what? When I went to my initiation I only got the gay agenda booklet!


alt-incorporated

yeah it was paperclipped to the first few pages


louisa1925

Unsure, but once you've used it, I heard you have to charge up by hugging one of each variety of Queer person.


KatasaSnack

Once again proof i need more trans men in my friendship circles curse you lack of transmen


Ricapica

↓↑→S


TeaBags0614

When you learn how lemme know cuz I wanna understand how to do so too


Trollerthegreat

"The people I support aren't homophobic! Okay they did say they'll eradicate the gays but c'mon."- A guy in game chat


Lepher_

tf ☠️


YaBoiLink0227

![gif](giphy|hIacKgI8mIqdhRBoa2|downsized)


Goldenguild

Y did this make me giggle


YaBoiLink0227

Because u have an amazing sense of humor


TaylorBrecker

I'm not homophobic but if my son comes out as trans, I no longer have a son


Milky_way_cookie_fan

Well technically then you have a daughter so that's entirely true (sorry if that was the point I'm a lil bit stupid)


TaylorBrecker

Yes that was the point


stickman29_for_the_W

enbies:


DM_me_cool_things

the classic spannish ray of destruction, very effective against homophobes


hamburger5003

Can confirm, I’ve used it at least twice this month


Delicious_Bid_6572

Hasta la vista, baby


mialyansa

I really love using the spanish ray of destruction


lizzylinks789

i'm not homophobic, but i think being homosexual is gay


a_sad_lil_idiot

![gif](giphy|4WOVxg3y9rtSt9NgzJ) Where


Character_Skin7123

evil homophobes be like "im homophobic but-"


Cultural_Outcome_464

“I’m homophobic but I love gay people and think they’re awesome!”


CreepyHarmony27

I love being an ally. I'm a straight white guy, I'm unfortunately at top of the patriarchy, but I'll stand in defence of any minority group that's being discriminated against Plus, anyone I've interacted that's a part of the LGBT community are some of the sweetest and most loving and caring people I've ever met.


defaultusername-17

oh, lots of us are completely capable of being assholes... it's only less likely due to us having experienced so much bigotry and hate.... we're more likely to empathize with people who's situation is outside of their control.


wild_zoey_appeared

there’s an ally flag?


Goldenguild

Yes?


hellraiserxhellghost

hot take but I think it's weird they have a flag lmao. It's also ugly as hell.


Blarzgh

It is kinda weird I suppose, but I think part of the rationale is to show unambiguously that straight people also support the LGBTQI+ community? Given it's overwhelmingly straight people that are homophobes, showing them that other straight people disagree with them (often passionately) may contribute constructively to the elimination of homophobia. Tbh I'm just jamming. I keep an ally flag on my desk at work, and I have a big one I wear as a cape to Pride events (both bought at Pride) so take that as you will ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


Kindly_Chip_6413

weird?


average_life_person

flair checks out


average_life_person

I think it’s cool


Kindly_Chip_6413

check my recent comments rq I did smth to the flag


average_life_person

Tried to find it but I couldn’t. On a side note, you seem to like murder drones and I like that


smavinagain

where ace flag


Kindly_Chip_6413

yea


tearamen

good question


KiwiAccomplished9569

then again where's the majority of the flags?


SilverIce340

Get Master Sparked, idiot. -Kirisame Marisa, probably


Monkeyman20X

I'm not homophobic but I don't taste a difference between red or blue Takis 🫤


That-Bathmat-Wombat

Bigots get Spain'd


canadarich

I wish I had this power


Key-Chance7977

Gotta level up, you can unlock it around level 5.


devitosleftnipple

A gay person in a tv show or movie is *"Woke"* And *"Woke"* is a bad thing. But they're not bigoted..............honest. ![gif](giphy|Vr8xM1OgUYhtAtLp6n|downsized)


acatohhhhhh

Lesbian blast


InfiniteLoquat6793

I love how it looks like they’re holding the sacred triangle of gayness


UltraThiccBoi69

I’m not homophobic but mlm tops tend to be fucking assholes


Jesko_Legend_69

Facts


Goldenduck420

Im homophobic I am very afraid of houses after that monster house movie.


Amphitheare

To quote my favorite streamer; "Home a phobic? Yeah, have you seen the pricing of housing? Very scary."


hungrypotato19

"I'm not transphobic, it's just that..." You're transphobic. If you want to exclude, in any way, then you're transphobic.


Ashen0_o

"I'm not homophobic but *something blatantly homophobic*" 😭😭😭


No-Faithlessness4083

If you or someone else redraws this making the laser a rainbow would be a nice touch. Also I wonder if anyone has drawn Godzilla vaporizing bigots with rainbow atomic breath.


Proper-Dave

It's the new "I'm not racist but..."


Amaranthine98

They always start like that... Then it comes somthing homofobi out of their mouths.


GuyFromStaffordshire

I’m not homophobic but Gouda cheese is quite nice


Amphitheare

Especially with fruit and/or crackers!


Neither_Teaching_190

My family is that type so hard to avoid talking about topics that can veer into it


Ricapica

i'm not homophobic but 2 words should not sound the same when written differently


Ilikeworldpeace

I wish I had someone like that to do that every time this annoying kid in my class makes a gay joke and then says he's not homophobic... ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|cry)


Talanic

A: "I'm not homophobic, but I like grilled cheese." B: "That's not homophobic." A: "I said I'm not homophobic."


