Joy Reid was possibly homophobic and may be afraid to admit it.
Acorn was destroyed by the Right with capitulation from the Left.
Know your enemies and defend your friends. My perfect politician would be a cross between the Karl Marx who understood the exploitation of the masses and the Jesus Christ who understood the dignity of all individuals. Until that person shows up, I will back anyone who is not a rightwing boot-strapper, while rightwing boot-strappers joyfully diminish human dignity and exploit every pinprick, mote or wooden beam they can to gain and keep power.
As a gay man, who remembers that it wasn’t that long ago that the total lack of dignity afforded me by any politician was the reality, I say Joy Reid rocks, homophobe or not.