Look I hate Lindsey Graham as much as anyone here,

[redstatebluegirl]

but I am not fond of the homophobic nature of some of the posts, such as "lady lindsey". I disagree mightily with him on everything but his sexuality has NOTHING to do with it.

[Turin_C3PO]

1. Agree.

There’s plenty of ways to insult him without resorting to homophobia or sexism.

[NoMoreRepugs]

34. What's behind the 180 IS important.

[SCantiGOP]

51. Also, Graham has a very anti-gay voting record

S.C. Dems have discussed over the years whether to use Lindsey’s well-known closeted status during elections, and the decision has always been to take the high road.
But talk to anyone in the state, on either side of the divide, and this issue is known to everyone.

The first time he ran for Senate (for the seat that had been held by his hero and mentor Strom Thurmond) he had a pamphlet titled “Family Values.”
It had a typical picture on the front of his family: Lindsey and his wife and two kids. It was technically his Family, since it was his sister and her two children, with her husband conveniently off camera.
If he is going to pull this kind of dishonest bullshit, I’m not sure anything about him should be off-limits.

All of this being said, I still come down on the side of not making his sexual status a campaign issue, and we didn’t bring it up in the most recent election.

[DesertRat]

73. Even if he's gay, it's not cool to use gender based slurs

Why do people try to insult him by calling him "Lady"? Just call him what he is, a HYPOCRITE

[Gore1FL]

79. Allegedly, "Lady G." was what his prostitutes called him. nt

[DesertRat]

85. I remember reading that rumor on twitter

I think it's still not cool to use the alleged nickname on DU.

[Gore1FL]

95. I concur. Just answering the question posed. nt

[DesertRat]

128. Thanks

[LeftInTX]

89. That name is a "rumor". Anyone can make up anything and spread it around.

There is no evidence that Lindsey has ever used it.

[Gore1FL]

97. I used the word "allegedly" when answering the question for that very reason. nt

[BannonsLiver]

115. How do you feel about fat shaming Trump?

[NurseJackie]

148. Good question.

[BradAllison]

166. Wow, never heard that story. (n/m)

[cwydro]

59. His "sexuality" has not caused him to do anything.

Wow, shades of McCarthy ....

[Whiskeytide]

121. I think the poster is saying that ...

... his sexuality is an appropriate topic of discussion if it is being used to blackmail him. The silly name calling isn’t cool (and I say that as someone who used it some early on before I thought better of it), but it’s beside the point. His sexuality is - unfortunately - relevant to a discussion of his politics.

I don’t care if Graham is gay. No one should. But I DO care that he is doing evil shit to the American people and our democracy because HE is afraid it will come out somehow.

[Shermanator]

72. It's not unique to Graham

It's detrimental to a republican politician's career to not support Trump because Trump controls the party. That's why many of them have done a complete 180 on Trump. You don't know anything about Graham's sexuality. You're making assumptions about it and concocting conspiracy theories about Russian blackmail. Graham is a worm. There's something we know about him. Attack him for that instead of what you perceive his sexuality to be.

[marble falls]

127. Bingo and a hardy, hardy welcome!!!

[ooky]

129. Good first post.

Welcome, and have my last 2 hearts.

[TwilightZone]

145. Thank you.

And welcome to DU.

[fishwax]

75. "his sexuality MAY BE a national security risk" -- wtf?

No. His sexuality is not a national security risk. His dishonesty and cowardice may well be. But in no world is his sexuality the problem.

The stunning turnaround of his views on trump may be a result of Russian kompromat, I don't know. They may also be just indicative of his lack of real moral conviction and his fondness for power.

[DesertRat]

88. Exactly

I think he needs to embrace DT to keep his Senate seat in his trump loving state.

[JGug1]

99. AZ8theist

You make a good point.

[LeftInTX]

112. This is the 21st Century

If Graham has done anything illegal, it will not be because he is gay or straight.

Being gay is not illegal.

Sure it could hurt a bit with his base in SC, but the odds are, Graham could just say, "I'm gay, so what, it's really nobody's business" and would be re-elected again. I don't think voters care that much..

No one but Lindsey knows if he is straight or gay...
Or at least no one on DU knows....

