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US PoliEra 2019 |OT7| It's happening
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I was half joking. I can't watch right now but how is he on LGBT issues? I know Obama was often criticized for not doing enough for black people during his presidency for fear of backlash.
It would be hilarious if he did but in that clip he says "the courage to bring this about."
When the hell is klob gonna drop out. Jesus. Honestly I feel like running for pres is the worst thing she's ever done. She's an easy primary target now and I hope someone legit does
Ironically, this would make my monogamous relationship easier.
Hey I'll take my moderate darling praise to the bank sister!
If Pete were slightly less troubling with minority outreach he'd make a good VP.
How the fuck am I supposed to feel special when I forget my next wedding anniversary if all you non-binary bobos get to call your Netflix and chill sitch the same thing as my marriage?
Honestly, I love this move even if every highschool president's election speech uses it.
Am I being naive or did the gay marriage question kind of just go away after the SC decision? Other than the awful homophobic cake refusals, it feels like it's one of the few progressive issues that the right silently conceded.
Cause their leaders don't actually give a fuck, they just want the idiots/gullible/deplorables to vote for them, and if they lose ground on an issue, well, they just move on to a different oppression of minorities. in this case Trans, Hispanics and Muslims.
They never actually cared about it. It was a useful tool to get their mouth breathers to vote. THe problem is, even white people have gay family members. So people are often real opposed to gay marriage until it impacts their family. It's what my Senator did too.
That's partly why she resonates so well with people.
I think everyone has at least ONE teacher in their past that they can be like, damn, they made me a better person, and she reminds us of them.
She's like, the mom I wish I had lol
I can't watch right now, but Warren has been all over my Twitter feed talking about awful trans murders and it's heart breaking.
I'm really hoping that this starts to be noticed by people in Biden's camp.
No kidding. That was pitch perfect.
Practically Perfect In Every Way.
If she wins this uphill battle, I have a hard time believing Trump can beat her.
Reporter: "Senator Sanders says that costs for middle class families will go up."
Warren: "I don't think that's what Senator Sanders said."
Reporter: "Taxes, rather. I'm sorry."
Warren: "And notice what you just immediately slipped to."
Warren: "I don't think that's what Senator Sanders said."
Reporter: "Taxes, rather. I'm sorry."
Warren: "And notice what you just immediately slipped to."
I think it's a mistake to assume that because open homophobia is generally not tolerated in the national political discourse anymore that the homophobic attitudes have disappeared or don't hold sway over voters, in much the same way as racist rhetoric was generally out of fashion a few decades following the civil rights act but voters and representatives still pushed for racist policy. If there's one thing the right in America is truly effective at, it's laundering and preserving their social policy grudges with arguments about "religious freedom", "free speech", and "political correctness."
So in much the same way as racism has resurged into the public discourse, I don't think it's unlikely that we'll see a resurgence of the anti-gay marriage movement within our lifetimes.
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Oh don't get me wrong. I know homophobia is still going strong. Heck I had a decent amount of homophobia and transphobia growing up that I'm deeply ashamed of. I'm just pleasantly surprised that gay marriage is no longer a hot button issue and now more of the status quo, much like interracial marriage.
If that Selzer poll tomorrow shows Warren leading in Iowa, it will be the perfect end to an incredible week for her and her campaign.
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