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> gay man i think you're wrong and i certainly don't live in a bubble. but the reason i think you're wrong is not that america is progressive enough accept a g
by almostgotcaught 2y ago
> gay man
i think you're wrong and i certainly don't live in a bubble. but the reason i think you're wrong is not that america is progressive enough accept a gay man but because he's basically not gay; he's absolutely the least gay presenting man in the history of gay presenting men (exaggerating a little). he has no lisp, not an ounce of flamboyancy, nothing, zilch, nada. I'm aware he's fully out and there are photos of him with his husband and child and etc.
he's also young, handsome, ivy-league educated, was an officer in the military and deployed, intelligent, extremely well-spoken, and charismatic (not to mention experienced but who cares about such trivial things). he has all of the qualities that made obama successful in 2008 just swap black->gay. most importantly, and i'm not flaunting this: he's a man.
so i do hope he runs because he i think he has a better chance than bernie or kamala or walz or newsom or hakeem or aoc. but hey we all know there won't be an election in 2028 anyway so what are we even talking about here lol.
- tsimionescu 2y agoI wonder if he'd "dedicate another apse in his cathedral mind" [0] to trying to find out. The amount and shamelessness of sycophancy that modern American politicians cultivate is staggering (Trump being the chief example, of course - but seeing this with someone as relatively obscure as Pete is also spectacular). [0] https://www.wired.com/story/pete-buttigieg-interview-god-beer-electric-mustang/ https://www.wired.com/story/pete-buttigieg-interview-god-bee...
- kelnos 2y agoI really don't think any of that matters. "He can pass for straight" is not going to sway much of anyone who is uncomfortable with the idea of a gay president. Sure, some voters would be more comfortable with Buttigieg than with, say, a flamboyantly gay man, but overall I don't see the electorate going for him.
- almostgotcaught 2y agoYou're missing the key point of my claim: in 2008 you could literally take your comment, replace gay with black, and it would've been just as "credible". And yet Obama was enormously popular and successful. Lots of people even made colorist remarks about him being "white passing"!