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Old 08-19-2019, 09:24 PM
 
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There is a HUGE DIFFERENCE between coming out for it TODAY than in the 90s-2000s. Is that not understood by Most?
Yeah, it didn't suit their political needs back then.

They never cared about gay people but only votes.
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:25 PM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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Thats cool, no harm no foul



You cant claim to care about gay people and then "prioritize" away their rights, its shows the inherent lie in claiming you care.

To be clear, you can either vote for someone else in the primary and if your guy loses, write in someone better in the general. You dont have to vote for the homophobe just because you agree on taxes. thats a cop out.
It’s not that I don't care. It’s just that I care about other things more. There are many other things that I care about, that I will not have the opportunity to vote for, because no single politician has all the same views on all issues that I do. I wish there was. We all have to pick and choose what is most important to us. That is the whole point of voting. It is not a lie that I care. If I said I care more about that issue than any other issue, THAT would be a lie.
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Somewhere below Mason/Dixon
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I have no association with ANYONE who would say something like white people and "his[her] own people". THAT person is not MY people. No way.
As I stated before, I have no respect for political correctness and I see you are offended by a white person referring to other white people as his/her own people. Political correctness has no place in a free nation. I refuse to be told it is wrong for me to identify with MY OWN people like that. In fact I am proud of the history and accomplishments of my people (British heritage). No liberal has the right to degrade our history or accomplishments as a people. I am really over all the anti white and obligatory white guilt thing. Done with it.
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:43 PM
 
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Yeah, it didn't suit their political needs back then.

They never cared about gay people but only votes.

It's almost like they're politicians LOL
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:46 PM
 
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It's almost like they're politicians LOL
Yeah and in reality a politicians personal views shouldn’t matter at all. Their job is to represent the people, not themselves. Don’t really have a problem with “flip-flops” or “evolved positions”. That’s the job description.
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Old 08-19-2019, 09:51 PM
 
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As I stated before, I have no respect for political correctness and I see you are offended by a white person referring to other white people as his/her own people. Political correctness has no place in a free nation. I refuse to be told it is wrong for me to identify with MY OWN people like that. In fact I am proud of the history and accomplishments of my people (British heritage). No liberal has the right to degrade our history or accomplishments as a people. I am really over all the anti white and obligatory white guilt thing. Done with it.
Do you really have more in common with someone in Britain over a fellow American of a different race though?

I’m white of German and Irish descent, but I’ve got more in common with my black Marine neighbor than a random German.

Not enough folks acknowledging that is the root of our division.
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Old 08-19-2019, 10:13 PM
 
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Do you really have more in common with someone in Britain over a fellow American of a different race though?

I’m white of German and Irish descent, but I’ve got more in common with my black Marine neighbor than a random German.

Not enough folks acknowledging that is the root of our division.
I never said that I don’t have anything in common with my black neighbors. He like me is an American. In that context he is also “my people”. This discussion however is about ethnicity. Those who show pride in, celebrate their heritage as a white person are demonized and attacked as being racist. The black man can talk about “his people”, the Hispanic can talk of “his people” all in the context of their shared ethnicity but when we white people do it we are supposed to be ok with a leftist wagging his finger at us and saying “no no” you whites cannot do that or your a racist. I guess what I am saying is I will do as I please and would encourage all other white people to do the same. I will say it again, political correctness has no place in a free society.
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Old 08-19-2019, 10:18 PM
 
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I never said that I don’t have anything in common with my black neighbors. He like me is an American. In that context he is also “my people”. This discussion however is about ethnicity. Those who show pride in, celebrate their heritage as a white person are demonized and attacked as being racist. The black man can talk about “his people”, the Hispanic can talk of “his people” all in the context of their shared ethnicity but when we white people do it we are supposed to be ok with a leftist wagging his finger at us and saying “no no” you whites cannot do that or your a racist. I guess what I am saying is I will do as I please and would encourage all other white people to do the same. I will say it again, political correctness has no place in a free society.
What is white heritage in america at this point? I mean what do whites who descend from Irish have any commonality with whites who descend from Germans? We do not share the same food or the same religion.
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Old 08-19-2019, 10:24 PM
 
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I never said that I don’t have anything in common with my black neighbors. He like me is an American. In that context he is also “my people”. This discussion however is about ethnicity. Those who show pride in, celebrate their heritage as a white person are demonized and attacked as being racist. The black man can talk about “his people”, the Hispanic can talk of “his people” all in the context of their shared ethnicity but when we white people do it we are supposed to be ok with a leftist wagging his finger at us and saying “no no” you whites cannot do that or your a racist. I guess what I am saying is I will do as I please and would encourage all other white people to do the same. I will say it again, political correctness has no place in a free society.
I’ve never been shamed going to the city’s Oktoberfest or Celtic Festival. Not even considered that a notion. Those sorts of events celebrate heritage in an inclusive way.

Like the “war on Christmas”, you’d have to be an awfully big ‘snowflake’ to really believe that is happening from my perspective anyway.
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Old 08-19-2019, 10:38 PM
 
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What is white heritage in america at this point? I mean what do whites who descend from Irish have any commonality with whites who descend from Germans? We do not share the same food or the same religion.
Go to Wisconsin or Michigan and tell me you don’t understand the German heritage and it’s contribution to our heritage. Go to Boston or New York and tell me you don’t understand the cultural contribution of the Irish. What do the white people of America have in common??? Our ancestors built this country together, they shared their different Northern European foods and cultures with each other. Their culture became American culture. They invented the modern world together. They made the electric light, the airplane, put America on wheels, modern medicine, TV and radio, the computer and developed the digital age. We have a great deal in common and our white ancestors made the world a better place.
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