(10-07-2023, 06:43 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(10-06-2023, 02:59 PM)copycat Wrote: If I champion a cause and some nut job misrepresents said cause then damn straight skippy I am separating myself and my cause from them.  

I find it telling that you don’t feel the same way when it comes to anything Trump.

So you are saying, "If you don't publicly disagree then you agree."  Who has time for such a thing?  Should everyone spend all day scouring the internet to find people who have misrepresented their cause?  And then publish a rebuttal for every single one of them, in such a way that everyone will see that rebuttal?  It's impossible, because there's a huge industry devoted to finding idiots to misrepresent things and publishing them.  And it's unfair unless you apply that same standard to everyone else.  If you see some black person saying something stupid, does that make you think all black people agree with that person?  If some white male says something, anything, should everyone else think all white males think that?  

I would say, "If you want my opinion as the so-called leader of this so-called movement, then ask me.  No one else speaks for me."  

If someone says, "Implementing the death penalty for child molesting is going to cause a lot of problems for LGBTQ people..." you should already know that is total bull [BLEEP].  Why do you need clarification from some self-appointed leader of some so-called "LGBTQ movement?"  

I don't understand your point about Trump.  But speaking of Trump, if we apply your standard of "If you don't publicly disagree then you agree," then when he says United States soldiers who died in wars are suckers, and losers, I guess you and all his other fans agree with him, since I haven't seen any Trump supporter disavow that view.

Why do you make things so complicated?  You provide a blanket statement.  Something along the lines of:  There have been reports of members of the LGBTQ expressing concern that this new law will especially target them.  Let me be perfectly clear.  Anyone regardless of sexual orientation caught molesting a child SHOULD be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law period!

In regards to Trump, I have disavowed him already.  I’m the moderate on the subject you pretend to be.

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