[My Pet Orangutan]

2. Agree.

I'm not interested in Majorie Taylor Greene's sex life either.

[bdamomma]

19. yuk

who would be???

[BlueStater]

24. I'm interested in it to the extent that it exposes her hypocrisy.

She’s one of those revolting “family values” breed of Republicans.

[bronxiteforever]

54. +100 Absolutely.

Marjorie Taylor Greene taking her hate for LGBTs to Congress
https://www.projectq.us/marjorie-taylor-greene-taking-her-hate-for-lgbts-to-congress/


Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia GOP House Primary winner, has disturbing and dangerous record of anti-LGBTQ and racist rhetoric and threatening behavior

https://www.glaad.org/blog/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-gop-house-primary-winner-has-disturbing-and-dangerous-record

[My Pet Orangutan]

111. I don't see what extra-martial sex has to do with transphobia.

If someone is bigoted, their sex life should be an open book?

[bronxiteforever]

130. I can see you don't. You apparently think that a lawmaker

is “just someone”.
Is a US Representative just someone like you hairdresser or car mechanic? I don’t think so. I think a federal lawmaker is someone much more powerful than a regular person. They control the US purse and make laws that impact all American lives.

I do understand that there are people who would defend the sexual privacy of an anti Semitic, violence inciting, homophobic us lawmaker who was a major believer in the theory that Hillary Clinton ran a child sex ring and that the Parkland shooting was a “false flag” with crisis actors not dead kids. Indeed the Q conspiracy is all about sexual conspiracies. She stalked David Hogg and trans people.
I know what she is and I don’t give a rat’s tuckus about defending her privacy at all. I know what she would do with her power. She already told us.

[My Pet Orangutan]

144. I'll rephrase the question - if someone is bigoted, should they be outed?

It's the same question - should their sex lives be an open book - no privacy whatsoever - if they are closeted - outed. That is what the OP is about after all.

[Oldem]

57. I'm interested (shudder) only because

she has three children. Usually, the leaf doesn't fall far from the tree, and I pale to think of three more MTGs. Of course, there are exceptions: Ron Reagan, for instance. Still....

[BobTheSubgenius]

80. Damn it! I thought I was settling in for a good chunk of Sunday morning,

culminating, as always with LOLCATS.

Now I feel queasy. That the word begins with a "Q" is pretty appropriate.

[LeftInTX]

93. However, I keep saying MTG

Should fly to Mar A Lago and through herself at Trump.

I would like to see her get rejected!

[OnDoutside]

3. At least get his name right, and the nickname.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. So if it were correct it is ok?

[OnDoutside]

7. Whoosh.

[jimfields33]

4. I'm surprised by it being allowed on a progressive site

[cwydro]

10. Me too.

but I've seen that "nickname" as recently as today.

4th grade humor and it speaks volumes about those using it.

[jimfields33]

11. It's sad really

But it’s been said for longer then it should.

[Sympthsical]

28. The popcorn emojis bother me

Instead of being an ally and speaking up, some people seem to think it's entertaining. "Oooh, the gays are gonna get pissed! This is going to be great!"

Yeah. Glad we amuse you. It's honestly why I wake up in the morning. "What homophobia can I react to today so a straight person is entertained?"

Or they could, you know, say something. A simple, "Please don't do that. LGBT people here have said they don't like it. Thanks."

I've stayed out of those threads. Too much effort. The whole, "My friend, son, third-cousin-but-only-on-Wednesdays, etc. said it's ok, so it's ok!" has to be my least favorite. My partner is Filipino and best friend black. Lemme go ask them permission to use anti Asian and Black slurs. I'll then come back here and start dropping them. Hey, they said it's ok!

Somehow don't think the reactions will be the same.

[Cozmo]

33. Well said, it's unfortunate that your post was so necessary

[cwydro]

64. So true.

And it’s always the same people.

It’s funny to them.

[Ms. Toad]

81. Thank you.

When I have the energy, I join them - because remaining silent while homophobid/tranhostile/sexist name calling goes on condones it in the same way we accused Republicans who remained silent of condoning Trump.

