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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:39 AM Original message |
Constitutional sage Robert Byrd on same sex marriage.... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I fucking hate Byrd. n/t |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. you and me both. nt. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. He went from young shithead to crazy old prick. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder how he felt about the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. he carries the Constitution in his pocket. nt. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Well, since that's the case, |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. he was against the Iraq war. nt. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, he was vocal against the war from the start, but most of |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. He's always been a bigoted POS |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Still a massive racist as well as homophobe. nt. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. yup. I remember him clutching his bible and railing about the |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Such class to rub this in on his 90th birthday |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. which causes? nt. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. opposing and ending the Iraq occupation |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. certainly doesn't excuse his bigotry. nt. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. no, but that particular bigotry hardly defines him |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I guess it depends on whats important to you. nt. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Byrd's vote (or views) on that legislation are of no actual consequence |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Spare us. nt |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. no. one dissenting view pointing out his birthday shouldn't hurt much |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Aw, you couldn't celebrate a bigot in peace. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Being a raging bigot doesn't define who he is. nt. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. no. although it may describe some of his actions, the definition doesn't fit the man |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. cute. That's a good measure of your own bigotry |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. all else aside, can we at least agree that Byrd is a racist and homophobe? nt. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. My own bigotry of what? Bigots? Or their apologists? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. you need to find someone who has apologized for his bigotry and insult them |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. pointing out homophobia and condemning it is class. defending it is not. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. you need to find someone who has 'defended' his 'homophobia' |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. as a foreigner, a person of color, a woman, and a gay person |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. and, you feel 'oppressed' by Byrd's views and votes? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. did i say i feel oppressed by him? i said i understand multiple oppressors. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. oh, he's definitely afraid |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. Thought not on this subject I happen to agree with his statement to a large degree. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. Where is that quote from? |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Congressional record...proceedings and debates regarding DOMA, 1996. nt. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Of course Bill Clinton signed that into law |
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stirlingsliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. Bigot! |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Constitutional Sage HRC on This Topic: (1) "This has not been a long-term struggle yet." |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. How dare there be a demand for equal rights!!! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. LEAVE STROM ALONE! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. I support him in his beliefs. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well, I don't support his beliefs. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I don't support anybody's beliefs. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. well at least on the war, Byrd was right from the start, and Hillary was wrong. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So was Pat Buchanan. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Who said anything about celebrating his birthday? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Hillary doesn't support equal marriage but she hasn't spewed hateful rhetoric about GLBT people |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Well I sure hope she won't support Bush again on a war with Iran. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Was Paul Wellstone a bigot? |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. If you can't see the difference between Paul Wellstone and Robert Byrd |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. this is the part where it gets completely ridiculous and the hole gets deeper. nt. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. If you can't see the difference |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Excuse me. |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's not a "demand for political correctness." It's a demand for full equality under the law! |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. And that doddering old bigot speaks. |
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