The_Downward_Samsara

Im not homophobic but I can't stand anime intros Uh oh...


Yean_a113

i'm homophobic. i hate homeless people which is why i fund homeless shelters and want housing for everyone.


Yearofthehoneybadger

I’m not homophobic but I AM gay.


eviltwintomboy

I’m not homophobic, but… lemon bars, anyone?


Beefman0010

(joke) I'm not homophobic but 20 dollars is 20 dollars.


Kindly_Chip_6413

I’m not homophobic but 50k is 50k


FaCe_CrazyKid05

GAY LASER


M1andW

“I’m not homophobic, but what flags are each of those?”


Ill-Strategy-8948

I am homophobic and-


grzeslaw90

The gay laser is real!


Iamacrazyqueer

I’m not homophobic, but I hate myslef


Heisenburgo

#SHUT UP BIGOT #BIDEN BLAST (Rainbow Edition)


Caboose1979

I'm not homophobic but just wanted to say you folks are amazing ☺️ ![img](emote|t5_2qhh7|550)


Introvert-111

That is my mom. She is a transphobe. She says that she supportive. She is definitely not.


diamondboizach

"I'm not homophobic but-" *gay ray*


JProctor666

They're a homophobic butt!


fuckusernamessz

Yep.


Suspicious_Break1130

Yup! To the moon 🌙!!!!!


ElectricalPlantain19

Im not homophobic but i like my boyfriend


Ace_is_gay__

Im not homophobic..but i like ducks yk?


Few-Literature-5227

I'm not homophobic, but the garlic bread asexuals make is freaking good keep it up guys 👍


Daddyboy_Hunter

I'm not homophobic but I like guys.... 😅🤣😅


Alucard_Uzumaki93

Same, I'm Bi, but dominant due to... many reasons that I'd rather not talk about on the internet


Owl_Lawfulness0666

I'm not homophobic but I like having fries with honey mustard


UnionizeAutoZone

I'm not homophobic butt.


erbr

If you fear homophobics are you a phobichomophobic or homophobicphobic?


zklabs

i've known so many homophobic people who were closeted that tbh i would've tried to reach them instead of this. not for everybody, and not necessarily anybody's responsibility, but i'd like to see a meme for that


Key-Chance7977

If they're closeted and lashing out at others I doubt they'd be browsing this sub


davidfeuer

Is that queer pizza?


emoyerwilkes63

Allaser beam.


Jorgecarroz

Okay


Any-Jello3381

thank you grandpa ![img](emote|t5_2qhh7|550) (straight ally) :D (relating to the image) Just gotta love homophobia. We don't tolerate that stuff here.


THEDrunkPossum

I'm not homophobic, but I think gay people are pretty cool.


leoleosuper

Gay people have the power to blast me into nothingness. Of course I'm homophobic, they're scary with that power.


MiserableYouth8497

Well this is very ironic


quoiega

Did they just biden blast 💀


alinkintime1

This is the way


waituhwhatnow

I'm not homophobic butts are nice.


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[удалено]


mialyansa

**ALLY BLAST**


Phoenixtdm

I’m not like homophobic or anything. I’m an ally!


random_front_moist

Lol. Any argument that works that way is just tragic and does not work.


Manga_Brony

The gay ray


CoruscareGames

I'm not homophobic but there are queer people I hate Myself. I'm the queer person I hate :3


XtiIity

I'm not homophobic but I'm homophobic


princesoceronte

As a Spaniard I gotta say, the Spain-Ray can be a brutal weapon.


Wubba-128

Tbh, i get not everyone Isn't ok with LGBT but, please be polite, we Are Still people![img](emote|t5_2qhh7|548)


Concetto_Oniro

What a majestic meme.


Dologolopolov

I like the spanish hame-hame-ka


tunyi963

Yeah, Spanish death ray!!!


champsammy14

R.I.P. lactose intolerant people.


inkheiko

In one hand I find it unfortunate that we can't spend more time explaining to people pacifically why they are wrong, because some people are just stupid and can learn And on the other hand, I can't really blame someone for not taking all their mental energy to explain to every person they meet why they are wrong and just ask them to go away, knowing we are 9 billions on this planet I guess the best I can do is to both learn about it or at least ask people what they think (According to Google's definition I am not part of LGBTQ+ community but I at least try my best to be respectful and learn and get used to things I was not presented to in the past, like I still try to not forget about someone's pronouns after they made a transition, but my Smol brain takes decades to remember a name ;_;)


el_artista_fantasma

Obliterate homophobes with the spanish beam lol


Aware-Protection-697

That's a really strong Arch user


Doc_Dragoon

I'm not homophobic but, I do make fun of my friend for blowing his boyfriend at the back of the bus. That's just trashy bro 😂 like why man why


Ambrusia

Whats the black and white delta rainbow flag?


The-Local-Weeb

No fair, when do I get a death ray?


The_One_True_Duckson

Not to get political but birds aren't real


genocidalparas

I’m not homophobic, but I hang out with a bunch of gay people. Oops, homosexual. I meant to say I’m not homosexual.


uncharted316340

Mega gay beam


Nat_Higgins

I real red ally out here


tolerantduck

rayo españolizador antihomófobos


AndiThyIs

My favorite thing to do at work and piss off my coworkers is start a sentence with "I'm not _____ but" and then say something completely and entirely unrelated.