BUT it is exhausing. And increasingly there are times that I just have to close my eyes. It's time for more allies to step up and carry the weight of this work.

[DownriverDem]

36. I thought

this was a Democratic Party site. Progressives are a welcomed part of the Democratic Party, right?

[paleotn]

39. +1000

[paleotn]

40. Progressive exclusively?

What gave you that idea?

[Turin_C3PO]

60. His point is that homophobic slurs

shouldn’t be used on this site whether we call ourselves Democrats, progressives, or both, homophobia has no place here.

[Cozmo]

92. DUers are better than this. Words can hurt, don't do it

[paleotn]

135. I get the point. Side question.

[Iggo]

77. Yep.

It’s not appropriate to gay bash just because you don’t like the gay person in question.

It’s really that simple.

Just stop being assholes.

[intheflow]

165. There's a fair bit of unrealized racism and homophobia on DU.

It's in US culture and so of course it sometimes manifests itself here.

[jimfields33]

169. A total shame.

[Peacetrain]

5. Yes!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

8. I still wonder what Trump and Putin have on him...

To turn Lindsey Graham from Trump critic to Trump ass-kisser and chief defender.

[bdamomma]

20. I think

it's a incriminating rendezvous or e-mails with male pagers. Just a speculation.

[The Wizard]

82. Or he's up to his elbows

in Russian bribes going to his offshore money laundry.

[Blue_Adept]

74. Absolutely nothing

He's just drawn to power. It's why he was aligned with McCain for so long. He just clings to whatever power base he can.

It's really that simple.

[DENVERPOPS]

122. I wonder

if this complete and total allegiance of Trump by most of these Republican Senators doesn't have something to do with:

Trump/Epstein/Maxwell.................

Putin has been collecting Kompromat on Trump since the 90's, I'm sure he is not the only one.................

Most people have known about Graham's personal life for some time and could care less.

Whatever Trump showed Graham on that now nefarious "weekend meeting" scared the living shit out of Graham......and it was far beyond that Graham was gay...............

[Tree-Hugger]

9. Agreed nt

[Hortensis]

12. Agree. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. Some people really do want it to be okay to use slurs.

[DesertRat]

83. It's taking a page from the trump playbook

Name calling, personal insults and slurs shouldn't be part of the dialogue.

[SheltieLover]

16. Agreed - the blatant hypocracy might well be at issue.

[BigOleDummy]

42. While I agree with most you say.....

It can be said in a more tolerant manner imo. Why not, "I wonder if they have pictures of him with a male escort" Instead of "Lady Lindsey"?

[KPN]

44. THIS

[Ms. Toad]

86. So - I take it you have had a conversation with him in which he has disclosed

his sexual orientation?

Otherwise, you don't know his sexual orientation. EVEN if you had ironclad proof that he has had sex with male sex workers, that no more proves he is gay than the fact that a whole lot of gay men married and had sex with women proves they were straight or bisexual.

Only Graham, himself, can determine his sexual orientation - and as far as I know he hasn't shared it.

[mr_lebowski]

90. I chose my words precisely and carefully ...

And I don't think you read them precisely and carefully, all due respect

[Ms. Toad]

100. "Likely" doesn't make the post any less offensive. n/t

[VickiSmith]

15. Agree 100%

there are so many other ways to describe him! Have you seen the video of him describing Joe Biden as "the best man God created"? He constantly flip flops back and forth.

[Rustyeye77]

17. Agree.... but suppose he votes hypocritically on personal sexual issues

Such as gays or transsexuals in the military ?

[redstatebluegirl]

21. That is about his policy not his sexual orientation.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

47. Yes, using homophobic slurs is definitely okay in that case.

[SCantiGOP]

53. He had a strong anti-gay voting record

Which is typical of closeted people who are trying to keep their status hidden to their right wing constituency.

[BannonsLiver]

118. That's why he doesn't deserve the consideration or the compassion

[judesedit]

18. Very true. How about his color?

We assume he is racist.

[redstatebluegirl]

25. His color is irrelevant. His racism IS relevent.

[judesedit]

52. Good point. I have not heard him say anything racist, but I'm

sure his votes could signify that. I'll be looking for that. I am not defending people who are using the homophobic slurs. There's been so much legal stuff lately and it can be very confusing. I am very grateful for the knowledgeable people on this site explaining things.

