Reply #72: True. I have a very good friend who is a white male, conservative Republican.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

He happens to be a staunch Obama supporter. When we are arguing with other people about the Democrats/Obama, I typically defer to him to make the argument because coming from him, the arguments--SADLY--carry more weight. Because I am black and a woman, people automatically assume that I am an "Obamabot!" That's how it is and that is how it goes. I could make a poignant, valid point and it is ignored. He could make the exact same point in the exact same way, and people stand up and listen.

Here's the rub: His fellow conservative Republican friends now question his manhood because he supports Democrats now. They call him "gay," and other things that emasculate him simply because he supports Democrats. Bottom line is that his presence is now threatening to them because he doesn't think as they do now. I have to say that I applaud that about him because he's changing every day and not allowing his fellow white conservatives to sway his opinion.