▲ 70 ▼ LGBTQ conservatives say they feel misled by DeSantis (thehill.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RustledTeapot@kbin.social -4 points 3 years ago (3 children) He wasn't hardcore anti-queer until the last few years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) He's a Republican, did they think he was their friend? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) A lot of them probably did because the right openly accepted non-white and LGBTQ+ people into their ranks when they all banded together to oppose the lockdowns. They were absolutely right to do so then, but now the pendulum of oppression has swung the other way, so they'll abandon the right and go to the left until the left does something else insane. We desperately need an independent third party in the U.S. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They absolutely did not accept non-white and LGBTQ people during COVID, the COVID era was the Trump Administration. Lockdowns were a Trump policy and it was specifically because he didn't do enough early enough to contain infections. permalink fedilink source parent [–] artisanrox@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago The whole GOP used hate-based politics for decades. Absolutely none of this is shiny and new! permalink fedilink source parent [–] ironic_elk@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Yep. He probably couldn't care about that community until he realized that hating it got ratings up with hateful conservatives. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) He's a Republican, did they think he was their friend? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) A lot of them probably did because the right openly accepted non-white and LGBTQ+ people into their ranks when they all banded together to oppose the lockdowns. They were absolutely right to do so then, but now the pendulum of oppression has swung the other way, so they'll abandon the right and go to the left until the left does something else insane. We desperately need an independent third party in the U.S. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They absolutely did not accept non-white and LGBTQ people during COVID, the COVID era was the Trump Administration. Lockdowns were a Trump policy and it was specifically because he didn't do enough early enough to contain infections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) A lot of them probably did because the right openly accepted non-white and LGBTQ+ people into their ranks when they all banded together to oppose the lockdowns. They were absolutely right to do so then, but now the pendulum of oppression has swung the other way, so they'll abandon the right and go to the left until the left does something else insane. We desperately need an independent third party in the U.S. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They absolutely did not accept non-white and LGBTQ people during COVID, the COVID era was the Trump Administration. Lockdowns were a Trump policy and it was specifically because he didn't do enough early enough to contain infections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] utopianfiat@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago They absolutely did not accept non-white and LGBTQ people during COVID, the COVID era was the Trump Administration. Lockdowns were a Trump policy and it was specifically because he didn't do enough early enough to contain infections. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artisanrox@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago The whole GOP used hate-based politics for decades. Absolutely none of this is shiny and new! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ironic_elk@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago Yep. He probably couldn't care about that community until he realized that hating it got ratings up with hateful conservatives. permalink fedilink source parent