The Garlic Bread Memes page. It’s intended to be a safe space for garlic bread aficionados to meet other, like-minded garlic-bread aficionados in a compassionate, non-judgemental environment.
But now, all that has changed. The page, which has over 250,000 followers, has been torn asunder by a controversial meme that’s left many followers feeling oppressed and misunderstood.
As Pink News reports, the page is usually home to lighthearted, only slightly terrifying memes such as these:
But ever since one meme decided to confront gender identity, garlic bread has lost some of its considerable savor:
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So now, the transgender hysteria that’s not so convincingly sweeping the world has moved out of the bathroom and into the kitchen.
“I posted it because I find it funny,” said the 18-year-old who runs the page, in an interview with Buzzfeed. “The meme is not transphobic, in my opinion at least. I honestly think that there are two genders. Trans people are not a gender –- they are people that move from gender A to gender B.”
One transman said the meme is all in good fun, albeit in a way that allowed creative use of the term “butthurt”:
And there’s “butthurt” aplenty. Many members are upset that this garlic-themed meme not-so subtly argued that there are only two genders in the whole known universe.
And then, some people insisted on asking completely reasonable questions.
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