When the HR gangs attack, they do so hypocritically. It is ok for Allison Lundergan Grimes to throw the children of Newtown under the bus, climate, and green jobs along with it.
That is fine. For that I am supposed to understand that these are "red states." But mention anything about Tom Cotton being gay, they fuck well flip out.
This site is run by a clique of sorts. Meanwhile other issues like labor and peace get ignored.
Heck this stupid site built the odious Andrew Cuomo up because of his pro-gay legislation, not having done its homework he is basically a right-winger on anything else.
Now it wants to derail him, and it is too late.
Hillary is not going to run, and Cuomo, (or Warner) is likely our next President. Enjoy Rand Paul in 2020 running to their left, completing a century platform long switch (on some issues) not seen since Woodrow Wilson.
But if a person like him wins, labor is cooked until a real progressive party breaks off. Am I pro gay marriage? Man sometimes I wish the fucking issue had never come up. It is all I talk about with ex-Democrats afraid they are going to burn forever when they used to vote for union type stuff.
Arkansas is exhibit 1. There are people I WORKED ARM IN ARM WITH in 1992 as a kid, for Bill, that now have joined the GOP. That hurts. Do gays have the right? Fuck it I guess legally. Do I lose sleep at night over it? No, I worry about homeless people and WWIII. The bastard I am, huh?
I am just being honest with you, and if you happen to be gay I support your freedom and will protect you from discrimination and violence, on that you have my word. And I know I can be offensive, but at least I am a real dude. These are my cards-I play more Baccarat than poker.
The problem is the litmus test here is that one singular issue. You can be a climate denier, anti-labor, a smug Libertarian, (Nate Silver) or pro permanent war. All of that is cool so long as you do not run afoul of the GLBT groups . Upset the Rainbow Warriors, and it's buh bye.
I am not sure this kind of vigilance is actually helping my party win squat.
And I know as soon as I post this this I will be attacked and HRed out of site existence, but I am not posting it for them. I am posting it for the grizzled blue collars who walked for healthcare, and minimum wage hikes, and a better world for working folk, who will see this, nod in agreement, but not dare say a word for not wanting to be intimidated.
And make no mistake, the ARE THE MAJORITY. They are the ones that are like "Fine, be married, fuck have a ball licking festival at the State Fair for all I care just can we focus on food on my table?" They are nodding in fist pumping silence waiting for the day this site starts getting a little less Glibertarian, and a lot more Democratic.
To them I have your back. To the rest of you, I now join up with the likes of other great contributors of the past to laser focus our priorities to save our country's future. Are gay rights inextricably linked to the promise of our country? Yes.
But pro gay, and pro Democrat, are two different things.
In the end, you need to know more about your friends than you ever will about your enemies. After all, they are the ones you have your political back turned to.
-I am RDC and I APPROVE this message.
3:34 AM PT: Bob Love I apologize for you taking the comment about "real dude" as a commentary on masculinity. I meant that as real person, not fake, not put on-WYSIWYG
I struggle with perceptions of gender adequacy for my preference of Food Network over ESPN. So I am sorry that hurt you. I truly am.
The State Fair reference was harsh, my point was to suggest a desire to finish this up and move onto other issues. I could have worded it in a less acidic manner, I admit. But overall very sorry for offending you, Bob.
As far as the ire of the HR gang, read this, from one of my mentors-
But the only issue when considering a legally permissible tactic is whether the action will help further your cause. Efficacy, and not morality, is the governing principle. The opposition will stop at nothing to make you fail. You need to use everything in your bag of tricks to ensure they don’t get that satisfaction.
That is an excerpt from Taking on the System, Rules for Change in a Digital Era.
by,
Markos. Moulitsas. Zuniga.
But I will stop the Cotton baiting. Just wanted you to know where I got the win at all costs was ok here notion.
From your founder.