Donald Trump sure has a thing for the fringiest of the lunatic fringe. Take for example his recent decision to tweet a picture of Hillary Clinton next to a pile of cash and a Star of David. Trump pulled the image from an account associated with a white supremacist supporter. At first, Trump seemed to realize his mistake and supported a staffer’s decision to delete the tweet. But then he doubled down and insisted it shouldn’t have been deleted because Disney used a similar star on promotional material for Frozen.
In fact, Trump has a special affinity for tweets from white supremacists. A study of his Twitter habits found that he regularly promotes tweets associated with #whitegenocide, and that his campaign has a similar affection for #whitegenocide accounts. For a man who prides himself on handling his own tweets, free of social media handlers, Trump clearly likes to keep revolting company.
As a result, Trump has been giving new energy to the white supremacist movement. And that’s really bad for the LGBT community.
About the only thing you can say in Trump’s favor is that he hasn’t engaged in the heavy-handed homophobia of other Republican candidates. He’s had his moments, of course, particularly on marriage equality, and he’s more than content to surround himself with the usual right-wing suspects.
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But what Trump is doing is every bit as dangerous.
Trump is using dog whistles to rally an especially rabid pack. If you think white supremacy is solely about race, you are really, really wrong. There is a tight connection between the kind of people Trump likes to retweet and virulent antigay hatred. White supremacy is just shorthand for an all-encompassing bigotry that includes us. The history of LGBT violence in America is marked by the terrible toll that white supremacists have taken on the community
Now we have the presumptive GOP presidential nominee showing his support for a group that should be political pariahs. Trump is lending credibility and comfort to hate. And because he’s doing it at arm’s length, he can pretend he’s doing nothing of the sort.
Caught in the act, Trump and his minions like to play the “political correctness” card. Which is another dog whistle. Without having to say so, Trump is telling his followers that he will fight all those people who are driving the country to ruin. The followers get to fill in the blank, and you know that LGBTQ people are part of the laundry list running through his followers’ heads.
Trump is playing a dangerous game by inflaming the worst passions in the worst people. But that’s what got him to where he is today. Until the media and his own party start calling him on it, there’s no reason to think he will ever stop, no matter the consequences for the nation.
wakeupscreaming
Headline should read: Hillary Clinton’s flirtation with black lives matter is really bad for us.
Bauhaus
Trump is a degenerate.
Mack
@wakeupscreaming: Are you for real?
gayhope1990
He never disappoints when Trump wants to rave.He’s a groundless showman who loves spreading hate.But Cruz was the worst.
otherndi
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gayhope1990
He never disappoints when Trump wants to rave.He’s a groundless showman who loves spreading hate.But Cruz was the worst.
ErikO
@wakeupscreaming: Don’t forget about how 0bama and his “wife” are also r a c i s t, and coddle r a c i s t black groups like BLM and they even coddle militant Islamist people of all races.
Bob LaBlah
Why am I having thoughts of the future that are going to come terrifyingly true? I have a vision where if Trump OR Clinton wins this election the United States is not only going to have martial law but that martial law will be implemented by a military due to the country having become ungovernable due to lack of leadership.
This is not as far fetched as it sounds because if you look closely it is no longer hard to picture a scenario where the police of major cities are no longer effective nor in control to due MULTIPLES of reason. This is where the Roman and Turkish empires began to lose its grip on power. No government lasts forever and ours is no exception to that rule.
DCguy
Many posts ago I pointed out that the anti-lgbt Log Cabiners wait for a post on Trump or the GOP and desperately scramble to be first so they can post ANYTHING to try to change the topic.
The Republican gays have given up any pretense that their groups care about rights. They are just here to protect anti-lgbt politicians by changing the subject.
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Mo Bro
@DCguy: Just because gay Republicans care more about the country at large than they do about personal issues does not make us anti-lgbt, nor do we “protect” anti-lgbt politicians, nor do we “post anything” to change the subject. We’re simply not as blind as gay liberals who see everything through gay-tinted glasses, and if you think that’s a bad thing, it’s your loss.
@wakeupscreaming: So true.
