I thought DU was pro gay rights??? (Genuinely hurt)

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81. "I could give 2 shits about Syria"

That's quite obvious.

I don't think those of us who are LGBT people on DU are actively looking for a "bisexual-lean gay man" (whatever that is) to tell us what our views must be about either President Putin or President Obama or the way those two major players are handling the Syria situation.

LGBT people, of which I am one, are, for the most part, well aware of Russia's treatment of us, as we are well aware of how our own country has treated and is treating us. That is why those of us who care are always ready to fight discrimination and bigotry wherever it happens, which is practically everywhere.

So before you come on here plaintively crying about who will "stand up for the LGBT community," may I suggest that it is sleazy and dishonest to use the persecution of LGBT people as emotional blackmail in an attempt to justify your dismissal of a real solution to the civil war in Syria.

So I don't read anything helpful in your post, and I think you'd be better off going back to lurking. If you don't give 2 shits about Syria, how can you honestly expect us to believe you don't really give 2 shits about LGBT people too?