tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post3267756651629156893..comments2024-03-28T10:34:18.285-04:00Comments on The Closet Professor: A Major Benchmarks in LGBT History?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299122685163501819noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-85342665515344007872012-01-24T15:13:49.576-05:002012-01-24T15:13:49.576-05:00From David of the blog Domani Dave:
1) Pardon me,...From David of the blog Domani Dave:<br /><br />1) Pardon me, this question is just absurd. For the record, no.<br /><br />2) No, though the word is that the GOP leadership are panic-stricken over the possibility. Their best hope IS a "last minute" dark horse who will not have been stained with over-scrutiny. But who?<br /><br />3) Newt Gingrich IS the Jimmy Swaggart of politicians. Fundamentalist Christians cannot get enough of a man redeemed from the clutches of Satan. And who KNOWS how many voters can convince themselves that his transgressions are just fabrications from that Liberal Media?<br /><br />4) (I know there wasn't a #4) As far as nominations go, I subscribe to the notion that the Republican party threw the last election intentionally by nominating John McCain, so that they could blame the black man for all the ills in America and set up a landslide in 2012. A landslide is not looking good. That said, I wonder if we aren't at the tipping point, where someone even worse than Dubya could be elected President.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-85375343392829335322012-01-23T09:27:37.768-05:002012-01-23T09:27:37.768-05:00I posted your questions, with credit, on Designerb...I posted your questions, with credit, on Designerblog and promised to pass on any answers to you -- here's the first:<br /><br />Blogger Stan in NH said...<br /><br /> 1. No. I believe that the homophobia won't die as long as the religious right are calling the shots. Those are basically hateful people by definition, although from their perspective they are not hateful, they are just pointing out sin where they see it. Because they fail to see their own hypocrisy in action, it will be very hard to let go of the homophobia sometime soon. And since hate is learned, and they continue to pass it on to their children, it won't be dying out of the gene pool soon enough.<br /> 2. It might. The Repugs want to win. If they think Newt will be their best chance to win, they will push him forth. Remember that the Repug Primary is always a blood bath. But once the victor emerges, they all get behind their candidate, lock step. And Newt, like Romney, will say and do anything that will please the crowd. He has no values that he personally believes, save getting power and wealth. While I do agree that the Repugs will hope for a dark horse to emerge, they also saw what happened to their first late comer, Dickhead Perry.<br /> 3. Yes, definitely. It's all about the repentance for them. They are hypocrites all, remember that. They don't really care about "family values" or anything spiritual at all. They just use that as rhetoric to redirect the focus of their campaigns so their base will understand and follow them. Think about all the wealthy televangelists that have come, fleeced their flocks, gotten into scandalous trouble, cried on TV, and were graciously allowed to continue to fleece their flocks. They have to show "forgiveness", or they will be seen as the cold, callous, greedy people they are. It's all about money for the Repug politicians. Not one of them are truly spiritual people. So they will fully support Newt, if it comes to that. He is an old insider, and knows how to play by the rules. What they don't want is a wild card.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-27885209169413107752012-01-22T14:47:22.148-05:002012-01-22T14:47:22.148-05:001. Toning down of the anti-gay rhetoric is a ploy...1. Toning down of the anti-gay rhetoric is a ploy to try to win moderates and independents -- once they get into power (running on fiscal conservatism), the social conservatives will pressure a republican president to roll back a host of social advances -- and our demonization will continue. <br /><br />2. Gingrich won SC because of the overconfidence of Romney making a series of unforced errors. It will now will be a longer primary fight, which benefits Obama. If Gingrich wins the nomination -- they lose the moderate and independent votes; if Romney wins the nomination, then conservatives will be turned off -- but then they have no choice but to support him, no way they would support Obama.<br /><br />Similarly, liberals/progressives dissatisfied with Obama as president -- will they really vote republican? I doubt it, but they may stay home and not vote at all unless there are positive reasons.<br /><br />3. Practicality trumps intellectual honesty. Every candidate comes with pros and cons so the whole of the man has to be weighed. For some, the ends justifies the means -- so it's not important how one gets the job done, as long as the results are achieved. Overall, I find conservatives more willing to compromise their principles to obtain power.<br /><br />The disconnect is one has to compromise to get things done -- but to get elected, one often has to run like you won't be settling or cutting deals. The result: Our current gridlock.fan of caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-60625524943628875402012-01-22T11:56:19.659-05:002012-01-22T11:56:19.659-05:001) The anti-gay, discriminatory thinking is so ent...1) The anti-gay, discriminatory thinking is so entrenched in these religious wingnuts that there is no way one little debate statement can indicate a change away from that. Politicians say what they think will placate any given audience, then do their very best to spin it another way if necessary later on. And until Romney and the rest get off this "no gay marriage" stump, and realize THAT is as much discrimination as any other, then I won't vote for them.<br />2)I think it will be very hard for Gingrich to get the nomination. He is the consummate politician, though, so look out!<br />3)I think they want ANYONE who can beat Obama. The question is, can any of these idiots who apparently put their hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible actually get elected? I don't know, and hope not, at least until things like DOMA are settled.<br /><br />Peace <3<br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-91283721676740697912012-01-22T10:50:50.335-05:002012-01-22T10:50:50.335-05:00The race is still wide open. And, as noted above, ...The race is still wide open. And, as noted above, there may be a "dark horse" to enter the race when there is no clear winner in the various primaries. The primary season serves one purpose for sure - open all (or many if them) the closets and see what is in there.<br /><br />Also, the over-the-hill-hate-the-gays are loosing their fight. It takes time, but the issue is slipping away each day.silvereaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811098608576016926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-25190090382787660072012-01-22T10:31:54.509-05:002012-01-22T10:31:54.509-05:001) No, we have not heard the last of anti-LGBT slu...1) No, we have not heard the last of anti-LGBT slurs and outright lies; we will not have heard the last until the Republican Party manages to disengage itself from the virulently homophobic Radical Religious Right which they have embraced in their whoring for votes no matter how many lies and how many outrageous illegal anti-gay procedures they have to espouse. <br /><br />2) Not necessarily. I think this is still a horse race, largely because of Romney's massive campaign war chest -- as well as the much mooted possibility that the Republican leadership is dissatisfied with the field and may still try to bring in a dynamic dark horse.<br /><br />3) a) Because their much vaunted religiosity is matched only by their hypocrisy in pursuit of their thirst for power;<br />b) Because -- and this has been demonstrated again and again -- all the great sinner has to do is to say he had renounced his wayward ways and embraced Jesus and all is forgiven. In the old days the fact that Newt has embraced the Catholic Jesus would be a problem; no more, as the Catholic Church and the Evangelicals became the strangest of bedfellows over their shared homophobia. They formerly loathed each other but have a common goal now via the old saw, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."<br /><br />In other words, our fight is not yet over and we must remain on guard for the foreseeable future.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5356114186987252972.post-71901361141397588702012-01-22T10:00:21.840-05:002012-01-22T10:00:21.840-05:00I think the gasps will continue for a while. The ...I think the gasps will continue for a while. The loudest wing of the republican party seems to be the most bigoted. Until the republicans stop dog whistling for anti gay measures, I don't see how they're going to move on as a whole. <br /><br />I think Gingrich's win in South Carolina is just bizarre. Do people not remember the government furloughs under Gingrich as Speaker of the House? There's a lot still up in the air though, and personally I think that we're early now. We haven't seen the full effects of the commentary from Gingrich's ex wife. It would be incredibly hypocritical of the evangelical christians to be fine with Gingrich.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891271065457242707noreply@blogger.com