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MineralMan

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3. It happens every day somewhere in this country.

Sun Jun 30, 2019, 12:55 PM

Jun 2019

No question about it. And worse. LGBTQ people are still being attacked on the streets - right now! As many as a dozen transgender women have been murdered in 2018 and 2019.

Not everyone is going to the pride parades and waving rainbow flags, although more and more are.

Joe Biden was right. Maybe it happens less in Seattle, but it still happens.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Seriously, Joe is being taken to task for saying that making fun of gays was considered OK in some [View all] dsc Jun 2019 OP

Obviously it's still OK in some circles now. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #1

Oh, it's alive and well on DU. cwydro Jul 2019 #40

Yes, current teens will still do it treestar Jun 2019 #2

It happens every day somewhere in this country. MineralMan Jun 2019 #3

Thank you for this post. Dave in VA Jun 2019 #4

thanks dsc Jun 2019 #6

It still happens. Not as bad now. Biden was correct in his observation. Most People have evolved emulatorloo Jun 2019 #5

You're right. My knee-jerk reaction was to say Biden was wrong to say what he'd said (and I had highplainsdem Jun 2019 #7

There was pushback at the event. He should've said 20 years ago. brush Jun 2019 #8

I wonder if the pushback was from gay waiters dsc Jun 2019 #9

It was a gay event jzola Jun 2019 #37

And what's the dea with calling out gay "waiters?" cwydro Jul 2019 #41

Only a day ago a fellow DUer asked us to stop with the gay Trump-Putin jokes. I think Joe emmaverybo Jul 2019 #55

There is still a long way to go blue-wave Jun 2019 #10

What Joe said was accurate LibFarmer Jun 2019 #11

What crowd was Biden been hanging out with five years ago? bluewater Jun 2019 #12

Millions and millions of Americans blue-wave Jun 2019 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Politicub Jun 2019 #15

Exactly. It's not a specific crowd among the populace that would let the slur slide. Rather... Beartracks Jul 2019 #50

Are you kidding me? People make anti gay slurs now, you are either in a bubble or Dream Girl Jun 2019 #17

I'm not kidding. It happened. Maybe you should try something like, "I'm sorry that happened." Politicub Jun 2019 #18

Come on down to where I live! peggysue2 Jun 2019 #22

I have to wonder sometimes where you guys live...there is little protection for gays in jobs and Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #23

lol there's homophobic posts on DU for crying out loud... Drunken Irishman Jun 2019 #34

Same as the ones here posting the gay Trump jokes? Where is it you are aiming to go with emmaverybo Jul 2019 #56

Here's another take on it (my post from another thread). It's about how to show some empathy. Politicub Jun 2019 #13

That isn't what Biden said dsc Jun 2019 #16

Some people would let it go even now. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #24

The scenario Biden described sounded to me more like a business meeting dsc Jun 2019 #26

I think the point being made on this issue blue-wave Jun 2019 #19

Thanks. This is a good example of the different lenses by which we see the world. Politicub Jun 2019 #21

Precisely, blue-wave.. that's all it is. Cha Jul 2019 #62

It's not so much him misspeaking as it is the very willful twisting of his statements Dream Girl Jun 2019 #32

I told my story on another thread...gun toting deplorable went on facebook and showed up with guns.. Demsrule86 Jun 2019 #20

+ 1. Venture out into those red states people California_Republic Jun 2019 #25

Blacks in hoodies in Chicago, gay waiters in Seattle BeyondGeography Jun 2019 #27

The problem with his comment is that it could be taken more than one way. marylandblue Jun 2019 #28

He have to destroy Biden Turbineguy Jun 2019 #29

Are you in Seattle? Biden's comment was about Seattle and took place in Seattle delisen Jun 2019 #30

I do wonder if the push back was from a gay waiter dsc Jun 2019 #33

There has been some positive news from Georgia recently delisen Jun 2019 #35

Makes me wonder who he hangs out with. cwydro Jul 2019 #42

It was only a few weeks ago some here were snickering about Lindsey Graham being gay. What does it still_one Jun 2019 #31

Bingo. cwydro Jul 2019 #43

Hey now Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 #36

The truth can sometime cause discomfort. Claritie Pixie Jun 2019 #38

Indeed! Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #54

Biden brought Obama to being pro gay rights tirebiter Jun 2019 #39

It was only THIS YEAR that TV show Family Guy announced "phasing out" gay jokes wyldwolf Jul 2019 #44

It still is, unfortunately onlyadream Jul 2019 #45

Well Done! McKim Jul 2019 #46

Some are so hard up to attack Biden... SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #47

You're Making A Different Point DallasNE Jul 2019 #48

You're writing speculative fiction. emulatorloo Jul 2019 #59

Well when you have candidates who MGKrebs Jul 2019 #49

Biden's Seattle host says 'gay rights' comments overblown Cha Jul 2019 #51

Thanks Cha still_one Jul 2019 #52

Thank You! Of course Cha Jul 2019 #53

He's being taken to task for using the same anecdote he did 5 years ago More_Cowbell Jul 2019 #57

Smears that he is a "manhandling pervert" have been debunked. Perhaps you should update emulatorloo Jul 2019 #60

It has never been OK leftofcool Jul 2019 #58

Except Biden didn't say it was ok. Biden pushed Obama to get on board w marriage equality. emulatorloo Jul 2019 #61

Now it seems people get jumped on for agreeing that there was once treestar Jul 2019 #63