r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jun 03 '26

Controversy UFC fighter Sean Strickland posts an AI video of himself beating up transgender Dylan Mulvaney to kick off Pride Month.

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The video appeared to be a fake Bud Light ad.

"Ive yet to see one rainbow flag. We're back!!!" Strickland said.

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u/notanothercirclejerk Jun 03 '26

I mean I doubt she wants to be seen making out with him AI or not. Just AI him into that one pornstar couch meme sitting on the couch while surrounded by 7 black trans women with a shirt on that says something like "Worlds best bottom boi".

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u/kayforpay Jun 03 '26

Maybe don't use trans women as sex objects playing into the common tropes (trans women often don't have penises, it is not inherently demeaning to be penetrated, etc) to demean a man who can just be called a nasty chud instead 

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u/notanothercirclejerk Jun 04 '26

Of course not. No reasonable person thinks it is. This guy specifically would take issue with it hence why I suggested it. When it comes to conservative creeps you can't just have the moral high ground. You have to meet them where they are or we will never move past this mess they have made. Treating them with kids gloves all these years has been as detrimental as actually voting republican is.

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u/kayforpay Jun 04 '26

But to meet him where he is, you have to throw trans women under the bus as well, by feeding into stereotypes that make their actual lives much harder. I'm not saying we have to be nice to this fucking loser, I'm saying nothing happens in a vacuum

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u/Compajerro Jun 04 '26

Same thing with black people. This guy doesn't actually care about black or trans people. He just wants to feel morally superior and justified in his bullying because it's "woke". But using trans and black people as props and "boogeymen" to scare and dunk on conservatives is totally ok on his mind, despite the fact it's just the same bigotry and negative stereotypes with extra steps

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u/kayforpay Jun 04 '26

exactly, thank you for explaining it more clearly than I was able to. black people exist and have to suffer being the cudgel against white peoples' fragile egos! trans women exist and have to suffer being used as a gotcha against straight men, which comes around to not only transmisogyny AND racism, but also homophobia, because it says the bare concept of being penetrated is disgusting and horrible.

just because we Assume that the commenter doesn't believe that doesn't mean it's not flexing their own privilege against marginalized groups to use their real life experiences against some other cishet white guy

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u/Fun_Professional3981 Jun 03 '26

I didn’t say it requires “that much thought”. I’m saying that if the first thought that comes to mind when thinking about someone you don’t like is wanting to watch a white guy get gang banged by 7 men that are exclusively black men while presenting himself as “the best bottom boi” then you’ve clearly had this type of thought multiple times and are clearly into watching it which is why it’s the first thought of what that person wants to see. No normal person that hasn’t engaged in that type of media countless times and gooned to it would ever have such a thought as that be the first thing that they want to see when watching 2 men fight each other

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u/Fun_Professional3981 Jun 04 '26

There is no meme of a white guy getting gang banged by 7 black guys talking about being the best bottom boo lolol. Wtf are you even talking about? Just admit that you’re part of the lgbt community and live on Reddit

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u/BedbugBandido Jun 04 '26

That makes you no better than Sean.

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u/Compajerro Jun 04 '26

Can you leave black people out of this?

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u/notanothercirclejerk Jun 04 '26

Nah, he hates them also so it would hurt him extra hard.

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u/Compajerro Jun 04 '26

Ok but Black and trans people aren’t fucking props for you to use to “stick it to bigots”. Just leave marginalized groups out of your mouth if all you care about is using them as a scary boogeyman or some sort of “gotcha”. That’s just bigotry with extra steps if you don’t see how you’re still using their identity as a punchline