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There is a Tumblr post from some years ago which immediately sprang back to the forefront of my mind, because it's relevant and, ultimately, seems to come up every time a rich (usually but not always white, because wealth in the US, Canada and GB are functionally tied to a lack of melanin) gay guy decides to put money and institutional cachet ahead of basic human decency and the rest of the LGBTQIA+ community.

It's titled "Pete Buttigieg is just a faggot." And if the title throws you off at first, that's understandable, but that's not the author's view of Pete Buttigieg. It's the author's very accurate and piercing impression of what the conservatives think of him, of what the fascists believe him to be, of what the people who want us dead will always carry as a reason to want him dead, too.

"Just a faggot."

And with him throwing trans folks under the bus, Mayo Pete gets another distinction, not from the murderous fucktards scything through their own tendons in an effort to get at people who just want to be left alone, but from those people who are now watching him abandon us to the rabid pit bulls.

Quisling. He's just a quisling. And that's all he'll ever be. But unlike the fascists, we don't want to kill him for it. We just won't be inviting him to our birthday parties. We don't like you any more, Mayo Pete. You aren't our kind of guy anymore. They're coming for you, and we'll still try a little to protect you as a decent human being would, but because we know that you wouldn't do the same for us, we might be forgiven for trying a lot less hard.

Kind of an important difference, wouldn't you say? If you stop sucking up to the Orange Hitler Party, they'll want you shot dead. If you stop advocating for us, we'll just sigh and chalk you up as one more fair-weather ally, to be voted out and forgotten.

https://www.tumblr.com/vaspider/687643661640581120/pete-buttigieg-is-just-a-faggot-its-very