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Peter Thiel ‘not a gay man’ for supporting Donald Trump: LGBT magazine
The Washington Times ^ | October 19, 2016 | Bradford Richardson

Posted on 10/19/2016 12:02:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Peter Thiel may be attracted to men, but a prominent LGBT magazine says he’s “not a gay man” because he supports Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

In a rambling article for The Advocate, Connecticut College history professor Jim Downs posits that there is more to being gay “than just having sex with someone of the same gender.”

Mr. Downs argues the Silicon Valley billionaire reaffirmed his personal “sexual choices” by supporting Mr. Trump, but separated himself from the broader “gay identity” rooted in class struggle against oppression.

“By the logic of gay liberation, Thiel is an example of a man who has sex with other men, but not a gay man,” Mr. Downs wrote. “Because he does not embrace the struggle of people to embrace their distinctive identity.”

Mr. Downs also accuses Mr. Thiel of supporting a platform that is “actually dangerous to LGBT people,” pointing to Republican-backed laws allowing religious bakers to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; siliconvalley; thiel; trump
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Pretzel logic.
1 posted on 10/19/2016 12:02:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Being gay is a mental illness, nothing more.


2 posted on 10/19/2016 12:05:19 PM PDT by American Guesser
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Pretzel logic.

Actually, they make a salient point. "Gay" is primarily, if not completely, a political term. Just like "black" only has meaning in a cultural/political context.

I'm glad they're proving our point FOR us.

3 posted on 10/19/2016 12:05:28 PM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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That sucks...


4 posted on 10/19/2016 12:05:28 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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“Gotta be Down for Tha Struggle” or you’re just an uppity bitch with ugly shoes..!


5 posted on 10/19/2016 12:06:50 PM PDT by gaijin
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Just like "black" only has meaning in a cultural/political context.

What's the gay equivalent of an "oreo"?

6 posted on 10/19/2016 12:09:44 PM PDT by mellow velo
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He’s an aunty Tom?


7 posted on 10/19/2016 12:10:01 PM PDT by Lent
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What's the gay equivalent of an "oreo"?

Why, "bi" of course.

8 posted on 10/19/2016 12:11:24 PM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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Not gay because he supports Trump?

I guess people are not “born that way”.


9 posted on 10/19/2016 12:14:19 PM PDT by marktwain
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So “gayness” is political. It’s a political category.

Liberals play with words.


10 posted on 10/19/2016 12:14:23 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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Vote Hillary: She get a lot of her funds from countries that KILL GAY PEOPLE!

If we really “Hated” Gay people wouldn’t we logically be wanting to vote for Hillary as she enables the islamist regimes that kill Homosexuals???

Of course the homosexual community is dumber than a box of rocks.


11 posted on 10/19/2016 12:14:42 PM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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So you can “vote away the gay”? Cool.


12 posted on 10/19/2016 12:15:20 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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No, the end result of identity politics, the merging of demographic tribe and ideology.
Like the Old Testament saying Israelis must worship God and flee or die for worshiping anything else, to be a real member of X, Y and Z tribes like homosexual, woman, black, you must be Democrat.
And if you aren’t Democrat but a member of that ethnicity, it is akin to being a Muslim apostate - worse than an unbeliever but as of yet without the murders.
Thus a homosexual who isn’t Democrat can be called not really homosexual, because their definition of homosexual requires being Democrat, too. I’ve been told I’m not really a woman because I’m not a liberal feminist.
The identity politics is done to easily and readily divide society into competing factions, while tying identity to political ideology results in social pressure to keep people in ideological conformity in a way intellectual positions won’t be reinforced.


13 posted on 10/19/2016 12:15:27 PM PDT by tbw2
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Yea... I couldn’t have made this crap up


14 posted on 10/19/2016 12:16:43 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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The whole gay thing is one area where I do not expect Trump to pursue a “conservative agenda.” I expect “states’ rights” to be about as far as he would go.

That’s okay. Not everything is the President’s job.

What gay activists ought to be afraid of is Democrats who will use “gay rights” as a weapon with which to shut down churches, church-related charities, etc. They have already shut down Catholic adoption agencies, Christian-owned businesses, etc. There is far more likely to be a backlash against extremist Democrats than against non-extreme versions of “gay rights.”

Gay activists ought to be concerned about the Muslim conquest of the U.S. They aren’t. Instead, they have hitched their wagon to the pro-abortion socialists.


15 posted on 10/19/2016 12:17:52 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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I guess Milo isn’t gay either.


16 posted on 10/19/2016 12:18:03 PM PDT by MrChips (Ad sapientiam pertinet aeternarum rerum cognitio intellectualis - St. Augustine)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Conversion therapy!


17 posted on 10/19/2016 12:18:38 PM PDT by posterchild
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What kind of gay are you when even the gays deny you?

Talk about being an OUTCAST! a truly DEPLORABLE!


18 posted on 10/19/2016 12:26:45 PM PDT by PGR88
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there is more to being gay “than just having sex with someone of the same gender.”...

AND THAT’S THE BIG PROBLEM!!! KEEP IT TO YOURSELVES!

BTW, I know a gay guy voting for Trump. We’re not good friends but if he’s out with a bunch of us, it doesn’t bother me as long as there’s no gay talk or actions.


19 posted on 10/19/2016 12:29:00 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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““Because he does not embrace the struggle of people to embrace their distinctive identity.” “

Can you imagine going through life thinking that your entire identity is based on how you ****.

How pathetic.

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20 posted on 10/19/2016 12:29:54 PM PDT by Mears
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