Outright's blog doesn't allow anonymous posts, due to the high proliferation of spam and anonymous unverified comments that are posted by partisans from all sides. We figure that since all of us publish our views under our own names, the least we can ask from those who blog here as commenters is the same courtesy.
However, one of the bits of anonymous comments from one Democratic Party partisan leapt out at me -- I post it here for your enlightenment. It's quite revealing:
LGBT legislation is not a priority for most lawmakers
because it is not a priority for most voters.
We at Outright couldn't agree more -- Democrats aren't known for doing what's right, since they have no principles beyond "governing by the polls."
We're just asking them to be honest about it and tell gay voters "your priorities are not our priorities," rather than lying to us every election cycle about "plans" to reverse the anti-gay military ban or end DOMA that never come even close to fruition (despite endless promises).
(Incidentally, one has to wonder whether plans to rename federal buildings, test ketchup viscosity, or legalize Super Bowl games shown in churches are "a priority for most voters." We doubt it -- but it's certainly a more important priority for Democrats. Those bills, after all, got voted on and passed.)
We think that politicians should earn your vote and those of your family. Democrats (and Republicans) seem to think they're entitled to your vote to the same degree that they're entitled to spend your income on programs that marginalize you and your family -- and if you don't like it, tough.
2 comments:
It is often joked that Libertarians are really just Republicans who want to spoke pot.
Your comments are highly critical of the Democratic Party, but offer little criticism at the Republican Party.
You are even more willing to attack a fellow Libertarian, then the GOP.
The 'Anonymous' person you quoted from happens to be a good friend of mine. She has been a life long Libertarian.
America is a two-party cartel system. This means that third party candidates are not viable choices, especially in federal races.
America is also a representative democracy, which means that elected lawmakers (from both parties) need to care about what most voters care about.
Most voters believe that gay rights are (1) generally ok, but not a priority or (2) evil and wicked and should be oppose at all costs.
Thus they are different from some of the oddball bills that you mentioned because their is a well funded opposition to gay rights.
"Rename federal buildings, test ketchup viscosity, or legalize Super Bowl games shown in churches", are certainly important to certain constituents. They are also not going to provoke much attention or outrage.
It's quite curious that "ETJB," "anonymous" and your "friend" are all likely posting from the same IP address.
Queer voters would benefit far more from you spending time getting your fellow Democrats to walk the walk they keep talking about, rather than wasting time lying about Outright Libertarians' activities.
The claim that pork-barrel spending "isn't controversial" is easily countered by the regular exposes conducted by the media with reference to that wasteful spending. And again, if Democrats simply said "we cannot pass any pro-gay legislation because it's controversial," they'd be honest. (Of course, then they wouldn't receive the millions of dollars and millions of gay votes they demand election season after election season).
Individuals who are interested in Outright's criticism of the Republican Party can look to the long list of comments below from recent past and make up their own minds. Hilariously enough, the post that we quoted was in reference to a bill introduced by Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania -- who, last time we checked, wasn't a Democrat.
It's one thing for Democrats to keep insulting gay voters' issues -- but insulting our intelligence is stooping to a new low. Whether it's the same Democrat trolling the Outright blog under pseudonyms, or the Democrats coming up with creative excuses as to why they must consistently break their campaign commitments to the LGBT community, it's getting pretty ridiculous.
And, to be fair to the Republicans, they're not running around claiming to be the "pro-gay" party -- it's arguably less dishonest of them to vote for DOMA than it is for a Democrat like Bill Clinton who courted queer voters (and their campaign contributions) yet turned around and stabbed them in the back.
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2007/08/trading-marriage-for-300000.html
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2007/09/something-no-republican-not-even-you.html
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2007/09/governor-george-wallace-schwarzenegger.html
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2007/09/libertarian-party-of-california-calls.html
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2007/10/republicans-make-up-your-minds.html
http://outrightlibertarians.blogspot.com/2008/02/bi-partisan-marginalization-of-gay.html
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