▲ 899 ▼ Probably accurate (hexbear.net) submitted 1 month ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8955441 He was a coomer, Ben Franklin?
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (2 children) “Bonomi concluded that Lord Cornbury’s crossdressing was likely invented by his political enemies as character assassination.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) "They were roommates!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago Sometimes it’s a “Sappho and her friend” situation, but it sounds like this guy was just a straight crook. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) And...? My point was that the Founders would have been familiar with the idea of transgender. Also, most of them had studied the Classics, and would have known about Sappho and the initiation rituals of the Spartan warriors. Homosexualism* wasn't invented in the 20th Century. *I can't find the video, but I once heard William F. Buckley use that word and it's lived in my head ever since. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) … and your statement is totally false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago Were you there? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) "They were roommates!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago Sometimes it’s a “Sappho and her friend” situation, but it sounds like this guy was just a straight crook. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago Sometimes it’s a “Sappho and her friend” situation, but it sounds like this guy was just a straight crook. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 child) And...? My point was that the Founders would have been familiar with the idea of transgender. Also, most of them had studied the Classics, and would have known about Sappho and the initiation rituals of the Spartan warriors. Homosexualism* wasn't invented in the 20th Century. *I can't find the video, but I once heard William F. Buckley use that word and it's lived in my head ever since. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) … and your statement is totally false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago Were you there? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) … and your statement is totally false. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago Were you there? permalink fedilink source parent
