• JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Honestly, I’d settle for a good one. Gay or not. Because a person’s sexuality and preferences are entirely irrelevant to one’s ability to be a fair and hard working representative.

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      3 months ago

      Let’s not pretend that people would refuse to vote for a gay candidate.

      Whether we personally consider it an issue it has likely massively hurt their prospects as a politician.

      Also representation is really important. Especially for younger people.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve never in my life voted for someone because they were a heterosexual. I vote based on their track record. When we stop giving a shit about what people do with their genitals, we will be better off. We don’t need gender identity representation in our politics- we just need someone that will treat all people as equals- and enact policy that reflects this.

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          3 months ago

          Again you might not but plenty of people would. I would say it’s a pretty large crowd as well.

          Also sexuality has nothing to do with gender.

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          When we stop giving a shit about what people do with their genitals, we will be better off.

          (From the people who brought you “JD Vance fucks couches”.)

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            Unless he himself has been saying that, you’re painting with too broad a brush. We aren’t all accountable for what our political allies do. Thank fuck. There are plenty of people on the left with more enthusiasm than ability to reason and communicate in public.

            And I say that appreciating the irony that I will hold republicans accountable for allowing Nazis in their midst. But the difference to me is they don’t speak out. Some of us will call out the left on bullshit (e.g. Gaza) even if we share similar ultimate goals. I see very few on the right ever do that.

            Also, Vance fucks furniture is sort of obvious humor that no one takes really seriously, anyway, so probably not worth tackling that as a serious subject.

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        it has likely massively hurt their prospects as a politician

        Or, the complete opposite.

        Do you think there’s any way Pete, the mayor of a town of 100,000 people, would have become a national presidential candidate if he wasn’t gay?

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          Absolutely. Hes one of the best communicators in the party. Dude is a fantastic surrogate. Especially when you send him into unfriendly territory. I’m not going to say he’s the right pick for VP (I have some problems with his policy background), but acting like he’s only where he is because of his sexuality is fucking stupid.

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      …that’s kinda what he’s saying. He’s saying there’s enough people who agree with this now that the political backlash to it will be a drop of hate in a huge bucket of sensible sentiments.

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      Is america ready for a competent president? Will voters accept an adequate candidate? Its hard to say, without knowing first which divisive and inflammatory categories they can be sorted into.