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There's selective outrage afoot. Metric System Mar 2016 #1
I'm Gay and won't throw Bernie over the bus for this. PyaarRevolution Mar 2016 #102
Gay baiting and Red baiting at the same time, a true classic. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #2
What a load of drivel. Beacool Mar 2016 #54
A general comment inclusive of the Nancy Reagan Revisions, the OP's work, your own attitude Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #60
That is the Clinton campaign as we know it: Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #110
Red baiting and gay baiting from the Daily News? How low will you go? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #3
Thank you Beam me up scotty dr60omg Mar 2016 #55
The op is exploiting lgbt rights by citing that rag and also by editing the title. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #57
Not to mention.. the author of the piece, opiate69 Mar 2016 #58
Oh do tell, I'll have to check it out and see who and what he brought back here... beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #62
... opiate69 Mar 2016 #65
Whoa. He wished her kids dead? beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #66
Bingo... opiate69 Mar 2016 #67
It's a badge of honour to be bashed by assholes like this. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #68
OP's original title: Hiding Cuba’s crimes behind gay rights lies Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #4
the truth hurts bigtree Mar 2016 #6
Your strawman is pathetic. You post nothing of substance, there is no truth to what you posted. Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #9
you folks also 'change titles' to suit your politics here bigtree Mar 2016 #21
The irony. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #24
If you would not have quoted an opinion piece from the NY News that lied about Arenas dr60omg Mar 2016 #59
Maybe but the truth has never come close to the Clinton campaign. The hubris of the Big Money rhett o rick Mar 2016 #17
For all too many years bluestateguy Mar 2016 #5
You mean the pass we gave them catnhatnh Mar 2016 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author BillZBubb Mar 2016 #8
When I was young I was more communistic ... Onlooker Mar 2016 #10
Get back to me when he praises Castro for fighting AIDs in the 80s tk2kewl Mar 2016 #11
Hillary lied and you try to create a faux outrage over a false inference? BillZBubb Mar 2016 #12
she apologized and reversed her statement, full stop bigtree Mar 2016 #19
She said she 'misspoke' but she did not clarify by speaking accurately about the actual Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #26
You want to talk about the ME regimes katsy Mar 2016 #88
Not only that melman Mar 2016 #93
Why are you surprised? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2016 #90
Your candidate crusaded against marriage equality and praised Nancy Reagan for her "work" on AIDS: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #13
A fundamental misunderstanding of Latin America and Capitalism AgingAmerican Mar 2016 #14
Your posts made a lot more sense when you were an O'Malley supporter Fumesucker Mar 2016 #15
It's disappointing to watch... TCJ70 Mar 2016 #16
that's the problem bigtree Mar 2016 #20
So you honestly think Bernie Sanders loves Cuba's mistreatment of gay people, Bigtree? Scootaloo Mar 2016 #23
that's not written ANYWHERE on this thread bigtree Mar 2016 #29
Riiiiight. You just re-titled the piece you're linking to by mistake. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #33
A simple mispost. morningfog Mar 2016 #64
. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #74
"Sanders LOVES Cuba's mistreatment." -which words/phrases can you contort to even try and mean that? pkdu Mar 2016 #80
When are you willing to come off your high horse and respond to things that you post? Joe the Revelator Mar 2016 #44
You were pro-O'Malley, now you are clearly anti-Sanders Fumesucker Mar 2016 #25
we've been at this long enough bigtree Mar 2016 #36
Hillary is the opponent du jour so it certainly would appear that way Fumesucker Mar 2016 #51
you are free to operate inside of your own head bigtree Mar 2016 #76
I think maybe some O'Malley supporters feel he would have had a shot if Bernie TwilightGardener Mar 2016 #43
I posted my own reasons here bigtree Mar 2016 #48
Yup. I stand by my statement, though. TwilightGardener Mar 2016 #50
Yep. Chitown Kev Mar 2016 #28
pfft... ibegurpard Mar 2016 #101
Let's say I was skeptical Fumesucker Mar 2016 #104
total b/s and you know it. juxtaposed Mar 2016 #18
You very regularly post advocacy for Palestine. Do you know how they treat LGBT in Palestine? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #22
Now that is interesting. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #30
Never mentions LGBT in Palestine, although Bernie can't say Cuba without owning all they do... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #34
Interesting double standard there. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #37
Oh it is a full tilt exploitathon around here. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #41
No sense of shame, even when confronted by DU's lgbt members. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #47
Same standard should apply for Hillary. BS supporters make her own everything she ever came near Jitter65 Mar 2016 #72
Oh and because it is such recent news: Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #39
In 1972 Bernie called for the abolishment of all laws against homosexuality and the op wants us beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #45
+1. OP, do you care to respond? Barack_America Mar 2016 #108
