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[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 hours ago

I said this before but I'll say it again. After she killed her do puppy Cricket in the rock quarry, she went back, brought her goat to the quarry and killed it too. Sick people hurt animals before moving onto hurting people.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

3 kids seem happy the dog is gone

[–] knotRyder@lemmy.ca 17 points 21 hours ago
[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Nah. The only thing it's okay to kinkshame Mr. Noem for is not getting a divorce.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 6 hours ago

I love how generic his kinks are, but to a right-winger they're absolutely the most subversive extreme kinks imaginable

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Who is her husband? Kevin James?

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 39 points 1 day ago

(I will not post Kevin James with tits

I will not post Kevin James with tits

I will not post Kevin James with tits

I will not post Kevin James with tits

I will not post Kevin James with tits)

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

its been discussed on a sub, that this news was released to get rid of noem quickly, before the "crossdressing/ transitioning' news starts to hurt DHS image amongst magats, given how transphobia is so entrenched.

[–] lordziv@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 hours ago

Wasn't she fired for misappropriating DHS funding with her lavish and expensive advertisements before this?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 55 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Don't kink shame, but this is actually a funny and unexpected political cartoon.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago

That's not kink shaming, that's hypocrisy shaming.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We know kink shaming is wrong but I'm starting to feel like we should be kink shaming in this situation. A puppy shooting kink seems too far for me personally.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What's next, necrophilia?

[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Absolutely don't kink shame. But when a person's political affiliation actively kink shames and marginalizes all people not cis heteronormative, the gloves are off.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago

From what I understand they've been basically estranged for several years and certainly she's been enjoying the world's least secret affair with her chief of staff since at least 2021 so I'm a bit wary of assigning her political positions to him.

[–] brian@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is that something that her husband has been known to do? Admittedly, I don't know much about Noem, nor her husband, but I didn't think he was the one making this a hypocritical situation.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

He apparently has a thing for huge boobs, including his own:

Unsatisfied with simply appreciating other people’s breasts, Bryon attempted to create his own. “You turn me into a girl,” he texted one woman. While posing for photos he sent to the women he hired, he seemingly shoved inflated balloons into his tight shirts, with the knots serving as makeshift (and egregiously misaligned) nipples. He also posed in turquoise leggings and pink bike shorts, both of which may well belong to Noem or another woman in his orbit, unless they were purchased for the specific purpose of cross-dressing.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Without agreeing or disagreeing, I’m just pointing out that the person you replied to didn’t say that these individuals kink-shamed, but that their political affiliation does. The contention seems to be that kink shaming is fine as long as you do it to Republicans, because their party is not accepting or respectful of the spectrum of human diversity.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One might also ask, if someone has this kink but they are not Republican, should they also feel shame because of this?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes that’s a fair question. I think it’s hard for a leftist bystander not to feel shamed. Similarly, we don’t hurl sexism at Republican women just because their platform tends to be anti-woman. Like I said, I am not agreeing with the contention, just explicating. If anyone asked my opinion, I would say that disagreeing with Republicans doesn’t make everything permitted. But then there are those who consider them Nazis and bring out the whole “punching Nazis” thing.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don’t see any difference than the one i posted? But just updated to yours anyways

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eyoooo much better

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Needs more Mar A Lago face.

Noem with Mar A Lago Face

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I looked like three times before checking the replies. I hate you all.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

The nipples are far too symmetrical.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I know the dead dog, but I don't get the other... reference.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

The weird and wonderful world of humans.

TIL

Also, I want to see what I assume is a pink body-con skirt. I wonder if he has also enhanced that region.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Military grade bazookers. He probably had fun with these but it's not as interesting as his wife's doings tho. I'd rather prefer to look at men with balloon tits the size of their head than to know it's somehow tied to shitty policies harming lots of people.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Her husband turned out to be a secret "bimbofication" crossdresser. Authentic photos of him crossdressing, that he was sending to people on the internet, have been made public.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 21 hours ago

heard on the sub that he wants to eventually transition, and noem was "fired" ahead of this news, because this looks bad on the administration to have someone marrying lgbtq+

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Her husband has a bimbofication fetish as dar as I know, the drawing references this image of his:

The image could be considered nsfw

image of Kristy Noem's husband with big mikers

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your spoiler tag did not work.

