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In reply to the discussion: I thought DU was pro gay rights??? (Genuinely hurt) [View all]QC
(26,371 posts)115. Do you remember when Political Tiger/Boomerang Diddle came to DU
one drunken night and got his personae mixed up?
It was high comedy, truly an epic DU moment.
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That damn Greenwald, always creeping in threads that have nothing to do with him.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#78
When the word 'gay' is spoken, some have to inject Greenwald, becuase he's
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#111
Depends on what is meant by "care". republicans may "care" about a homeless child, but
pampango
Sep 2013
#91
How about having caring summarized by requesting our government to give far more
eridani
Sep 2013
#142
Is it not possible to discuss the merits of Putin's argument without being accused of homophobia?
BlueStreak
Sep 2013
#41
Yes, that is potentially true, depending on how the rest of the incipient gay genocide goes down
MNBrewer
Sep 2013
#152
It's too bad that your mind is so closed to even hearing his side of the issue
MNBrewer
Sep 2013
#155
LOL! Looks like he forgot to click to switch accounts in his persona management software...
backscatter712
Sep 2013
#125
Those posts are all tongue-in-cheek or sarcastic. Nobody here actually likes Putin.
Dash87
Sep 2013
#16
I have a daughter that is bisexual and I do stand with her against people like Putin. He is not a
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#18
So according to you anyone who says they campaigned for Obama is lying. Okay....
cui bono
Sep 2013
#75
You know what? I think you're right, I misread last night and read too much into your post.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#144
I can see what you're saying but I really don't think, and I didn't take away,
cui bono
Sep 2013
#149
The people who are puffing Putin up are the ones who keep posting the threads attempting to mock
cui bono
Sep 2013
#56
I'm FOR tolerance AND Gay Rights, but sometimes change begins in very odd ways....
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#30
But I DO get you have every right to be pissed as He double toothpicks at Putin.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#45
I'm simply saying if a world leader will make ANY positive move, let them.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#162
For this and other reasons, I do feel THIS Pope is a much better Pope than the previous ones.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#58
And IF his ONLY claim to fame is that he stops the war on gays by the Catholic Church....
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#62
NOT an anti-Catholic bigot, thank you very much. Former Catholic. Discouraged with Church politics.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2013
#59
He oppossed marriage equality in Argentina, like many on the right he hoped
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#103
Yeah, but he still thinks gays will go to hell if they engage in intercourse.
Vashta Nerada
Sep 2013
#124
There is no folk hero status of Putin that I've seen except for the fantasy one of a certain
cui bono
Sep 2013
#55
Being as all politicians are, well, politicians, it might be wise not to think of them as heroes.
cui bono
Sep 2013
#77
Exactly. It's the sort of black and white, 'with us or against us' nonsense that authoritarians seem
Marr
Sep 2013
#128
As much as I wish that was true, I'm afraid there are some who DO act that way, even if not.........
AverageJoe90
Sep 2013
#136
We're allowed to be pro-LGBT now that Obama is supporting it. Back when he was against it democrats
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#106
Many of the folks affecting great concern also refuse to join the Olympics boycott
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#108
To be fair, I think the Putin-avatar-request post was made tongue-in-cheek...
backscatter712
Sep 2013
#98
Some of us have been speaking out against Russian anti gay laws since before
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#107
I interpereted the request for a Putin avatar as a smart-ass way to make a point.
Throd
Sep 2013
#121
There is a kind of fetichism about Putin...from left to the right, a lot of people have too
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#133