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75. Certainly people can grow & change;

Wed Apr 25, 2018, 02:19 PM

Apr 2018

but you dont have any problem with her going to the "I was hacked" excuse and denying that these latest posts are real? Without any proof? That hardly seems like growth in this case

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Joy Reids New Homophobic Blog Post Comments Prompt LGBT Group to Take Back Award [View all] 7962 Apr 2018 OP

I will be interested in seeing the responses here on this. left-of-center2012 Apr 2018 #1

I'll wager there will be few. But it is newsworthy even if its disappointing. 7962 Apr 2018 #5

Disappointing to say the least. I'd to think Joy's explanations are true and give her InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #26

Now, More Woke Roy Rolling Apr 2018 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Corvo Bianco Apr 2018 #51

Assuming the posts are hers - and I haven't really followed this - we have to remember that Vinca Apr 2018 #2

The way back machine seems to say that the posts were made Calista241 Apr 2018 #6

I hear you, but if this is true, there needs to be some repercussions... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #29

So do a lot of white churches. Never mind the Muslim mindset on this. Tipperary Apr 2018 #81

You can't excuse her because her views have evolved? Vinca Apr 2018 #84

Sounds irresponsible to me. David__77 Apr 2018 #3

I'm sorry to learn of this. I very much wish she had just left well-enough alone. n/t Glorfindel Apr 2018 #4

Damn! lark Apr 2018 #7

She has to prove leftynyc Apr 2018 #8

Certainly taking a big risk. Too many experts out there these days. And I agree with you. 7962 Apr 2018 #12

I want the truth from her leftynyc Apr 2018 #18

Yes, if she did it and owned up to it and splained how her heart had changed and InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #31

+1! 7962 Apr 2018 #74

The implicit criticism LanternWaste Apr 2018 #48

"Thoroughly" supported by many below. But you'd know that if you actually paid attention. 7962 Apr 2018 #73

LOL Jedi Guy Apr 2018 #95

Thanks! 7962 Apr 2018 #100

+ one bazillion melman Apr 2018 #106

Thank you. And a great way to put it. 7962 Apr 2018 #117

Am I missing something here? TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #9

She DID initally express regret and apologize for the posts in question. However, bullwinkle428 Apr 2018 #10

So, what homophobic statements has she made recently? TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #13

But the system handling the archives says theres no proof of hacking. 7962 Apr 2018 #17

What homophobic statements has she made recently? TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #19

Certainly people can grow & change; 7962 Apr 2018 #75

What "latest posts". They're 10 yrs old. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #79

Yes, 10 yrs old. But just NOW found. Supposedly. 7962 Apr 2018 #83

I think the truth has come out. mia has it. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #85

"I'm no code geek, so I'll wait and see" That kinda means I dont know. 7962 Apr 2018 #87

That's the purpose of propaganda: to reinforce the targets' prejudices & keep them ignorant. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #88

We constantly see people "outed" here for their previous associations & comments. 7962 Apr 2018 #93

If you think it's weird, then it probably is. The "Joy is evil" narrative is bullshit. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #94

It seems to me that if she's claiming she was hacked, it's on her to prove her assertion. Jedi Guy Apr 2018 #97

read mia's post: TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #98

None. lapucelle Apr 2018 #57

True. Snackshack Apr 2018 #28

Why the fuck you telling the LGBT community what it HAS to do? David__77 Apr 2018 #107

How the fuck can society advance if individuals don't? LGBT people included. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #108

Because str8splanin' is acceptable. Behind the Aegis Apr 2018 #115

This is not about her stance on LGBQ issues years ago. GulfCoast66 Apr 2018 #114

Another example of dems and progressives having to be PERFECT rainin Apr 2018 #11

Bingo. You get it. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #14

We shouldn't use the despicable behavior of any Republicans as an excuse. Doodley Apr 2018 #53

Well done! HenryWallace Apr 2018 #61

Exactly. It's clique culture. joshcryer Apr 2018 #89

Ohhhhhhhh... hlthe2b Apr 2018 #15

This is just my opinion all american girl Apr 2018 #46

Time for her to be exiled! Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #16

