Official's homophobic slur ignites explosive reaction against Tennessee tourism hotspot

Because the right to vote is a great responsibility and should be taken seriously. Given your answers, you can't be taken seriously.

 

His sexuality has been put forefront, in a cheep identity politics ploy

 

Don't know. Don't care

 

That’s your opinion
Facts seem to disagree with people with your ideology quite often...

Let me guess: 65 yo+, devout (but unflawed) christian, male, divorced, white, one medium as primary news source, no college degree, use several of the socialist programs you claim to detest.

 

Yet here you are complaining.
Crazy how you don’t care sooo much that you have decided to participate in a thread about it.

 

Sure it does. Maybe it went over your head.

Top Dem Pro gay/pro trans Corey Booker is dating a transphobe?

America deserves to know what thats about.

Please contact your local LGBTQ's asap!!!!

 

1. Yes the LBGTQ has tried to rebrand 'queer' so context is everything here. The LBGTQ community does not often come up with a sentence like " t's time we wake up people, it's time, it's passed time... We got a queer running for president, if that ain't about as ugly as you can get, Look what we got running for president in the Democratic party... I'm not prejudiced, but by golly a white male in this country has very few rights, and they're getting took more every day."

So lets not pretend this is not used as a slur, as a method to demean, marginalize, isolate and belittle Pete, by identification to his orientation.
The guy is in fact 'prejudiced' and he should be condemned for what he said by all irrespective of party.

. What we are likely to find is these 'sentiments' will be commonly and crudely expressed in the older generation, among people who lack education and exposure to openly gay men irrespective of party and people living in rural rather than urban locales.

Now we should keep in mind this quote is an isolated incident, that cannot be used to reflect on republican party or ideological conservatives. The GOP response however can be used to reflect on the republican party Let's hope they do a better job of condemning this elsewhere, than members on this forum who represent similar views have done here.

 

No deal.

One mans words don't define all.

If they did, Joe Biden would be in jail.

 

The words don't define all, but how you respond to them is much broader. He chooses his words, the party decides how to respond to the fact he did. Those decisions matter.

 

Not even close.

And that's what's wrong with left-wingers. You think you know more than anybody else and you don't.

Stop putting people you don't like into one basket.

 

None of you left-wingers can be taken seriously on anything.

 

And you are ok with ignoring due process and stripping one's rights away even though they have not committed a crime.

 

It was sarcasm after you have attributed all gay people as leftist and your unhinged rant in post 54 — all statistical data for someone with your... predisposition

Funny how you you feel thats whats wrong with “left-wingers” but when you did the exact same thing it was “unflawed”.
Hypocrisy at its finest.

I would tell you to take your own advice but we both know that isn’t possible.

 

It's not the D that's the problem, its the ideology of theft and utter disregard for the Constitution...

 

I suggest you get a dictionary and look up the word.

 

Steve is correct...

bigotry = "intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself."

 

Oh yeah, you exemplify knowledge on the subject

 

Look it up for yourself.

 

I hope there's a boycott just after Christmas. I could use a few less people there when I vacation there (planned since July).

 

I am from east TN. Political party is irrelevant in this situation. This sentiment goes across all political lines there. I spent 7 years as a DirecTv technician traveling all over east TN, and I met people with all kinds of messed up beliefs on a daily basis. So, you can't label Republicans with this kind of crap.

 

But that's not what was said
Also, what you said is a complete fallacy.

 

How about the candidates keep their sexual preference to themselves instead of publicly announcing it , something no heterosexual seem to do btw, to score some sjw points.
Nobody care about who your attracted to. What matter are your policies. If your sexual preference have an impact on the later, especially when you're trying to force the vast majority to kowtow to you alphabet agenda that they don't subscribe to, then you have a problem.

We had a party leader here who was gay. Nobody gave a **** until he went on TV to do a comedy sketch about brokeback mountain and plastered himself with wipped cream. That's when his career went downhill fast.

 

But according to you, it's inevitable that a crime will be committed. So logically, you're ok with crimes being committed.

 

Well, not by you, but that won't let me lose any sleep.

 

WTF? When have I stated that "it's inevitable that a crime will be committed?"