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In reply to the discussion: The double standard of protest methods pisses me off [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)105. I support Ellen Sturtz right to do this particularly for the cause she was fighting.
I'm not sure I would have supported her doing it for any other reason. It does make me sad to see the First Lady Heckled, but LGBT equality is too important to attack her for what she did.
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Did you post to the wrong person or were you just looking for a place to put strawmen?
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2013
#99
But she does have an official role. It is likely why she was at a political fundraiser.
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2013
#13
The gist of that thread: "How dare a commoner (especially a gay one) question the divine Ms. Obama!"
nomorenomore08
Jun 2013
#16
I wonder what would happen if you or I walzed into the BOG and called them all homophobes.
yardwork
Jun 2013
#57
Thank you, but if logic and facts were effective in fighting homophobia it wouldn't exist.
yardwork
Jun 2013
#66
Do you have a link to the "mountains of DUers" who supposedly cheered the heckler?
yardwork
Jun 2013
#52
I will admit to proudly cheering Ellen Sturtz on this site and on others. She's a hero to me.
LonePirate
Jun 2013
#80
It's not her department. It would be like MLK marching against the people in Pueblo, Colorado...
Ian David
Jun 2013
#81
Whatever happened to Skinner's outreach to improve things for DU's LGBT community?
LonePirate
Jun 2013
#82
So the DU admins tacitly approve of homophobia through their lack of action?
LonePirate
Jun 2013
#96
I support Ellen Sturtz right to do this particularly for the cause she was fighting.
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#105