Since when does wanting equal rights make me an extremist?

[dbackjon]

Since when does wanting the same right that all hetero Americans enjoy make me a far-left radical that should be ignored?

Since when was equality for all a "pet issue"?

[Solon]

1. It doesn't I advocate for the same thing, but there are a lot of haters around here. n/t

[crappyjazz]

2. silly, you're just a pusher of special interest and pet issues

no one would call you extremist or radical ... certainly not here

:sarcasm:

[Seen the light]

3. Because you're a BASHER that should GET OVER IT

Now excuse me while I find some hot pictures of Obama from 20 years ago and put them in my signature and my avatar and make threads about how much I love him.

[lapfog_1]

4. In UNICODE no less. - n/t

[lunatica]

5. It's just your turn now

I remember when it was an outrage for women to want equal rights and equal consideration, especially in the workplace. There was a time in my lifetime when I couldn't get a credit card without my husband's help or consider getting past being a secretary in a corporation. There was a time when there was SERIOUS debate about whether women were as good as men or as intelligent or as able. Believe me. We all get our turn to fight for our rights in this country unless you're a white straight man.

[KittyWampus]

6. Do you think using the same strategy that Bush uses with Iranians is ultimately helpful?

If you do, you're an extremist.

[Starry Messenger]

7. What?

Word salad.

[Solon]

9. Nice way to conflate foriegn policy with a soveriegn nation with how to deal with bigotry...

within our own damn nation. Question: Did we embrace racists when fighting for civil rights for African Americans?

[Starry Messenger]

8. You are not.

I always thought being pro-human rights was an across the spectrum issue that was easy to understand.

[Mugweed]

10. Rights?

Nobody in charge seems to care too much about rights. That's why Obama voted FOR making warrantless wiretapping retro-actively legal. That's why a bigot is going to invoke the invisible sky daddy on Jan 20.

Bigotry and discrimination are just par for the course for politicians and reversing the legitimization of such aren't part of whatever "change" we were all promised. Not if it interferes with the flow of $$$$.

Why a certain percentage of law-abiding, tax paying citizens should be subject to legalized discrimination is beyond me. Honoring some who proudly espouse bigotry with the shittiest of arguments by giving them a speaking role in what is supposed to be a big historical change moment is also bewildering.

[crappyjazz]

11. A politician is a politician is a politician

I'm not surprised or shocked... just disgusted.

[Bucky]

12. Hey, who let you onto the bus, you gay-basher-basher!

This thread is for first class citizens only! By taking offense at the celebration of gay-bashers, you only show what an intolerant bigothater you are! Grrrr!

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.