"I am going to be blunt. "

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

"I am going to be blunt. Who cares if a white supremacist preacher reads an invocation? Obama is the president of everyone, even white supremacists. If he chooses to represent them by giving them a prayer at the inauguration, then I think he has made a good decision."

Actual statement by one of DU's leading lights. Except "gay-bashing" was used in place of "white supremacist."



DU really needs to allow open gay-bashing here because this constant code bullshit is more insidious than the real McCoy.

[Name removed]

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[LostinVA]

2. I agree -- just post a sticky at the top saying it's okay

It's better than posters not really hiding behind a facade of liberalism.

[Maven]

3. It really is. The sophistry, the twisted rationalizations...

There are intricate ways that many here have devised to avoid saying what they really think about us.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. I saw that. It was pathetic, especially since the rest of the post had NOTHING to do with

that opening paragraph. It was like opening up a speech with "Fuck you, gay people! Okay, now that I've got that out of the way, let's talk about what you SHOULD be thinking about instead of your civil rights..."

DisGUSTing.

[IndianaJones]

5. homophobia is quite common here.nt.

[Mugweed]

6. We need to get rid of the invocation altogether.

Religion is stupid. The invisible sky daddy won't help you or anyone else; he doesn't exist.

[Marrah_G]

7. Yup- i'm disgusted by what I am seeing

Many DUers have lost my respect today.

My heart is breaking for our GBLT community.

[PerpetuallyDazed]

9. "Reaching across the aisle" DOESN'T mean we condone the BIGOTED speech/behavior!

This is very much analogous to the "Obama sitting down with Ahmajinhaad" hoopla.

[Mike 03]

8. What a pretentious, twisted pinhead. The logic that he is attempting to

use is so feeble that it might be funny were there not a danger that somebody might actually be convinced by it.