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Ford_Prefect

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27. You simply cannot have it both ways. The contemporary GOP doesn't respect ANY human beings.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 09:11 PM

Jul 2022

They are a very exclusive club and intend to make it more so.

Gay conservatives are now learning just who's in charge of the GOP and it ain't anyone who will listen to them, except for those few who are billionaires. The party of Reagan, and Shrub for that matter, was erased with the rise of the Tea Party. With that came the fervent absolutist Right Wing along with the fascist evangelical mob.

I can resect the desire for a traditional conservative thinker to find some hope in the philosophy they imagine grounds conservative politics. I have to say though that they are fooling themselves in maintaining that perspective. One essential feature of American conservative thinking is that some animals are naturally superior to others. Conservatives Über Alles doesn't fit the broader Constitutional scheme envisioned by the founders.

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"We failed": Gay Republicans who fought for acceptance in Texas GOP see little progress [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2022 OP

The Log cabin Repubklican can all go fuck themselves NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #1

For fucks sake. Have an original fucking thought and join the struggle. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #2

I guess better late than never. OrlandoDem2 Jul 2022 #3

No..they didn't fail. They tried and were shown the door. The only fail would be to continue to try PortTack Jul 2022 #4

you said exactly what I am thinking. CurtEastPoint Jul 2022 #8

They gave it 25 years. Time (long past) to be done catrose Jul 2022 #16

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Jul 2022 #26

First, it was their failure, and second, that it took them 20 years to figure out what the JohnSJ Jul 2022 #5

Maybe they should change their name to log cabin Democrats Walleye Jul 2022 #6

gay republican favorite fashion look.... msongs Jul 2022 #7

"Thank you, sir! May I have another?" Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #9

That seems to be such an oxymoron Ferrets are Cool Jul 2022 #10

Are they surprised by this? 3catwoman3 Jul 2022 #11

Why do blue collar workers claim to be Republican? LakeArenal Jul 2022 #12

I managed a union workforce for 30+ years here in Texas and almost all walkingman Jul 2022 #21

Thanks. It was a rhetorical question tho. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #23

I understand - just hit a nerve. ☮ walkingman Jul 2022 #25

"SLUGS FOR SALT! SLUGS FOR SALT!" nt bbernardini Jul 2022 #13

Owner of face eating tiger shocked when tiger eats his face. Comfortably_Numb Jul 2022 #14

Does this rise to the level of self-delusion, it sounds like self-delusion to me... Thomas Hurt Jul 2022 #15

What the hell were you expecting, gay Republicans? Paladin Jul 2022 #17

Well, fuck them. enki23 Jul 2022 #18

I know one of the leaders in the Austin chapter and I promise you walkingman Jul 2022 #19

og Cabin Republicans -- Chickens, voting for Col. Sanders. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #20

Blacks for Trump... Ridiculous slogan. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #24

The primary fail was thinking you would ever succeed. tanyev Jul 2022 #22

You simply cannot have it both ways. The contemporary GOP doesn't respect ANY human beings. Ford_Prefect Jul 2022 #27