We all know that the Republican Party consists mainly of homophobic, xenophobic, racist-to-varying-degrees, warring-on-women assholes, right? This is FACT and SCIENCE, and other things that liberals accept and Republicans deny. But just how homophobic is the GOP? So much so that the organization that tries to get more LGBT acceptance in the Republican party, GOProud, is giving up, finally acknowledging that Republicans are
Working class Republicans are voting against their own <i>economic</i> self-interest, but -- if they have really strong feelings about social issues (that is, they are some type of bigot) -- they may feel that their principles are more important than their personal economic welfare. Or they may just be stupid.
Gay Republicans, OTOH, may well be voting <i>for</i> their economic self-interest (a working-class gay Republican would be quite a find). They do this despite the fact that the vast majority of their fellow Republicans would like them to die, or at least become completely invisible.
I think the gay Repos are way more fucked up -- or conflicted, if you prefer. If the Republicans should happen to achieve absolute power, the working-class Repos will just be as fucked as they are now, but the gays will be exterminated.
Comic Sans, hahahahahahahahaha....
What?
This is looking like DejaVu all over again.
Don&#039;t go back to Rockwell.
This could go on in Perpetua.
They&#039;ve left the hood.
The rest of the group always regarded him as a sage, though.
Plausible deniability.
(Also too, economic conservatism vs. foreign policy conservatism vs. small government conservatism vs. social conservatism.)
Also too, Fascists For Multiculturalism.
The American Cattlemen&#039;s Association just closed its Outreach Office for Seventh Day Adventists.
For public relations they&#039;ve retained Santorum, who will soon be issuing a release.
Elliot Spitzer libel.
Sadly, there are still LaRouchies.
Herb Cain. Navair Forget Nein Nein Nein.
You really are good.
It&#039;s not so much that there is a hierarchy of crazy -- they&#039;re just all over the fucking place.
A little difference.
Working class Republicans are voting against their own <i>economic</i> self-interest, but -- if they have really strong feelings about social issues (that is, they are some type of bigot) -- they may feel that their principles are more important than their personal economic welfare. Or they may just be stupid.
Gay Republicans, OTOH, may well be voting <i>for</i> their economic self-interest (a working-class gay Republican would be quite a find). They do this despite the fact that the vast majority of their fellow Republicans would like them to die, or at least become completely invisible.
I think the gay Repos are way more fucked up -- or conflicted, if you prefer. If the Republicans should happen to achieve absolute power, the working-class Repos will just be as fucked as they are now, but the gays will be exterminated.
Does this mean the GOP will need to find another beard?