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Those dimples! Consider me groomed.

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I watched the ad, but I struggled to see the part where the gay couple was having sex. It looked to me like they were just sitting on a couch contemplating the purchase of a home. Or did I miss something? Anyway, it seems like Zillow is just trying to sell its services. Maybe the Christian conservatives should protest against capitalism.

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After seeing that ad, I had an undeniable and irrepressible need to have buttsex. But, alas, I do not have anyone to buttsex me and my dick won't reach my butthole. Suggestions are welcome.

Fuck Ted Cruz.

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Gonna start my protest group called ONE MILLION DILDOS. idk what the next step is, but the third is profit!

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2) a miracle occurs

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What exactly is the “LGTBQ agenda”? To exist and own homes? Horrifying.

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We're on a mission to make every person on the planet GHEY!!! Because…REASONS!!!

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Hey, Monica!

I grew up in the (Baptist) church.

Baptized at 7.

Leader of the youth group.

Soloist in the 100-voice youth choir.

Valedictorian of the church-run high school.

Queer as a 3-dollar bill!

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I hear gay people also live indoors in actual houses.

This apparently upsets her.

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Houses?! We were supposed to live in fabulous palaces, with divans and throw pillows and bitchy pool boys!

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This ain't exactly Tom of Finland, who I learned about from an article in the latest New York Review of Books. He was an artist who had his heyday in the 70s and 80s and who specialized in gay erotica, though apparently not outright porn. Google will bring up samples.

Oddly, seeing his work didn't turn me gay.

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I've been to the Tom of Finland house. It's a Craftsman mansion in Silver Lake. It's pretty fantastic.

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Oh yes... outright porn.

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…yet. Give it time. 😜

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Right?! 😵‍💫

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Well that’s it! Now I have to travel back RIGHT THIS MINUTE from Orlando to New Jersey and BUTTSEKS my husband because you make me watch this commercial! How very dare you!1!

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>we are even more concerned that the commercial is airing when children are likely watching television.

> Airing this advertisement during family viewing time crosses a line that Zillow should have never crossed.

Monica Cole has had this same job for decades (identifying as an organization of one million moms despite actually just being one person employed by the American Family Association). One of my "favorite" aspects of her rants is that she seemingly hasn't updated her macros since she started. This ad, just like all other ads in 2024, does not "air" at a particular time.

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Ta, Evan. I actually watched the commercial. Neither Monica nor Cole is an uncommon name, and I really feel for all the no-million-moms-and-others named Monica Cole whose good name HateMom™️ has trashed. I'm sure they've been traumatized -- that is, if they're even aware she exists.

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Isn't "learning a lesson" what you get when you do something wrong and suffer the consequences? For example, I touch a hot stove and get a burn, so I learn the lesson not to touch hot stoves.

Zillow did nothing wrong, ergo there is no "lesson" to be learned.

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There is a lesson, but it isn’t Zillow’s to learn.

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I went to the TAKE ACTION NOW! link on the page and submitted several responses (SIGN THE PETITION!) using fake names and email addresses and they went through. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! Name: YourGayKids WillHateYou email: jesus@gmail.com. Be Creative! Maybe the folks at Zillow who maybe have to read this stuff will get a laugh. Sorry for getting you on the OneMillionMoms email list, though, Jesus. You have suffered enough.

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That ad is adorable! And I would far rather have those two cuties living next door to me than the cop who lives there now, who wears t-shirts his department REALLY should know about, and would, except that he'd know it was me who sent them the photos.

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Anita Bryant rolls over in her grave.....

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This DOUBLE SIN. An 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 gay home buying couple.

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I thought east Asians were considered honorary white people in most circles.

(The whole thing is loathsome, but I bet a lotta "I'm not racist" but oh-yes-they-are-somewhat-racist folks think this way.)

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Yes but only if you aren't talking about academic achievement vs. white people.

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By the way, some of the lowest-achieving students I've ever taught were kids who shared last names with buildings on the campus. Just sayin'.

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Or the quota system for stupid white kids.

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She’s only complaining about the gay couple because she can’t complain they’re an interracial couple.

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I guarantee you that if one member of that couple was an African-American, she’d be enthusiastically blowing the miscegenation dog whistle as well.

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