My eyes, they bleed.

But I appreciate that at least you tried.

Sad, works on mobile

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Poor doggy. 😢

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (2 children)

Oh I get it, it's funny because he's a filthy degenerate who crossdresses. If he was not that, and simply an accessory to a fascist administration, then there would be nothing to make fun of. Lucky for us super cool totally not fascists, he's one of those disgusting fuckin abominations who gets off on roleplaying as the opposite sex and defying God's natural plan.

I swear to god dude, some rainbow-capitalist liberal government is what's gonna send me to a camp if I ever get to one, yall are fuckin defenseless against fascism.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The difference is that fascists crumple under ridicule. It's an idealogy entirely dependant on maintaining the appearance of incredible power (strategic, political and physical) and anything that makes them look lame or maybe a bit kooky completely subverts the entire premise.

Therefore, setting aside normal rules of "no kink shaming" for example to redicule fascists hurts the fascists far more than it hurts those with actually extreme/subversive kinks. Fascists have no defense against redicule, meanwhile someone mocked for simply engaging in kink with other consenting adults can simply say "I like what I like and everyone involved consented so what's it to you?"

For a real world example, the Ku Klux Klan was heavily set back about a century ago when a journalist wrote an expose about how goofy their super-secret ceremonies are that they do behind closed doors, and suddenly people stopped seeing them as scary masked mobs but instead started seeing them as sad angry men who engage in silly dress up games with other sad angry men.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago

The fact that you think this is about being bad meanies and kinkshaming and not like, misogyny and transphobia while both women and trans people are losing their legal protections in the US is telling. You think this is about making them look "goofy?" Have you maybe considered you're not in the position to intuitively understand how problematic the specific conditions of this "goofyness" is? I say intuitively as it is already obvious you haven't read a fucking thing about any of these topics, let alone how fascists and liberals launder their values on these topics. Think for one fucking second why it would be bad to see these Nazis as engaging in "silly dressup games" specifically in reference to crossdressing as a woman.

I do not give a shit about being mean to fascists, they deserve to suffer, I care about preventing liberals and fascists from reproducing their values and directing violence at vulnerable groups. If you're still at the point where the debate is "be mean or don't be mean," you should step back and stop approaching these kinds of discussions as though you're an authority. You wanna be mean to these people? Howbout you make fun of them for being fascists or at the very least don't make fun of some other group to do it.

Before you respond, ask yourself if you are the kind of person who should get a say on whether this is harmful.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I agree.

I do get it. Part of me wants to do the same because I find their worldviews to be ridiculous and that makes me want to use them to insult them even more. It seems ridiculous, like telling someone "you're a duck, quack quack quack," and them then being gravely insulted. It's just stupid. They're just stupid.

The reality, though, is there are enough of these bigots that they affect the reality we all live in, including the meaning of the terms they use, and this changes the implications when others use them. I don't use them, despite my childish, vindictive urge to do so, because I don't want to further reinforce the hurt they've already caused.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter what is cathartic for you if your response to fascists functions to further their goals. The fundamental joke of this post is that this man is foolish for pretending to be a woman. Whether or not he is "stupid" for being a bigot with a crossdressing kink (as many bigots do), the common value both in his fetishization of feminisation and jokes such as this is that it is demeaning to present feminine in a male body.

Liberals are far too self-satisfied with identifying "hypocrisy" in this man's actions to interrogate their own misogyny and transphobia when they respond to it. They think their internally held values somehow reduces the consequences of their actions, so contributing to the genocide of trans people through the reinforcement of these values is misrecognized as justified because they are, "making fun of the bad guys;" much to the benefit of fascists.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

You know I'm agreeing with you in my previous comment, right?

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