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Barney Frank Wont Walk Back Very Harsh Language On Gay Republicans
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Evan McMorris-Santoro September 11, 2012, 4:45 PM 8777
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has taken a lot of flak for his comment during a meeting at last weeks Democratic National Convention likening gay Republican groups like the Log Cabin Republicans and GOProud to Uncle Tom.
On Tuesday, Frank sent an extremely long missive to critics of his phrasing. Comparing gay Republicans to Uncle Tom was admittedly very harsh criticism, Frank said in statement. But, Frank said, he meant it.
Some have complained that in comparing the Log Cabin Republicans to Uncle Tom, I was ignoring the fact that they are nice, Frank said. I accept the fact that many of them are nice so was Uncle Tom but in both cases, theyve been nice to the wrong people.
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But Frank stands by his initial assessment.
Heres Franks full statement, along with addendum-@ link~
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/barney-frank-uncle-tom-republicans-harsh.php
Warpy
(111,327 posts)so refusing to retract the truth is no longer necessary for him.
Sing it loud, sing it strong, Barney!
Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)He's really been the only Independent out there.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)and selfish people.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)Colluding with the enemy, pure and simple. Their support of the republicans is like stabbing their gay brethren in the back.
You have to be a pretty messed up piece of ______ to do that, imo.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Every log cabin repug I know is either
A) Rich
B) Not out to the family (which is conservative)
C) All of the above
So IMO, it's selfishness, avarice and cowardice.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)He's probably even read Uncle Tom's Cabin.
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)Were he real, I would have had respect for him. Has anyone else on this board read the book?
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Tom took beatings to protect his friends, and built a relationship with owners in the interest of helping a "slave community."
Log cabin republicans sell out the LGBT community for their own self interest.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)It made a terrific impression on me at the time -- but that was pre-civil-rights movement, way pre-.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)And that makes everything all right? Wow. I'm by no means an expert, but this seems to be classic co-dependence.
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)she's a lifelong republican, is totally ignorant on all issues, but that's her reasoning. Could be the Log Cabin guys, too. There was no talking to her; she was too dumb to even absorb what I might say, doesn't watch news, nothing. At least the Log Cabin Republicans can't say that; denial maybe? I don't know, but am glad Barney called them out.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)They are of the antiquated mindset that voting republican is good for their wallet. Well, unless they're one of the 1% (the REAL 1%, not the people who make 100k and THINK they're the 1%,) they're voting against their interests. Most often it's the mistaken belief that voting republican is great for their portfolios, taxes, home value, etc. But they're completely WRONG.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)Log Cabin Republicans I have known are not even particularly political. It is entirely about business networking. They are the people that belong to all the right clubs regardless of interest, go to all the grand openings, totally shallow brown nosers. It is just another box to check off on their branding/marketing profile. Never know when you will meet a great contact who is a staunch Republican, and still get in good with their Dem/Liberal contacts because after all they are still Gay and fabulous.
yardwork
(61,698 posts)Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)Log Cabin Republicans have absolutely no right to get all butthurt over his comments.
I mean, they've "succeeded in getting the Republicans to reduce the extent to which they denounce us"?! Seriously? That's Stockholm Syndrome.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)For one, Ellen has single-handedly done more for that in 20 years than all of their combined repuke ass-kissing in the same time period.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)
the power that you confer upon him to destroy you. Where has he acquired enough eyes to spy upon you, if you do not provide them yourselves? How can he have so many arms to beat you with, if he does not borrow them from you? The feet that trample down your cities, where does he get them if they are not your own? How does he have any power over you except through you? How would he dare assail you if he had not cooperation from you?"
You go Barney.
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Except for pure greed and self-loathing, I don't understand how any GLBT person can support the GOP.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Delusional indeed
Cha
(297,503 posts)People who vote against their best interests Really are like Chickens voting for Colonel Sanders!
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Talk about voting against your own interests!!! But, I guess a lot of uneducated ReThugs do that regularly all across the country.
Hells Liberal
(88 posts)Uncle Tom was a heroic figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
The use of "Uncle Tom" as a perjorative comes from white, racist minstrel shows, done in blackface, to lampoon black people and anything that might humanize them.
I share Barney Frank's frustration with gay repubs. I have a friend and sometime business associate who is a lesbian with one foot in the closet as she works for pro-business/anti-regulation repubs. Her sexuality is kind of an open secret with the people she works with.
She's a good friend and I love her, but her association with the repub party just does not compute with me.
rurallib
(62,439 posts)I hope he's around somewhere where he can let rip on those that need it.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Then the repugs will flick them off like a fly on an elephant's ass.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)you go big guy!
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)GodlessBiker
(6,314 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)Got to love him.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)GOP apologists. They are, or aspire to be 1%-ers that like to have sex with others of the same sex. That's it.
So they apologize all over the place for their own party's treatment of them. What kind of sick behavior is this? I think it may be called co-dependency.
The GOP Log Cabiners are delusional that they can get the CURRENT GOP party to every view them with other than hatred unless of course they will contribute to, campaign for and vote for their bigoted anti-LGBT candidate.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)and you'll see their true colors. If they were sincere they'd have welcomed it. Instead, they attacked him.
baldguy
(36,649 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)dickthegrouch
(3,183 posts)Good.
Maybe it's time the people hurt by his remarks looked at the amount of hurt their stance is causing the rest of us.
Denounce the GOP, denounce Mittens, Denounce LCR, all completely useless to anyone who is merely surviving.
Keep it up Mr Frank.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)turn your back.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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closeupready
(29,503 posts)K&R
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)been one to tell it like it is. He's speaking nothing but the truth.