ok, so i had to go look up "marxist" and this is what it said " Marxism is a political and economic theory that aims to create a classless society where everyone works for the common good" oh no not the common good .... (being sarcastic) what the hell ....

Marx used the word 'depreciation' 35 times in the first two volumes of Das Kapital. But he died before cars were invented. Where do economists report the annual depreciation of automobiles? How does planned obsolescence affect that Depreciation?

It's just another word they throw around so they can't control the narrative. Marx had plenty of good ideas, it's just human ego tends to get in the way of most of them.

I don’t think these right wing clowns know what words mean.

Excuse my language, but what in the f**k does that even mean?

Isn't it amazing how many people just believe the shit Republicans say?

100% of people who say “Marxist agenda” have no earthly clue what it means

I think they use it in the context of this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultura...

And I think you're giving them too much credit. This is PhD-level history or poli-sci.

Not so, it's a phrase often used by Nazis as a dog whistle.

Relatively few of today’s Nazis say Marxism is a Jewish plot to subjugate the nation. Doesn’t mean they’re not Nazis, though.

not too many neo-nazis are specifically concerned with Jews these days. they've broadened their scope to eradicating all POC, intellectuals/academics, non-Christians, LGBTQ & leftists.

Conservatives tend to just throw words around without bothering to learn what they mean. Y’know, to own the libs.

Not realizing they are just as much Neo-Libs as Dems are.

Everything maga dislike, is communism, socialism, Marxism and “fascism” as they’re all the same in their eyes. And brainwashed by republicans since McCarthyism. And why they constantly vote against their own interests.

I was just thinking the same looking at that pic

When someone says 'Marxist '. That usually just makes me think: "This person has no clue what they are talking about" very fast. I am very surprised the age we live in how many people are for government control of assets, a companies ran by governments, and a control of resources. /1

Yet they believe that freedom of individuality is somehow communism. So anyone gay cannot be included in capitalism because capitalism is strictly a white straight only venture? Glad to know Communism and Woke now are just buzzwords for people to use as a attack works and they don't know meaning.

They have absolutely no clue but the rightwing fascists just love to use and apply the term to liberals without GD fail. Utter idiots

THAT'S HIS OPINION.

Not sure why anyone would want to lay their life on the line for a prick like this anyway

How the powers does that be cannot see that he is a flawed human being I will never understand stand.

Consider the "flawed human being" who appointed him, and when they accept Donald Trump, that makes accepting Pete Hegseth, nothing!😂

remember, he only promised to quit drinking if he is confirmed. ockham's razor might be relevant here.

I could be his mother and I will put him out of our misery.

Is 'pick' a typo?

Makes you wonder how many of these folks who object to our homosexual friends serving their country with pride have ever served anything other than themselves.

I love how these mothefuckers use boogie man terms in contexts that make no sense other than to sound scary. What the fuck does being gay, and serving in the military have to do with Marxism? Somebody please break that down to me as if I was a 7-year old.

That makes no sense what so ever

Someone this clueless of history would not be allowed to be a school teacher; but today's GOP just keeps sinking lower.

he thinks about homosexuals allot

They all do! I mean constant homoerotic images of Trump, are you fucking kidding me?!

It's because they're all closet cases. They're insecure assholes because what they feel contradicts what they've been told they should feel. People who are secure in their own identities don't act like this.

No one thinks about gay sex more than Republican men.

So true!

SERIOUSLY THO! That’s a wild amount of time contributed to homosexuals.

There’s a reason why Grinder servers get overloaded during the Republican National Conventions.

He wants to meet one at a bar

Plot twist ! He loves gay men so much that he doesn’t want to see them hurt

Grinder on standby with a story

That's because many of them are gay. Self-hate and Andrew Tate, maybe.

if it weren't for the right, would most Americans even know about LGBTQ+ people?

lol it’s not like they are out of the media.

i'm just saying if the right wasnt constantly attacking them or making laws against them, i kind of feel like a group that only represents about 7-8% of the population might not make the news quite as often

I know what you’re saying. They wouldn’t be in need in this negative light

Ya.

“Weird” was the right word.

