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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
It strikes me as rather unfortunate that a person in a particular group is presumed to be hypocritical unless that person follows the dominant views of that group, or that group's interest groups. In the long run, it really doesn't even benefit the group because it assures that any gay (or black, hispanic, female, whatever candidate) will toe the "gay" party line (or whichever), making broader support all the more challenging. ("Oh, he's the 'gay' candidate? Well I guess I know where he's got to stand on everything")
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Cool. Demonize an opponent by showing that he shares that one attribute that you are fighting to make acceptable. On all sorts of psychological levels, this is strategic idiocy.
