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Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:03 PM

37. No.

I am using the analogy that your R-dar is as faulty as your gaydar.

There are many gays who are not "out" or are quiet about their gayness. You do not know those people are gay. Some of them are your friends (assuming you have lots of friends, as you most probably do) and you do not know they are gay. Which is fine.

The big point is that prejudging people by their self-identification is prejudice and bigotry. It doesn't matter whether a person is gay or not; but when somebody rejects a person merely because they say they are gay, that is prejudice and bigotry. In the same way, when somebody rejects a person merely because they say they are Republican, that is prejudice and bigotry.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Whenever you hear someone describe themselves as a "Republican"… [View all]	MrScorpio	Nov 2012	OP
it is often the case	quinnox	Nov 2012	#1
I hate the assholes who say "I'm not a Republican...I'm a registered Independent...I'm more of a...	Walk away	Nov 2012	#2
Stealth Republicans are the worst.	Lasher	Nov 2012	#5
Wait a second. According to fox news, I thought Obama was the worst president since Carter?	Victor_c3	Nov 2012	#8
According to historians, GWB is the worst since Warren G. Harding	Lasher	Nov 2012	#11
After GWB I heard historians say that the Buchanan family breathed a sigh of relief...	Astazia	Nov 2012	#21
President Carter was a lot of things but worst President is not one of them	madokie	Nov 2012	#16
Well said	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#22
They treated JFK the same way	Fumesucker	Nov 2012	#26
I see that among Republicans the Reagan myth persists and they've forgotten that Ike was good.	k8conant	Nov 2012	#30
+1,000 to what you said.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#41
It is it's own warning.	aandegoons	Nov 2012	#3
I'll tell you what I do when someone....	ReRe	Nov 2012	#4
I guarantee you are friends with some Republicans you don't know as such, just like gays.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#10
Steath Republicans	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#24
Where I live I automatically assume everyone is a Republican until proven otherwise	Fumesucker	Nov 2012	#28
WRONG	ReRe	Nov 2012	#35
No.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#37
Me thinks you protest too much...	ReRe	Nov 2012	#40
Nobody called you a homophobe. It was obviously an analogy.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#42
The ones I've met usually prove that...	JohnnyRingo	Nov 2012	#6
They think they know everything about	B Calm	Nov 2012	#7
Very true, I tell my brother to change channels.	oldbanjo	Nov 2012	#23
I love asking them how many branches	B Calm	Nov 2012	#43
Your statement indicates Bigotry & Prejudice on your part; not progressive values or DU values.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#9
+1	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#13
No, it's different	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#14
It doesn't matter if the affiliation can be change. Prejudging is prejudice & bigotry.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#18
People embody policies	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#32
+1	whistler162	Nov 2012	#25
Does that include my	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#12
She would be of the old school right?	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#15
Now you start to walk back your remarks. Some Republicans are OK, now you're called out.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#20
I make a distinction	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#29
I immediately tune out	CanonRay	Nov 2012	#17
On Ed Shultz's facebook page	loyalkydem	Nov 2012	#19
Start?	hobbit709	Nov 2012	#27
Are you sure?	pipewrench	Nov 2012	#31
Actually I think they've mispronounced "Shitpublican"	rock	Nov 2012	#33
As far as I can see	marions ghost	Nov 2012	#34
A time honored truth. nt	Zorra	Nov 2012	#36
Oh!!! That is sooooo true!!	loudsue	Nov 2012	#38
Lets not be like the Tea Party	gravity	Nov 2012	#39
yep thats my first thought also.	kydo	Nov 2012	#44

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