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brian sims: openly gay pennsylvania state representative. future POTUS (he's got my vote, unf). (imgur.com)

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[–]QuestionSign 197ポイント198ポイント  (63子コメント)

I feel bad for him, most comments from gay men on him have absolutely nothing to do with his actual work and what not but are all about how hot he is and he has tried to distance himself from that but it's gotta be rough

[–]iaro 55ポイント56ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree. So many of the comments on his FB posts from people are so cringey. Yes he is handsome but treat him with the respect he deserves not a piece of meat!

[–]jerichojerry 27ポイント28ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't. As a politician, part of his job is to increase his public profile, most comments from gay men may be about his appearance, but most gay men probably have zero comments about most junior congressmen. As one's profile rises, it becomes increasingly difficult to frame the conversation of the nattering classes, a ready source of scandal as scorn, and here ready made for all the nitwits is natter material. Now he just needs to be marginally competent

[–]-Massachoosite[M] 11ポイント12ポイント  (4子コメント)

I was going to remove this thread as it's just a hot guy pic, however due to the discussion generated by this top level comment I'm leaving it up.

[–]QuestionSign 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

you know me Mass, I live to stir up comments :-D

[–]ElranzerMasc -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

So it's staying up because it manifested /r/gaybroscirclejerk?? ;-)

[–]cointoss13 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

Soo much this ^

It's fine to think he's attractive. I do too, but please PLEASE don't vote for him just because you think he's "hot". Actually consider his policy.

It's our government not IML ;-)

[–]Cali_Val 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

fun fact, this is one of the reasons women weren't allowed to vote. They were seen as small minded & would judge man by his looks, more than his political slate.

I think, and I may be wrong, some of that was proven with electing Kennedy. I know there's something out there supporting that but I can't look for it right now

[–]professionaldinosaur 15ポイント16ポイント  (12子コメント)

Is it actually a negative effect, though? I'm sure the gay men who only care about his looks would just not pay him any notice if he wasn't so handsome. The people who would care about his politics will still care even though he is also hot. It just seems like he gets some extra exposure.

[–]QuestionSign 2ポイント3ポイント  (11子コメント)

if it lead to people finding out what he stands for sure, but i highly doubt it does :/

[–]professionaldinosaur 19ポイント20ポイント  (10子コメント)

Well count me as one person who got interested in his politics after swooning over his beautiful face

[–]zwiebelsaftIAmAn ass man. AMA. 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

I personally wouldn't, since he's kind of a diva as a politician and has a somewhat mediocre voting record in my book. Plus, one can't help but wonder why his AMA session was on /r/Gaybros instead of /r/Politics, /r/Pennsylvania, /r/philadelphia or even /r/IAmA.

[–]-Massachoosite 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Presumably because the other subreddits didn't ask him to come.

[–]zwiebelsaftIAmAn ass man. AMA. 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you submit proof to /r/IAmA, you can have a session.

[–]biggerthanthegov 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Mediocre voting record?

[–]Empathy_Crisis 8ポイント9ポイント  (5子コメント)

"People can't stop focusing on how hot I am. Please help!"

Edit: Confused. Am I being downvoted because y'all seriously think being too hot is a problem?

[–]QuestionSign 15ポイント16ポイント  (2子コメント)

yes it is a problem.

Calm your thirst for a moment and think about it.

How can you be taken seriously when all anyone cares about his "how hot you are"

it's gotta be demoralizing.

[–]Empathy_Crisis 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

He gets the benefits of being hot, he can get the downside (if one even exists) too.

Edit: So you guys think he should reap the benefits of the Attractive Bubble and not deal with any fallback whatsoever?

And honestly, I still think he's benefitting from his looks. QuestionSign's operating under a false premise in the first place and basing his entire opinion of gay men's reactions on this one thread in this one sub in one part of the Internet.

Most people aren't going to look at him and say "I want your hot body." They're just going to think "Something about him looks like a leader. I trust him and want to hear what he has to say." He'll be given more passes for mistakes and he'll get more recognition than an ugly candidate.

And even if people are just voting for him because he's attractive, it's still a vote. This poor, hot candidate...

[–]bruceville_road 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep you're absolutely correct. Cry me a river "waaa I'm hot"

[–]ok2nvmeThermbrodynamic Broefficient 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

You're being downvoted because that little intersection on the Venn Diagram between "Socially Retarded" and "Computer Literate" is where reddit's user base lives.

[–]dogslikeus 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is difficult but I think there's an upside which is that people will listen to what he says. This gives you an opportunity to get a message out when people might not otherwise pay attention. A friend of mine who is an escort uses that platform to talk a lot about race and other issues within the gay community.

[–]ghostofpennwast 4ポイント5ポイント  (23子コメント)

Wow I'm pretty, what a struggle

[–]QuestionSign 49ポイント50ポイント  (19子コメント)

the bitterness people have and lack of perspective that i often see in this sub is sometimes just sad.

he wants to be taken as a serious politician not as your porn fantasy :/

[–]Empathy_Crisis 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

Why is it "bitter" to be skeptical about an utterly ridiculous claim?

The fact that he's hot isn't a disadvantage. Your attempts to protect him from all of his imaginary detractors is strange, to say the least.

[–]QuestionSign 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

no it's bitter to act like because someone is attractive there isn't some type of difficulty associated with it.

so many of y'all have so many personal image issues you simply can't fathom that other people who you consider "hot" struggle with issues as well.

[–]ok2nvmeThermbrodynamic Broefficient 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

As someone who has no image issues, take it from me, "the difficulty associated with being hot" is all in your head.

[–]Empathy_Crisis 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

no it's bitter to act like because someone is attractive there isn't some type of difficulty associated with it.

so many of y'all have so many personal image issues you simply can't fathom that other people who you consider "hot" struggle with issues as well.

I never said "Hot people don't struggle." You can be hot and struggle, and you can be rich and struggle.

Being hot doesn't make you immune to hardship, but it does open many more doors than it closes. It's objectively easier to be attractive than it is to be average or unattractive, just as it's easier to be rich than to be middle-class or poor.

[–]QuestionSign -2ポイント-1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Reading some of the responses yes it is in fact about attractiveness in general. My response was not just about you but the series of responses I've gotten on the matter.

[–]-Massachoosite 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I agree with you. You're saying that people focusing on his looks may open doors, but it also means people aren't listening to what he is saying and are rather just opening the doors, saying oh he's pretty, and leaving it at that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but your frustration is more with the fact that folks are less inclined to listen to the actual words he is saying because of this.

[–]QuestionSign 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

yes this is pretty much exactly why I find it frustrating

[–]Nezgul 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

It is when you're a politician and trying to be taken seriously.

Honestly, how would you feel if a female politician was only taken seriously because she had big tits? It's incredibly disrespectful.

[–]ericvwgolf 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ummm.... Sarah Palin?? Oh, yeah, she wasn't taken seriously. After she opened her mouth and Bush-isms spilled out. Before that, everyone was interested because she is attractive. If she had something intelligent to say, she would have gotten her foot in the door with the looks, and then been successful. Pretty people don't have to work at being intelligent because most of the time, people give them whatever they want just because they are attractive.

[–]thieveries 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

LOL, sucks to suck.