Yahoo News 20 funny reactions to conservatives angry that Netflix 'turned Alexander the Great gay'
This week, Netflix released a six-part docu-drama about Alexander the Great causing conservative brains to explode when they found out the storied military leader was in fact bisexual.
The horror!
Alexander: Making of a God explores the life of Alexander the Great, including his sexuality, and features interviews with experts as well as reenactments of his life.
It's these reenactments that have conservatives in a homophobic uproar. An early moment in the series shows Alexander and his general Hephaestion kissing, and of course, the anti-woke crowd is not happy about it.
End Wokeness — an account on X popular with the right-wing crowd — was deeply offended by the detection of homosexuality, writing, "Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great. Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay."
Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great. Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay. pic.twitter.com/y56b4eDkjb
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 5, 2024
Then, when X added a Community Note debunking his claim, pointing out that historians agree that Alexander had sexual relationships with other men. At this point, End Wokeness doubled down and said, "It's still unproven speculation and should definitely not be shoved into the first 8 minutes."
It seems like this person missed the day their history teacher covered ancient Greece because it was queer AF. You can't look at it through modern eyes because the binary of homosexual and heterosexual didn't exist then, and men had sex with other men all the time without shame. There was even a Theban military commander who created The Sacred Band of Thebes, comprised solely of pairs of male lovers.
Luckily, X was flooded with posts from people rightly pointing out that only a dense person would be angry that Alexander the Great's relationships with men were included in a series about him. From people calling out the absurd straight panic to people laughing at anyone who didn't know Ancient Greeks were super queer, we can't get enough of the funny posts.
See the most hilarious reactions below!
"They turned Alexander the Great gay!"
Buddy. Do I have news for you about the Greeks. pic.twitter.com/JwEca9c4GB— Ant 💀 Working Right Now on a Novel (@AGramuglia) February 5, 2024
Wait, why is there straight panic about Netflix apparently making Alexander the Great gay? I thought everyone knew this? pic.twitter.com/6PO3MZ3WEi
— LEV.IS not LEE.VAIZ (Lev)⚪ (@LevisRyann) January 31, 2024
So let me get this straight(pun intended) people are mad about the “documentary” on netflix that states Alexander The Great was gay?
Really?
Tell me you know nothing about ancient greek culture.
He was bisexual. Everyone with a brain knows that.
Education matters. pic.twitter.com/wcHlknu4Wn— Shanna Talley (@Oracle1313) February 7, 2024
Hephaestion, learning that someone named Netflix is taking credit for “making” Alexander the Great gay: https://t.co/lmgRJYexJy pic.twitter.com/AjWUwABFTa
— darlene (seasonal depression edition) (@HashtagDarlene) February 6, 2024
this is extra good because like ancient greece being gay is like very complicated and based on power and not actually homosexuality but alexander the great… he was just actually gay https://t.co/zaZ0wEPgKb
— dauntless declan (@ganseyfromme) February 6, 2024
If ‘Alexander the Great was gay’ was on a bingo card it’d be the free square in the center. https://t.co/AAltFsIZkP
— Jared King (@jdkingwrites) February 6, 2024
“is there anything the woke left won’t take from us?”
alexander the great in his war tent with one hundred dudes: https://t.co/6ERHclwgIf pic.twitter.com/D9dXsSEl97— politiks (@TheBlobfishfan) February 6, 2024
There is no hetero explanation for this
(And yes this is a legit pic of Alexander the Great, colourized obviously) pic.twitter.com/hzbgV5UMHc— Gleeok Stan Account (@csmith03) February 5, 2024
Hephaestion getting his 'made Alexander the Great gay' credit yanked out from under his nose: https://t.co/dSxZKLCDUy pic.twitter.com/fsXC2DEgTW
— DK (@gjzzh424) February 6, 2024
i’m watching that new alexander the great documentary on netflix and i just found out that his great love was the… — is there a single historical figure who didn’t have something a little gay going on https://t.co/DDfWWJWcBE
— moon 🌙 (@moonflower1306) February 7, 2024
after i came out, i was watching tv with my dad and he said something was bothering him. he told me he named me after Alexander the Great, but that was before he found out he was gay. and he felt bad if naming me after a gay guy made me gay. “I just wanted you to be successful!” https://t.co/MdOQrCbF0e
— alex (@alex_abads) February 6, 2024
I'm sorry I'm struggling with the idea of the person who knows who Alexander the Great was who doesn't know he fucked guys https://t.co/QQ05hyTjXJ
— cai (@AnneNotation) February 6, 2024
Them Alexander the Great wasn't gay!!
Ancient Greece pic.twitter.com/nO9uGvp8LC— Emma-just about done She/Her 🇮🇪✊🇵🇸🇺🇦 (@branfan91) February 6, 2024
Me watching @endwokness crying they made Alexander the Great bi sexual, and millions of boomers cheering him on, realizing they don’t know anything about the society the founders based america on and have probably never read a history book about anything. https://t.co/BY6VDUfql4 pic.twitter.com/BhasRUnAQX
— overly zealous Ramba Ral (@RambaRhal) February 6, 2024
it'd be a shame if someone were to google the lovers of alexander the great pic.twitter.com/g4vLDtJF0O
— Jack ❄️ Frost ❄️ Gardner (@Riverboatjack) February 6, 2024
alexander the great at kissing boys
— Jenna SaysQuoi (@jennasaysquoi) February 6, 2024
Yes, because if Alexander the Great and Ancient Greek society is famous for only one thing, that one thing is obviously heterosexuality. https://t.co/oPJukU8Exu
— Calamity Jay (@AKAJayBirdRN) February 6, 2024
Alexander the Great was so gay that he learned of Achilles & Patroclus & said "Hot damn, I need me a tragic gay lover too!"
I'm not even being sarcastic. He modeled his relationship with Hephaestion after their legend. https://t.co/N23aRGsEau— 🍉Samantha Chavarria // BLACK LIVES MATTER (@teoami) February 6, 2024
Me when I watch that Alexander the Great show. pic.twitter.com/E2qGiPiQeX
— Sharon Adarlo (@sadarlo1) February 6, 2024
Alexander the Great did butt stuff with dudes. You’re like 2,000 years late https://t.co/5sjI1CUeea
— Marisa (@POKE_M0M) February 6, 2024
