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In reply to the discussion: Let's talk about Glenn Greenwald [View all]Puregonzo1188
(1,948 posts)I don't know about your "LGBT" friends, but I am gay and if I knew you I would most certainly want to have nothing to do with you.
Greenwald has, despite what some of the posters on DU think, been around since the Bush Administration and has been fairly consistent on a core set of issues since becoming a public commentator.
Yes, I know as many have pointed out that in his past his didn't vote and early after 9/11 he was supportive of Bush, what not, but he obviously he had an epiphany and rose to prominence as a public commentator CRITICAL OF BUSH'S POLICIES.
In fact, I first heard of Greenwald when he spoke at an ACLU event well before Obama was PResident.
Was his opposition to warrantless wiretapping and detention without trial really just because he was gay and bitter about it? And if not, why is it now?
As far, as "LGBTs" being supportive or unsupportive of Obama, being Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender is not a monolithic group and contrary what you may believe do not all share the same opinion or political persuasion. I myself am gay and have known a fair share of LGBT people, all of which had a diversity of views and life experiences. Some of them were apolotical, some of them seemed supportive of Obama, and a lot of them were really very critical of him from a left perspective. They were generally anarchists or Marxists and most of their criticism had nothing to do with being gay, and everything to do with his economic, foreign, and domestic polices.
You might not be aware of this but not all LGBT individuals are concerned solely with one issues and have concerns about US foreign policy, healthcare, etc. that are not in anyway based on being gay or transgendered or what not.
Seriously, this is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read on DU.