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Homophobia hurt Pete Buttigieg — as much as America wished it didn't
NBC News ^
| March 2, 2020
| Joe Cabosky
Posted on 03/03/2020 8:50:03 AM PST by C19fan
It seems so long ago that the first openly gay candidate won the Iowa caucuses. Mere weeks later, the Pete Buttigieg campaign is now past tense, as the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Wherever that leaves Buttigieg and his future political prospects or any future LGBTQ candidate this moment affords us an opportunity to ask ourselves where the nation as a whole really is in terms of acceptance of LGBTQ candidates.
To be clear, Im not arguing that Buttigieg was unsuccessful only because of homophobia. But lessons from this cycle do allow us to be honest about the challenges that LGBTQ candidates face. While these issues may not have gotten a lot of attention in 2020, Buttigiegs campaign demonstrates how many problems of homophobia still remain.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; buttigieg; homosexualagenda; lgbt; pervert; pervertpete; potus
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To: scottiemom
I am a very awful person to say this but am I the only one who has a problem with a fairy princess as first lady?No, but my understanding is that Butts was the "fairy princess" and his partner would be "first dude."
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:40:06 AM PST
by
CedarDave
(Democrats are the Granola Party -full of fruits, nuts and flakes. And they lie, that's who they are.)
To: kenmcg
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:43:50 AM PST
by
JayAr36
(Organized Crime is now in charge of the District of Corruption)
To: C19fan
Why have a candidate with TWO mental disorders...homosexuality AND liberalism?
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:46:11 AM PST
by
JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: C19fan
LGBQ = mentally ill.
Why would I vote for a sick person?
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:48:57 AM PST
by
glasseye
("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
To: C19fan
There is no such thing as homophobia - it should be called homodiscustis.
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:49:45 AM PST
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: C19fan
What hurt Buttigieg the most was his condescending, snarky smirk
To: Always A Marine
You said it better than I did, and I agree also with your Fed remarks. Fake money, fake candidates, fake markets, fake “patriots”. Everything today is fake and are done under false pretenses.
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:53:40 AM PST
by
bkopto
To: C19fan
Right, turned off! Not SCARED of as a phobia implies!
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posted on
03/03/2020 9:54:03 AM PST
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: Leep
I’m all for it. But wouldn’t it trigger the pud-pullers?
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:02:19 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: C19fan
Hi.
I don’t have homophobia, I have Marxophobia.
5.56mm
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:02:41 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
To: C19fan
True...I made crude jokes about his sexuality. But, if he’d espoused Trump’s beliefs and policies, I’d be 100% behind him.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:13:03 AM PST
by
moovova
To: moovova
Id be 100% behind him. EEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:15:33 AM PST
by
bankwalker
(Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
To: C19fan
Wouldn’t “homodislikea” or possibly “homodisgustia” be more accourate?
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:16:07 AM PST
by
FXRP
(Cogito, ergo Spam!)
To: C19fan
Didn’t take long for some media bum to come up with this explanation of why a mayor didn’t get to be president.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:16:56 AM PST
by
I want the USA back
(We have sunk to a depth where restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men:Orwell)
To: ifinnegan
"Progressives liked the idea of the first gay president. They already had one with 0bama.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:16:56 AM PST
by
BubbaBasher
("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:17:59 AM PST
by
moovova
To: C19fan
Political correctness confuses homophobia with the shuddering reflex.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:25:07 AM PST
by
odawg
To: C19fan
There’s no ‘phobia’ about it... It’s just that homosexual is abhorrent to nature and should not be actively promoted.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:27:44 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: C19fan
Why do they call it “homoPHOBIA”? A phobia is a fear. They’re just disgusting human beings.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:28:42 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
To: C19fan
Id happily vote for a gay conservative. Buttgeedge simply wasnt my cup of tea.,Homophobia, my tuchis.
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posted on
03/03/2020 10:31:45 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever po)
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