I bet good ol' Petey-boy couldn't define Marxism, or even say who it was named for.

He has no idea who Marx is. He is so stupid.

Me thinks the lady doth protestif too much.

Why do Republicans only make Marxism sound appealing?

Every gay, Marxist day, I wake up in my gay, Marxist bed, and I think to my gay, Marxist self, "Commie girl, let's go high kick some gay, Marxist a$$ today!"

Just wondering. What makes gay people marxist ..?

Fun fact, by "Marxist" he means "Jewish."

Wouldn’t know a Marxist if he walked into one

Holly prefers professional gay troops, over a man who had to have his Mother "write him a letter of reference", which "Hiring Manager Holly" never saw in her long career!😂

why are straight people so Capital-W Weird and insecure about sex in general? Not just sexual orientation? It may have mattered to military service in Ancient Greece, but they get so hung up about it now because of… what, fear?

Hegseth said he hasn't washed his hands for 10 years because he doesn't think germs are real.

Where in Das Kapital did it say that?

It wasn't in Capital. It was in the LGBTQ+ Manifesto. A spectre is stalking Europe; the spectre of FABULOUS!!!

I think Marx’ writing wouldn’t have been so unendurably boring if he would have had any sort of gay advocacy in them.

This has to be some 'Dumb and Dumber' contest. There is no other explanation. 😅

😡

Marx out of 10 for style? 10!!

I believe Alexander the Great was quite a competent soldier and didn’t display obvious Marxist tendencies…

Closet

The only people bothered by gay people this much are ashamed in the closet. Just come out Pete. No one will care. Plus I’m sure women can tell he is gay.

Response to Hegseth: Blah blah blah idiot blah blah drunk blah blah blah blah christofascist blah blah blah unqualified blah blah blah blah accused rapist blah blah blah blah homophobe blah blah blah bro culture blah blah blah philanderer blah blah blah embarrassment blah. I can use buzzwords too.

Wonder that he didn't blamed it on Richard Marx.

I blame Groucho.

Ummm.... he said what? Was that before or after his 3rd breakfast margarita?

🤣🤣🤣

Discharging gay soldiers is a great way to bring more "Adjusters" onto the scene. But instead of novice level they're coming in pros.

What an empty head. Marxists were never friendly towards gays, unless you count imprisoning them as friendly.

🤣 geez I don't remember that in the manifesto.

I don't think Marx had a thing to say about gays. Why is that still the "go to" slur?

He probably doesn't even know who Marx was and what he wrote.

pretty clear ol' pete doesn't understand "marxist" or "gay." i'm starting to have my doubts about whether he knows what "agenda" means.

I was trying to write a snappy come back but this is so ... stupid, I can't come up with anything genitalia and combat and a philosophical critique of capitalism. Nothing. Wrong category Skippy!

It's raining men! Hallelujah!

George Takei is an American treasure

This piece of garbage is a type who would enjoy going out with his friends and murdering gay and trans people. I could see him smiling while he did it. Just look in those eyes and you can see there is zero empathy in there just nothing but cruel hate and stupidity. Another garbage Republican

I don't know how to say this politely, so I'll just say it. Is being a fucking idiot a prerequisite for joining the Trump cabinet?

I really wish all these self-hating motherfuckers would just admit they're physically intrigued by other men and move the fuck on. I have yet to meet a homophobe who isn't a screaming closet case.

This is already settled and there is evidence that backs up that openly serving has no impact to morale. Neither with woman in combat. At a minimum the security of defense needs to understand data no operate on bullshit opinions. This is ridiculous.

😂😂just when you think you’ve heard all of the dumb they pull out a stunner 😂😂

No one wore a beret better than Che.

Scary. www.dailykos.com/stories/2024...

Marxism is when gay people-

If homosexuals can't serve in the military, then how are we supposed to get to

We'll make our OWN military, with blackjack and unionized sex workers

No. Absolute stupidity being shown here by Pete. Really not that worried by the sexuality of servicemen and women. Could you imagine the US needing conscription/draft? FFS commonsense! FYI UK has settled it's past when it was illegal to be a gay serviceperson. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🙄 At least our Secretary Defense is well read.