@ErikO: Got that right.
DCguy
@Mo Bro: stated: “@DCguy: Just because gay Republicans care more about the country at large than they do about personal issues does not make us anti-lgbt, nor do we “protect” anti-lgbt politicians, nor do we “post anything” to change the subject.”
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This is how you can tell just how anti-lgbt they have become. Do you notice that they NEVER point out specifically just WHICH issues are so important? Which is it? Which House bill is it that is so important that you will push to elect anti-lgbt politicians?
And do you also notice that they ALWAYS lump ALL gay rights together as “Personal Issues”. So in other words, people not allowing you to do commercial business, people firing you, courts taking away your kids, states passing laws saying you cannot enter into a contract, laws being passed saying it is legal to beat lgbt kids in school.
All of those are “Personal Issues”. Oh, I get it, so the entire GOP will grind to a halt if a baker doesn’t want to sell a cake, but not wanting to be fired from a job or have their kid taken away is a “Personal Issue”.
And lastly, Log Cabin endorsed the anti-gay opponent of Rep Patrick Murphy, the Iraq war vet who INTRODUCED the repeal to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Donald Trump has stated he will appoint anti-lgbt justices and his leading VP candidate is the anti-lgbt governor Mike Pence, the architect of the Indiana debacle.
So please, keep posting, your attempts to explain yourself just make it even easier to point out that you have crossed the line, you are not gay people who want to find commonalities with the GOP, you are anti-lgbt people who see it as their job to protect and support politicians with the stated goal of harming us.
Mo Bro
@DCguy: Sorry, but your over-generalizations are a sad attempt to “post anything” by “changing the subject.”
DCguy
@Mo Bro:
In other words, I give specific examples of politicians who were pro-gay where you endorsed their anti-gay opponents, AND asked you for details on just WHICH legislation it is you support that is so important…..
And you couldn’t answer.
At this point, when you can’t point to specifics, or bills, etc… then you have to admit that you are simply shilling for an anti-lgbt party with no reason.
I asked for any specifics, you couldn’t provide any, end of story.
joeyty
Yawn. John Gallagher hates white people anyway…so….
DCguy
@joeyty:
And more proof of the lazy anti-lgbt efforts to keep deflecting the topic.
Joeyty (or BJMcFriskey or other screename) feel free to respond to any of the questions, if you can’t, then don’t bother, these tactics are obvious and sad.
joeyty
@DCguy: Gallagher should move to any African country…lol. You too.
Bob LaBlah
“Comment moderation is enabled. Your comment may take some time to post.”
Queerty, just tell the truth. My comment contains more depth than your article does.
DCguy
@joeyty:
I stated that you can’t respond to actual comments, or provide details, and every time you try to post one of your sad attempts at deflection you simply prove my point. But just in case you don’t remember how much you are proving my point…..let me repost…
“This is how you can tell just how anti-lgbt they have become. Do you notice that they NEVER point out specifically just WHICH issues are so important? Which is it? Which House bill is it that is so important that you will push to elect anti-lgbt politicians?
And do you also notice that they ALWAYS lump ALL gay rights together as “Personal Issues”. So in other words, people not allowing you to do commercial business, people firing you, courts taking away your kids, states passing laws saying you cannot enter into a contract, laws being passed saying it is legal to beat lgbt kids in school.
All of those are “Personal Issues”. Oh, I get it, so the entire GOP will grind to a halt if a baker doesn’t want to sell a cake, but not wanting to be fired from a job or have their kid taken away is a “Personal Issue”.
And lastly, Log Cabin endorsed the anti-gay opponent of Rep Patrick Murphy, the Iraq war vet who INTRODUCED the repeal to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Donald Trump has stated he will appoint anti-lgbt justices and his leading VP candidate is the anti-lgbt governor Mike Pence, the architect of the Indiana debacle.
So please, keep posting, your attempts to explain yourself just make it even easier to point out that you have crossed the line, you are not gay people who want to find commonalities with the GOP, you are anti-lgbt people who see it as their job to protect and support politicians with the stated goal of harming us.”