Reply #49: I have so idea why so many GLBTs voted for Bush. [View All]

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I suspect it might be a combination of two things:

1. Some are rich and care only about their financial wellbeing, and

2. Some were probably taken in by Bush's carefully-cultivated image of being "compassionate" and "moderate."

While the greedy will probably still support him, I suspect that very few people in the second group will. He's made it pretty much impossible to see him as any kind of moderate.

As for the bigger point of the thread, I don't think that any intelligent person would say that being black is exactly like being gay. But, I think the common thread here is being set apart for "special treatment" on the basis of irrational prejudice. That is a common experience between the two groups (which are really not two separate groups, since, as others have pointed out here, lots of people are both black and gay.) And, of course, there are common enemies as well. The same people who hate you for being black generally hate me for being gay, and pitting us against each other only serves their interests.