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Pandemic Culture Wars

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 30, 2020

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I don’t know why this is so hard to grasp, but the people who think my homosexuality is a sin but who would donate their time and money to save my life anyway are far better human beings than the progressive activists trying to shut those people down.

God bless #SamaritansPurse
— You Should Have Voted For Gary (@colorblindk1d) April 2, 2020

All the usual outlets like Buzzfeed and HuffPo are going after Samaritan’s Purse, the mayor’s office has said they are investigating them, and GLAAD put out a statement condemning them for not providing a “safe space”.
— You Should Have Voted For Gary (@colorblindk1d) April 2, 2020

All of which seems on par with the progressive media and activists’ attacks on the Salvation Army for feeding the hungry in accordance with their faith:

No one deserves this kind of smear campaign driven by failing, identity politics-obsessed media outlets desperate for clicks.

New from me @dcexaminer:

Gay media attack Pete Buttigieg for working with ‘homophobic’ Salvation Army https://t.co/T3jG4axe1n
— Brad Polumbo (@brad_polumbo) December 4, 2019

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Plague Lessons

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 24, 2020

Author of landmark plays about gay men and AIDS was felled by coronavirus.

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Forgotten History

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 22, 2020

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Conflicting Rights

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 21, 2020

This does not seem magnanimous on the part of LGBT activists.

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Biden and Bernie Vie for LGBT Votes

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 15, 2020

? ? ? @BernieSanders invoking @JoeBiden’s vote IN SUPPORT OF #DOMA.#DemDebates
— Gregory T. Angelo (@gregorytangelo) March 16, 2020

Biden claims he’s the first member of a presidential administration to publicly voice support for gay marriage.

Actually, that was Republican VP Dick Cheney:https://t.co/9wZjy63pSM
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 16, 2020

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Voters Don’t Share the Intersectional Left’s Views

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 8, 2020

Interesting take on the difference in Sander’s support in 2016 vs. 2020.

I misread Bernie’s broad 2016 ideological coalition as a generic candidate net favorability vote. But it now seems like he combined ideological objections to Hillary from 2 directions, the economic left & the social/racial/gender right, & has mostly retained only the left side
— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) March 8, 2020

I think both Clinton and Sanders perceived Hillary’s attacks on Bernie as insufficiently left on culture to be effective when in fact they were counterproductive.

This misunderstanding went on to shape many candidates’ 2020 decision-making. https://t.co/RK1Dj4jA95
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 8, 2020

Rural/non-college white vote for Sanders in 2016 was mostly socially right of Hillary and those voters are comfortable with Biden now (and in the general that could potentially include some Obama- Trump voters too).
Bernie’s association with the “squad” cost him this vote.
— Campaign Diaries (@CampaignDiaries) March 8, 2020

A similar point, looking at why Warren’s campaign imploded. Via Tucker Carlson:

“Warren got derailed. More precisely, she got infected with a virulent strain of identity politics…. Elizabeth Warren went intersectional, and it killed her.”

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Buttigieg Ends His Historic White House Bid

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 1, 2020

Exceptionally well-prepared candidate who ran a groundbreaking campaign. He would never win my vote because of profoundly different views on some key issues, but Pete did some impressive things and transcended some appalling ugliness with dignity. https://t.co/cOGred8zsm
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 1, 2020

Not even 5 years ago, marriage equality became the law of the land. Tonight, @PeteButtigieg ends his presidential candidacy as the first gay candidate to earn presidential primary delegates for a major party's nomination. And tonight, you have to reflect on what’s still possible.
— Chrys Kefalas – Text CREATORS to 52886 (@CKefalas) March 2, 2020

This gif is unexpectedly moving. God bless America. https://t.co/bDqaqz5u2e
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) March 2, 2020

"As many LGBT activists see it, if you’re not a flamboyant queer socialist with a non-white partner, you apparently don’t really count as being gay"https://t.co/kRm9NSCpfI
— Quillette (@Quillette) March 4, 2020

And finally…

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Intersectionality Killed Gay Rights

by Stephen Henry Miller on March 1, 2020

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Hopefully, the Voice of a New Generation

by Stephen Henry Miller on February 23, 2020

I’m A Lesbian Woman & I’m Leaving The “Progressive” Left…
(More content coming soon) https://t.co/DjANIyfDnb pic.twitter.com/awvS0sKC0H
— Arielle Scarcella (@ArielleScarcell) February 23, 2020

.@ArielleScarcell has been attacked mercilessly for speaking out against the radical LGBTQ community.

It takes REAL guts to stand against today’s “woke” insanity.

I have nothing but respect for Arielle and other people who walk away from the Left. ?pic.twitter.com/gxaN92Avry
— Sydney Watson (@SydneyLWatson) February 23, 2020

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A Gay Milestone, Ignored or Disparaged

by Stephen Henry Miller on February 20, 2020

Well, it’s not like the Human Rights Campaign was a gay advocacy group or anything.

12+ hours since a Republican President made history by appointing @RichardGrenell as the country’s first openly gay cabinet official…and not a peep from @HRC.
— Gregory T. Angelo (@gregorytangelo) February 20, 2020

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From Andrew Sullivan, who is No Fan of our president:

The Human Rights Campaign’s Twitter feed has made no mention at all — even as they are rightly touting the first lesbian mother in Congress. Why is the first openly gay Cabinet member a nonevent? Because he’s a conservative. And to the activist left and too many of the Establishment liberals in the gay movement, that means he’s not really gay.

Ric Grenell just became the first-ever openly gay member of the Cabinet in U.S. history. You missed that? So did everyone else. Hate him or love him, it's a landmark. https://t.co/1imqE6pC3H
— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) February 21, 2020

An example of the disparagement:

Hardcore partisan best known for brazenly lying about a terrorist attack weighs in: https://t.co/BgA6EKq1j2
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 21, 2020