Posted on 05/04/2019 7:28:03 AM PDT by madprof98
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg did his best Friday night to ignore a small but vocal group of protesters who yelled anti-gay slurs and told him to "repent" during a speech in Dallas, Texas.
Buttigieg, the openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was speaking at an event for the Dallas County Democratic Party when he was interrupted several times by a handful of protesters who hurled, among other anti-gay remarks, "marriage is between a man and a woman" and "what about the babies?" Part of the interruption was caught on video by CNN reporter DJ Judd.
Rather than confront the protesters directly, Buttigieg — who served overseas with the U.S. Navy Reserve — joked that it was a "lively room" and recalled shipping out to Afghanistan with the Navy to defend the country's values, including freedom of speech. The crowd of supporters eventually drowned out the protesters with supportive cheers.
The fracas was also quickly denounced by former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who is running against Buttigieg for a spot on the Democratic ticket.
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Izzaat Wanda Sykes in the green dress?
The examples cited are not slurs:
Affirming real marriage is not a slur. Urging him to repent is not a slur. Confronting him on abortion is not a slur.
The slur lies in so labeling the potesters’ statements as slurs - and so-called right-wing media is usually compliant in promoting that kind of bigoted left-wing assertion.
Oriental bead job?
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