Pete Hegseth doth protest too much.

Ask him the difference between Marxism and communism and enjoy the dumbfounded look on his face.

Hegseth's an imbecile.

Marxism is a moneyless society... what does being gay have to do with it?

Wouldn't it be nice if magats actually knew what words mean? But, that'll never happen.

Maybe he meant Harpo -- you could never tell with that guy. :-)

Harpo definitely didn't say anything about it.

Pete has gay tendencies. He’s in the closet. He’s worried people will find out.

It's more the right are bullies and pick on LGBT, particularly trans, because it's a small group they perceive as weak. That's why Holly, whose not 🌈, wears a 🌈🧢 year-round on her public facing job, with full backing of HR, in a county with many Republicans.😁

He -and others- are very concerned with what goes on in bedrooms and bathrooms. Fixated in fact.

politicalamericans.com/pete-hegseth...

Never heard of the Spartans of Greece?

Drink again Pete?

He keeps using that word but I’m not sure he knows what it means.

WTF did Karl Marx, an ECONOMIST, have to do with LGBTQ+?????

There's a stupid typo in that posting; surely it's "Trump's Defence prick"?

🤣🤣👏👏

😅😂🤣

Marx and Engels were anti gay. This man went to Harvard?

The most famous conservative of the 20th Century, Barry Goldwater, once said, "They don't have to be straight. They just have to shoot straight." I thin Pete is closeted.

Tell it to the Spartans, pal!

Being gay means being Marxist? Yikes. So many of my friends need to know that their political ideals or sexual preferences need to change to align with hedgeface's views of the world.

Must have skipped the “gay agenda” part of Das Kapital.

See, I don't get what the dude's long term angle for this is because enlistment is down and between this and wanting women out, we'd lose about 23% of the total current enlisted forces. This dude's hate and bigotryis literally weakening the nation.

Now there could be a push for mandatory service but I don't think that will go anywhere near as well as they may think it will considering a 2022 pentagon report saw 77% of young americans would be unfit to serve.

They will just lower the standards.

Is that true???

Oh yes. It actually made me laugh when I saw it: www.military.com/daily-news/2... www.defense.gov/News/Transcr....

Probably try to do something like mandatory enlistment after high school but private school kids would be exempt. Wouldn’t want their kids risking their lives.

*stars playing "Fortunate Son" for the 100th time this week*

Everyone forgets about Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Women are fucking fierce and can kill people with rifles just as easily as men given the right motivation. Especially given the path of modern warfare (drones on drones on drones), the physical strength arguments lose all meaning.

he couldn't serve with women w/o raping them & he's afraid gay men will treat him the way he treats women. the other half is a renewed campaign of toxic masculinity where you're Not A Man™ unless you've killed somebody in a war.

theonion.com/gays-too-pre...

This immediately came to mind for me as well

ah, more enemy labelling from the fascists. Raise your hand if surprised. Remember, those who won't identify us as fellow Americans can learn to identify us as a f**king problem. All LGBTQ rights are human rights, and they can pry them from my cold dead hands. Literally.

Gay marxist. The gaslightning crossfertilization is fantastic. Can't wait for the next Fox News creation. Feminist jihadi?

This can't be! They're supposed to only be going after us, not the gays, too! They said it was just gonna be the transgenders! (Let me go ahead and throw in an "I told you so." These people are not your friends, irregardless of how many cocks of theirs you have sucked in public restrooms.)

It's been said before but these guys have no idea what words mean, especially this word. He might as well be saying "florple." It's a florple agenda.

This is just me spitballing but when you're hunkered down in a trench and getting shot at the contents of your fellow soldiers' porn folders might not be at the forefront of your mind, but I guess generational lead poisoning and alcoholism and parasites change how you prioritize.

I'm so sick of this crap! Our gay citizens have been serving for generations with the same distinction as every other service member. Get over this Christian Nationalists crap. That's what it is....crap!

"They gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one." -Leonard Matlovich, 1975

You haven't lived until you've seen an alpha male He-Man cut and run in the middle of a firefight

They can’t let this bozo get the job, can they?