I don't see anyone asking leftynyc Apr 2018 #20

Apparently. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #34

Yes, yes..... its outrageous! HenryWallace Apr 2018 #49

She joked that Charlie Crist was a closeted homosexual IronLionZion Apr 2018 #21

Stephanie Miller was just talking about this padah513 Apr 2018 #22

I'd need to see the actual posts rather than someone's conclusion about them. Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #23

That's fair... I'd like to see the other posts too. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #32

You can see them (link below) Tom Rinaldo Apr 2018 #42

I think this tweet pushed by (from) Glenn Greenwald should tell most that something is not right hlthe2b Apr 2018 #24

GFY, greenwald leftynyc Apr 2018 #25

That's why I'm sitting this one out JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #27

How about CNN and The Library of Congress Archive? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #62

I don't understand JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #64

This is what everyone's up in arms about? DeminPennswoods Apr 2018 #91

Joy is fighting the KGB, Rump and another well known group I cant mention, so they Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #101

Just don't see the "homophobia" here DeminPennswoods Apr 2018 #111

Is this the same Greenwald who said the Russian investigation is like Joe McCarthy? still_one Apr 2018 #40

one and the same. Be skeptical, DUers, be discerning, please. hlthe2b Apr 2018 #63

n/t JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #71

Yep JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #66

Isn't the FBI involved JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #69

That is what some are saying I hear still_one Apr 2018 #70

+1 dalton99a Apr 2018 #44

Lest we forget Greenwald has similarly crappy posts floating around out there. joshcryer Apr 2018 #90

This post. Others PLEASE read and don't be bamboozled hlthe2b Apr 2018 #96

Wait a minute mercuryblues Apr 2018 #30

This is another "Al Franken" rat fucking operation. Botany Apr 2018 #33

No question Joy's support for the LGBT community should be a consideration... InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2018 #37

Sure smells like one dalton99a Apr 2018 #43

Seems like it workinclasszero Apr 2018 #45

Has Kirsten issued a statement yet ? OnDoutside Apr 2018 #52

oh snap. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #59

rat fucking JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #72

The article is pretty bad and sloppy Hav Apr 2018 #35

Keep falling for bringing down our own. All fighters are doomed. Western Democracy is doomed -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #36

If her remarks are over 5 years old, they are meaningless to me. Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #39

"How do you prove there were no hacks." Hav Apr 2018 #41

#facknews stonecutter357 Apr 2018 #47

#metoo is about reexamining past behaviors once hidden or widely considered acceptable. Orsino Apr 2018 #50

... lapucelle Apr 2018 #54

Aye-yi-yi! KPN Apr 2018 #55

Greenwald is jizzing himself in an orgasmic fury on Twitter right now Blue_Tires Apr 2018 #56

Obviously we should virtually kill her...Burn her at the stake. Rustyeye77 Apr 2018 #58

We did it to Franken, we can do it again! JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2018 #60

I guess 1% enemy outweighs 99% friend. Rustyeye77 Apr 2018 #65

Doomed. We are doomed. Going high, but doomed. -nt poboy2 Apr 2018 #67

Bernie's groups must be afraid of her. R B Garr Apr 2018 #68

Sigh leftynyc Apr 2018 #76

Jesus. Talk about out if the frying pan and in to the fire. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #77

The Russians made him do that. n/t QC Apr 2018 #80

Mediate has a reading comprehension fail here. joshcryer Apr 2018 #92

The lynching of Joy Ann Reid by the Bernie left Gothmog Apr 2018 #78

Yep... Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #102

PFLAG is out to get here perhaps. David__77 Apr 2018 #109

PFLAG is the "Bernie left" now? m-lekktor Apr 2018 #113

From Malcom Nance Gothmog Apr 2018 #116

Joy Reid is the latest victim of BLACK PROPAGANDA... TheDebbieDee Apr 2018 #82

She probably should have just said, I evolved. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #86

I don't know who Joy Reid is... Politicub Apr 2018 #99

I think that is very true. David__77 Apr 2018 #110

FUCK, I get tired of us eating our own. nt Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #103

And meanwhile, some Republicans want to KILL members of the LGBT community. Oneironaut Apr 2018 #104

So very true. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #105

Trump is still going down. Kingofalldems Apr 2018 #112