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It’s called “Calendargate,” and it’s raising the question of what — and whom — the right-wing war on “wokeness” is really for.

While most people were enjoying the holidays, extremely online conservatives were fighting about a pinup calendar.

Last month, Ultra Right Beer — a company founded as a conservative alternative to allegedly woke Bud Light — released a 2024 calendar titled “Conservative Dad’s Real Women of America 2024 Calendar.” The calendar contains photos of “the most beautiful conservative women in America” in various sexy poses. Some, like anti-trans swimmer Riley Gaines and writer Ashley St. Clair, are wearing revealing outfits; others, like former House candidate Kim Klacik, are fully clothed. No one is naked.

But this mild sexiness was just a bit too much for some prominent social conservatives, who started decrying the calendar in late December as (among other things) “demonic.” The basic complaint is that the calendar is pandering to married men’s sinful lust, debasing conservative women, and making conservatives seem like hypocrites when they complain about leftist immorality.

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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

That’s what “conservatives” get for allowing that MAGA shit in their party.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

But what if Dana Loesch has a dick?

[–] Scientician@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This ridiculousness is the most naval gazing I've ever seen from conservatives. Seems to be in the wrong direction though.

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

That's right, a true naval gaze is always out to sea. 😁

[–] generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the most beautiful conservative women

So, no one?

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

I didn't bother looking to see who is and isn't in the calendar, nor do I know any conservative women aside from the loudmouth dumb asses, but you just know someone like Boebert would privately sulk if she wasn't in there.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

LOL, let them fight. Also, the right wing's weird obsession with trans women is just soooo revealing. I think they have some real inner demons they are wrestling with. I truly think some of them are deathly afraid they'll be "fooled" by a trans woman and one of their buddies will find out and tease them mercilessly and their inner proclivities will be revealed...

I think people that are on the more hetero end of the sexuality scale don't really think about this kind of thing at all (other than - "hey, that's not really my jam, but live and let live"). But it seems to consume a certain kind of man, I've noticed.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

By definition, a man being attracted to a femininity is the least homo thing possible. A man dating a woman is a hetero relationship, irregardless if she is cis or trans. Ironically, this post is telling on yourself for your own bias against trans people.

If you are gonna speak about trans issues, then you need to understand the issues they face. Because frankly, this sort of argument does more harm than good.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Having dated as a pre-op trans woman, there absolutely are a bunch of guys who clearly want cock (as in they beg me to top them/let them go down on me/cover them in rivers of sticky jizz), but still want to think of themselves as straight and feel guilty about wanting said cock. I think this is the population OP was talking about, they are often referred to as "chasers".

My guess is that there are more conservatives in this situation because of the social repression associated with that belief. I also know from experience that unwanted feelings of attraction are often sublimated into anger and disgust ... b-b-b-BAKA!

The guys who call themselves pan or bi and are like "I like tits, I like cock, let's do this" behave completely differently and far less weird.

And there are also haters because Fox News told them to be (my father is one of them).

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Perhaps! I am a trans woman not interested in bottom surgery, and that has led to a lot of men saying "where there is two pensises it's gay", regardless of the fact that I outwardly pass as a cis woman and have no interest in "using" my penis. Chasers were a real problem for me as well while I was dating, before my current (ace) relationship.

I think we could probally agree that there is a lot more conservative bigots out there then closeted chasers, but that's kinds inherently unknowable, it's not like these guys are gonna self report on survey.

So to my mind, it seems more likely to read this as a well intending yet confused ally instead of the much smaller subset of "publicly republican/closeted chasers".

(and Im sorry for your father, my own family thinks I am dead because they are too concerned with making America great than respecting me)

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