Reply #: Just A Thought

[AldebTX]

I live in Dallas. I am Gay. I travel all over the country to the Red and the Blue states. I have been treated no better and no worse anyplace else I have visited with my partner. The only place I have been questioned about sharing a king sized bed with my partner was actually at a hotel in NYC. I have not been attacked on the streets here and don't live in fear of my life because I reside in the south.

But I am digressing.

What I really wanted to point out is how we have all fallen into the lovely trap that has been made for us. I have watched people flame others for the part of the country they are from, their sexuality and not being able to keep quiet about who you are and what you believe during an election year and even about being too inclusive and not middle of the road enough.

Trust me I know the freepers that peruse our pages chuckle every time we attack each other. Its exactly what they want. The wedge issues are NOT going to go away. They obviously work. Read all the threads on Democratic Underground if you have any doubts about that.

When we shut up the gays and the anti-gun folks, they will move on to the Women who feel they have the right to choose. When we shut them up they will move on to the next "anti" American idea. If we shut up too many people who identify themselves as democrats we might find ourselves left with no party or worse yet...a party of freeper want a bes.

I'll be voting Independent or Green before that happens.