Sooner or later, everyone is going to have to figure out what side of The French Revolution they are on. This guy is on The Wrong Side!

He needs to have a set down with our Secretary of Transportation.

I think only manly young male offspring of alpha male conservative millionaires and billionaires is the only way to go to ensure the genetic testosterone laden purity our military needs under Pete.

He needs to look at what communists did to gays in China.

No gay people, no women, no trans women or trans men. No muslim people, no… whatever group is next. Just a bunch of white guys looking around at suspiciously emptier barracks being asked to compete at the same level as before with fewer qualified people and hoping not to DEI

Bigots…besides money, that’s what every cabinet pick shares in common…they’re all proud bigots.

How does it really have anything to do with Marxism though? Does it speak to the history of labor evolving through slavery, feudalism, capitalism and beyond? I wish people knew what the fuck Marxism was. Maybe they wouldn’t be so scared of it.

That guy has such a hateface.

Unlike MAGATs, I’ve actually read Marx and Engels. They really weren’t all that interested in supporting gays.

What? A Marxists agenda? WTF? Marx was a homophobe and when Marxism was implemented in Russia they made being gay illegal. So WTF are these freaks on the right even talking about?

Employing someone open to blackmail to oversee it is a far greater risk.

A brilliant reply, sir.

Marxist in magalandese is everything they don't like.

trump & fellow magats, ever since Obama.. they're (that would be 'us') are Marxist, communist, socialist- fascists who follow black liberation christianity- they're (that would 'us') are anti-god, hate christians & they're (that would be ..) atheists, Satanists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDl5...

How exactly does this bitch think banning women, gay ppl, trans ppl and more will solve the military recruitment problem?

They are all on Putin's "bitch list" so us being crippled defensively is kinda the point. P

Narrowing the pool of people and constricting the outlook and ideas of the people in the armed forces should make them easier to beat. Though that's more about solving the other guys' recruitment problems.

Karl Marx never once mentioned any LGTBQ+ etc. in his writings, the subject never came up; he was focused more on the battle between the working class and the capitalist overlords. He might have got round to it later, but we will never know.

Maybe he meant Groucho?

Typical of pretty much everyone in their era Marx and Engels were both virulent homophobes. Homosexuality was outlawed in the Soviet Union right until the end. A Marxist military wouldn't just refuse gay service members, it would actively purge them. Like Pete Hegseth plans to do.

I swear to Christ. I don't think these fuckers know what words mean half the time.

Respectfully, can you please stop reposting from the dark place? We left there for a reason! Love ya though!!

This may cause a brain bleed... youtu.be/W2jgrGtiYHE

I want to leave red marx all over his face

Having spent an undergrad semester some (many) years ago on critical Marxist thought, I don't recall this ever being an issue for Marx and Engels. The rich eating the labour of the poor and maybe they shouldn't -- well, that was a thing for them. Gay troops? Not so much. 🤷‍♀️😏

These guys' souls are empty and heartless.

It disturbs me that Timothy Olyphant will have to be the guy who plays this asshole in the biopic. I just hope viewers have enough media literacy to not attribute this asshole's behavior to my boy Tim. We know lots of stupid people have issue with the actor who played Joffery in GoT for example.

How did he get a college education without learning the definition of Marxism?

So he's a shoe-in for the job. Fits MAGA perfectly.

He has fully lost the plot, like good lord :P

Can't see his reasoning on that. But suppressing gay troops is a fascist one.

All this gay paranoid nonsense is a bonafide trademark of a fascist & a dog whistle. Blame, blame. Find it interesting they don’t mention the large number of catholic priests or evangelical child molesters amongst us. Now that’s the real monstrosity!!

dear senators in hegseth's confirmation hearing: please require him to quote Karl Marx's words on gay men in the military. we can't keep letting them just call everything that makes them uncomfortable "Marxism."

There’s nothing within the realm of Marxism that discusses LGBTQ+ at all. There’s that classic right wing bs of conflating anything they don’t understand as “Comm-uh-nizz-um”.

"Fabulous" in this context means it's a tall tale! I guess it works when your audience are morons.

