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Of course they are equivalent because they are completely self serving and insincere. We should want and expect leaders with the courage of their convictions. I

Of course they are equivalent because they are completely self serving and insincere. We should want and expect leaders with the courage of their convictions. I don't trust anyone who can change so readily and without second thought when it suits them. They'll just change back again when it suits.

DonHopkins 5y ago
They certainly don't have equivalent intentions or outcomes. So no, they're not equivalent at all, no matter how hard you try to justify and whitewash one-sided Republican bigotry by claiming to know everyone's true motivations. You're still making a false equivalence. Then name some openly gay Republicans in power, and tell me what they've done to tangibly improve LGBT lives. (Who didn't switch to the Democratic party after coming out, like Charlie Crist, and who don't deny it, like Larry Craig or Lindsey Graham.) Are the Log Cabin Republicans finally being taken seriously? Republican LGBTQ rights group’s executive director is the latest to leave after its endorsement of Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/executive-director-of-pro-lgbt-rights-gop-group-is-the-latest-to-leave-after-its-endorsement-of-trump/2019/08/27/a891dc54-c8ea-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/executive-director-o... Conservative LGBT group denied a spot at Texas GOP convention https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Conservative-LGBT-group-denied-a-spot-at-Texas-15023004.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/...
- rorykoehler 5y ago
  I'd vote Democrat over Republican every day of the week but it's denialism to pretend this doesn't enable this sociopathic approach to governance. You're appealing to tribalism because it fits your values. I wholeheartedly disagree that this is a healthy way to approach politics.
amanaplanacanal 5y ago
I'll take a self serving and insincere politician who moves in the right direction over one who moves in the wrong direction every time. Those are absolutely not equivalent.

DonHopkins 5y ago

They certainly don't have equivalent intentions or outcomes. So no, they're not equivalent at all, no matter how hard you try to justify and whitewash one-sided Republican bigotry by claiming to know everyone's true motivations. You're still making a false equivalence. Then name some openly gay Republicans in power, and tell me what they've done to tangibly improve LGBT lives. (Who didn't switch to the Democratic party after coming out, like Charlie Crist, and who don't deny it, like Larry Craig or Lindsey Graham.) Are the Log Cabin Republicans finally being taken seriously? Republican LGBTQ rights group’s executive director is the latest to leave after its endorsement of Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/executive-director-of-pro-lgbt-rights-gop-group-is-the-latest-to-leave-after-its-endorsement-of-trump/2019/08/27/a891dc54-c8ea-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/executive-director-o... Conservative LGBT group denied a spot at Texas GOP convention https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Conservative-LGBT-group-denied-a-spot-at-Texas-15023004.php https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/...

rorykoehler 5y ago
I'd vote Democrat over Republican every day of the week but it's denialism to pretend this doesn't enable this sociopathic approach to governance. You're appealing to tribalism because it fits your values. I wholeheartedly disagree that this is a healthy way to approach politics.

amanaplanacanal 5y ago

I'll take a self serving and insincere politician who moves in the right direction over one who moves in the wrong direction every time. Those are absolutely not equivalent.