Ex-Republican
Dear Democrats:
We've been together for a while now. It's platonic, and probably always will be, as we share a home together as friends ever since I left the Republicans. But I appreciate our new relationship, and that's why I'm comfortable telling you here that I'm worried about you.
Are you trying to lose the election?
When we watched CNN's LGBTQ town hall for the Democratic candidates Thursday, we had very different reactions. This is the event, you remember, where former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas said he'dpunish religious institutions for refusing gay marriage, and where Sen. Kamala Harris of California started by informing us of her pronouns, and then host Chris Cuomo, after a mild and dopey joke, had to go on Twitter the next day and apologize for making light of it. This is where Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts fielded a question about traditional marriage with a sneering, smug insinuation that the only people who would ask her about that are men who can't find a woman.
I'm not asking you to betray your principles. But I'm going to be honest: When it comes to the election of 2020, I don't care about LGBTQ issues. And neither should you — not because these issues are not important, but because there isn't a single Democratic candidate who is against you on any of this, and not one of them will be worse than Trump.
Don't hand issues to culture warriors
You're scaring me, however, when you tell me that you think you have to hammer on these hot-button issues in the places you need to win back electoral votes — in order to motivate your base to come out and vote.
Do you realize what you're saying? If you need an evening-long town hall on LGBTQ issues to "motivate" yourselves, then you're already doomed.
Take it from a former member of the GOP tribe, they're waiting for you. They are praying, you should pardon the expression, that you will do something stupid and pointless so that they can take the spotlight off of Trump. They will do anything to change the subject, so that you cannot run on the simple platform that Trump is an emotionally unstable ignoramus who is endangering our national security and trampling on the Constitution. Why help them?
OP:I couldn't disagree more. Democrats are defending fundamental rights against a "culture warrior" minority. Not for a second should they stop protecting the rights and safety of lgbt people. This idea that there a "silent majority " who support homophobia, transphobia.
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...rats-forgot-at-lgbtq-forum-column/3947332002/
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