dagblog - Comments for "But, Log Cabin Republicans Are Uncle Toms!"

Nah, I just wanted to say

Michael Maiello — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:57:18 +0000

Nah, I just wanted to say "Idi Amin." Don't worry about it, you're fine. We're all fine. And TMac ain't a fella.

Think Progress reported a

rmrd0000 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:16:16 +0000

In reply to But, Log Cabin Republicans Are Uncle Toms!

Think Progress reported a disturbing piece about Mitt Romney's interaction with the LGBT community. His focus appears to be whether the business community believes that supporting Civil Rights is good for business.

The economic argument that Log Cabin Republicans makes fails the smell test when you consider that the stock market tends to to better under Democrats. Job creation is also greater under Democrats. If you like rhetoric on the economy, vote for the Republican. If you actually care about your personal income, vote for the Democrat.

The late Peter J. Gomes, a black, Gay, theologian Of the Harvard Divinity School was a registered Republican for most of his adult life. In 2006, Gomes switched his registration to the Democratic Party. He was conciliatory in his comments about Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright flap. We miss his perspective on the current Republican Party.

I think that one good thing that appears to be happening among church-attending blacks is that the GOP can no longer go into Ohio cry "Gay marriage is coming" and expect black votes.

There was a subset of blacks who advised Martin Luther King to wait and not press the issue of Civil Rights. King's response was a book, " Why We Can't Wait". As the rights we take for granted extend to the Gay community because of their ongoing resistance, the Log Cabin Republicans can be counted on to tell us how they were the real reason that things changed. They are in a bubble.

Don't call me fella, I am

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:07:31 +0000

In reply to Whoa, big fella. [Don't let

Don't call me fella, I am still a woman.

Yeah, sorry I started a

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:55:26 +0000

In reply to This argument has strayed

Yeah, sorry I started a diversion early before your blog got its proper response. I'm heading out for a few hours, maybe I'll have something productive to add later about the massive culture of taking offense.

Whoa, big fella. [Don't let

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:50:36 +0000

In reply to I think you don't have much

Whoa, big fella. [Don't let your head explode, that aint personal, it's just something us ignernt cowboys say sometimes] Do you mean on that internet where I could make a snarky statement that included saying women like Ayn Rand, who was crazy, and Phyllis Schlafly, who is crazy, and tmccarthy0, who I know very little about, share a view of the world and you would recognize that comparison as snark and not bother to respond to it? Cool. Glad I found out.

This argument has strayed

Michael Maiello — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:38:35 +0000

In reply to I think you don't have much

This argument has strayed into Idi Amin territory.

I think you don't have much

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:15:43 +0000

In reply to Quick, somebody call Godwin.

I think you don't have much experience with internet snark.

Quick, somebody call Godwin.

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:19:21 +0000

In reply to Although I don't know if they

Quick, somebody call Godwin. Then somebody else call a historian. I realize yours was just a quick flip remark, but do you really equate Ho Chi Min with Hitler and Pol Pot?

I get more of a Stepin

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:16:52 +0000

In reply to But, Log Cabin Republicans Are Uncle Toms!

I get more of a Stepin Fetchit vibe, but the general point stands.

I don't want to ever get in a

moat — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:16:47 +0000

In reply to But, Log Cabin Republicans Are Uncle Toms!

I don't want to ever get in a folding chair swinging match with Barney but the the thing about the Log Cabin set that has always struck me is that they speak as if they have already won the culture war over discrimination against alternative sexual orientation so the fact that their economic policy preferences have caused them to join a coalition with folks who would have them burn in Hell is not really that much of a problem for them.