K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker Mar 2016 #27
Is that the same Cuba that Obama just reopened relations with? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #31
not at the time Sanders was praising life in Cuba under Castro bigtree Mar 2016 #38
No bigtree 1985 was deep into Ron and Nancy's Years of Silence on AIDS, so this notion that LGBT Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #40
I like O'Malley. I think he could have an important role in a Sanders cabinet Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #42
O'Malley strongly advocated for Palestine. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #56
Apparently, the OP does not know how to take the beam out of his own eye. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #61
OP can not manage Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #69
that's a standard Sanders defense bigtree Mar 2016 #82
It's you employing a double standard so glaring as to be obscene. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #86
What was life like for LGBT folks in the U.S. in 1985? And not so fucking Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #32
This was 1985: Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #46
And we are still waiting for answer to your very astute question re Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #49
OP apparently takes no questions from LGBT..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #84
Moving photo in the article of a woman remembering victims of the Holocaust: beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #35
What's life like for women in Saudi Arabia when Hillary was hugging on their leaders? boomer55 Mar 2016 #52
There's a saucy point laden with irony Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #63
Oh Please spare me dr60omg Mar 2016 #53
Why won't you answer Bluenorthwest's question? You are an avid supporter of Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #70
+1. Bluenorthwest's question was honestly posed and reveals a seeming contradiction. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #75
that poster has baited me for the last time bigtree Mar 2016 #77
Attacking me personally, smearing me for calling you on your moutain of bullshit. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #81
Okay. But he still has good question, You are a great advocate for Palestine. Luminous Animal Mar 2016 #85
that premise has a problem with the truth bigtree Mar 2016 #94
So it's different when you do it in 2016? Bernie should not say a 1985 word about Cuba however? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #111
Where are you bigtree? You have Palestine and Saudi Arabia to account for. Step up and do so. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #71
Careful now. Behind the Aegis Mar 2016 #103
The OP is of course personally attacking me as cover for his inability to explain his own actions. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #107
k&r DesertRat Mar 2016 #73
Your silence reminds me of Ron and Nancy Reagan's 7 Year Silence about AIDS which your candidate Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #78
Did you know that in Saudi Arabia homosexuality is punishable by Autumn Mar 2016 #79
Saudis are patrons of the Clinton Foundation..... Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #83
I had forgotten about that. I guess any justification for what she said Autumn Mar 2016 #89
I cannot believe you went there, bigtree Aerows Mar 2016 #87
In 08 bigtree was the most fair and decent poster towards the other candidate and their supporters. Autumn Mar 2016 #119
Not that the Daily News ever cared about gays before this. n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #91
oh, so it's ok for YOU guys tp use right-wing sources? n/t. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #92
"Before Night Falls" mentioned in your piece is an excellent film! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #95
One of my favorite films ever. closeupready Mar 2016 #120
Time for a rewatch I believe! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #121
Still crickets on Palestinian & Saudi atrocities again LGBT folks w HRC? Arazi Mar 2016 #96
exactly what Palestinian atrocities against LGBT? azurnoir Mar 2016 #97
are you speaking of the West Bank where Jordanian law applies or Gaza? azurnoir Mar 2016 #98
Jordan repealed laws against private sexual acts, public 'displays' are still arrestable and there Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #112
So Cuba is like countless other countries that do not have full rights for LGBT people. PoliticalPothead Mar 2016 #99
Are you going to claim that the Miami/Bastista LGBT people had it better? Todays_Illusion Mar 2016 #100
That's what I was thinking...nt artislife Mar 2016 #105
Just look at how well hemophiliacs with AIDS were treated in FL Laughing Mirror Mar 2016 #106
You're right there with them: Sanders, Redbaiting and the ‘Denouncing’ Double Standard Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #109
as proud as you must be trying to suppress my opinion with 50's era deflections bigtree Mar 2016 #117
Bullshit, what you have failed to do is present evidence Sanders was an apologist of any kind Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #118
Life for gays was about the same as it was in America at that time beedle Mar 2016 #113
Ronald Reagan was a defender of South African Apartheid, he vetoed a Congressional sanction against Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #116
Cuba Leading the Way in Rainbow Rights polly7 Mar 2016 #114
The Failure to Act: The Reagan Administration's Deliberate Failure to Address the Aids Epidemic Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #115
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