Fascists sure like to blame Marx for everything they don't like.

Curious, that 🤔

Is it?

Only if someone doesn't understand the interplay between liberal adherence to capitalist dogma and the rise of fascism in defense of that dogma, then yes 😅

Now he is walking back all his misogynistic, homophobic and racists comments all to win votes. The senators are all drinking that kool aid now 😡

Gay = Marxist now? 🤷‍♂️

It’s about time the barracks get designer curtains.

"Everything I don't like is communism." 😖

They think Marxist is such a dirty word, like Woke.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS -must love trump -must hate who he hates

Anyone as Rob Smith?? That gay solder who turned pro Trump??

So does that mean I don't have to die in a war I don't believe in?

But they make the uniform look good

Who is this Marxy and where can I see her perform?

Hegseth uses that word... but I don't think it means what he thinks it means. 🤔🙄

I doubt he knows what anything means.

You're not wrong, tho! "NO FEEEEEMALES IN THE MILITARY!" yet he has his mommy fight his battles for him.

Ah yes, the famous Marxist gay agenda. From the book Das Schwul Kapital.

No. It allows someone to serve their country

The military could use a hint of color...

Clearly Petey has never heard of the Ghost Army.

What about Dems forcing children to suffer? Why make a bill against your own voter's Trans children?

Did Marx want to fill the army with gays? I guess there’s a lot of history I still need to learn.

Me too.

Yes, and he really prefers the Hitler agenda, so that's a nonstarter for him.

He's an asshole!

It's a real shame that we've allowed these intellectual degenerates to muddy and dilute the meanings of words to the point where any real political or economic analysis is nearly impossible to convey to the general public.

He insults #Marx.

These MF's are living proof that having a college degree doesn't remotely equate to having any intelligence.

The Rapepublicans have already removed gender affirming care from the military budget, step one on removing transgender people, then they will remove gay people, then they will remove women.

Groucho agrees!

Ah yes, everyone knows the most famous part of Das Kapital and the integral theme of the communist manifesto is gay people existing.

Right, because the Marxist were all about the gay community 🙄

Not read Das Kapital but is it in there?

Such an amazing lack of imagination in these people. But they make up for it with an incredible amount of self-interest.

When you lump everything good into Marxism, at some point Marxist socialism becomes the winner. I cant wait for that day 🌹

Yeah. The more I hear about this Marx fellow, the more it sounds like, "don't threaten us with a good time".

George, you rogue you.

So, I guess that make Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK all Marxist?

And proud of it....

Omg, people get over it; if someone is willing to put their life on the line to protect our country who care who they love or have sex with. Grow up!!

Huh. I would of thought Marxism would be hostile to gay people. I’m dumb I guess

Putting ketchup on hotdogs is a Marxist agenda. Spelling ketchup catsup is a Maoist agenda!

"Everything I hate is Marxism!"

He clearly doesn’t understand the term “Marxist.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

These guys just spew words and have no idea what they mean

Still really confused what homosexuality and Marxism has to do with each other. Marx literally never once wrote about gay folk.

Hegseth doesn't even know what a Marxist actually is, much less even spell the word.

Words have no meaning anymore. Theyre just thrown around for the sake of “gotcha” moments despite making no logical sense.

Ignatius J. Reilly, star of A Confederacy of Dunces, has the idea that the gay community outing closeted members of the military in every country would lead to worldwide love and an end to war. All he got in return was a wild gay party in New Orleans, but you have to respect his intentions.

Ah yes everyone remembers the famous part of Mein Kampf in which he lauded the gays for their work ethic.

😂

Pete should probably stay away from big words he doesn't understand.

You know someone thinks you're an western imperialist pigdog moron when they just start throwing Marxist around like it's the powerword for fear.

I hate to break it to everyone, given the odds, we probably have had over 100 homosexual CMOH recipients, 600 DSC recipients, and 5K Silver Star recipients. I'll take that any day over a man who is an alleged rapist and alcoholic, & with a dubious service record. This guy can fuck off. #hegseth

Ah yes, the old I didn’t even know Marx was an actual human that wrote books that I should have read before forming opinions schtick.