I do remember Graham saying something like black people can go anywhere in the south if they are conservative.

[SCantiGOP]

58. His political mentor

and hero was Strom Thurmond.
Nuff said?

[judesedit]

63. Isn't Thurmond the hypocrite who was demeaning to poc while having a

mistress who was a poc, and who bore him a daughter?

[SCantiGOP]

66. Not a mistress

but a household maid who he raped.
He was in his 20s and she was 16, so there is no way sex could have been consensual.

He never acknowledged her while he was alive, but many in S.C. think it is commendable that he sent money to the girls mother and paid for her to go to college. She was acknowledged in his will, which came as a surprise to his 5 ”legitimate” children.

[judesedit]

141. Wow! Guilt finally got him.

[Tommymac]

22. Graham makes my skin crawl. But it's because he is an Old South White Supremicist.

I get ill just thinking of him having any kind of sex...TMI so please stop bringing that stuff up.



His political antics are gross enough and he doesn't need any other embellishment of any kind.

[mvd]

23. I never use any names of that manner

Plenty of other, better ways to get out our contempt.

[Chicago1980]

26. I know a number of gay people who say the same about him.

You may have to live and let live.

[cwydro]

67. Gay people can do that.

Please learn.

[Chicago1980]

69. I'm gay, I have learned...

Smart ass.

[cwydro]

70. Wow. Name calling?

Tsk tsk.

[Chicago1980]

153. No, would have said dumb ass if I wanted to name call...

I said smart ass... So take it as a badge.

[tonedevil]

78. That doesn't excuse the misogyny...

It doesn't matter gay or straight the reason the nickname Lady G is a slur is because it assumes the worst insult to a man is to be identified as a woman. Gay people are wrong to do that just as much as not gay people are.

[cwydro]

102. Thank you.

There are some who just don’t get it.

[MontanaMama]

124. This. Exactly this.

It happens all the time...I don’t know why this concept is difficult. It is meant to be a put down to call a man a woman.

[LeftInTX]

103. However, it doesn't make it true

The gay community in Austin spread rumors about Rick Perry.....LOL

I very highly doubt that Rick Perry is gay and those rumors were meant to bump him down a notch among social conservatives in the primary.
Once Perry had his "oops" moment, all was forgotten.

If Perry was going to bars without his wife, (gay or straight) there would be pictures of him going to bars. There are no pictures of Rick Perry going to bars in Austin without his wife.

Republican opponents also get involved in this. Remember Lindsey ran for president in 2016
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2011/06/would_rumors_about_his_marriag.html

[Ms. Toad]

131. And a number of Black people use the term n*****

That doesn't make it OK to use as an insult or for people who aren't Black to use it at all.

[Chicago1980]

152. Yes we do...

I've got that plackard too.

[safeinOhio]

27. Let's also stop the sexist

Jokes about guns and men’s dick size.
I hate that one also.

[SlogginThroughIt]

120. yep. Totally agree.

The last four years Trump has brought out the worst in is as well.

I mean it started ling before but everything was heightened the last 4 years.

[MLAA]

29. There are enough adjectives and monikers without using homophobic slurs

Sickening sniveling sycophant (SSS), Pus of Perfidy (POS), Pusillanimous Poltroonish Overbearing Oafish Papula (PPOOP)

Okay enough from me, you try.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. Complete asshole!

[gibraltar72]

32. Hypocrisy matters!

[flying_wahini]

35. BUT LG is such a hater on Gay rights.....

Expose him for the hypocrisy, if nothing else.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

49. Using homophobic slurs to expose hypocrisy on an ostensibly Democratic message board seems a little,

uh, hypocritical.

[femmedem]

61. Exactly! One could just call him a hypocrite.

People who read Lady G aren't going to ponder and think, "Maybe what they're really calling him out on is his hypocrisy."

[whathehell]

163. Yes, so does the use of gender slurs on conservative and

other 'disliked' women.

Much of homophobia is rooted in contempt for women.

[KPN]

50. THat can be done without resorting to offensive, homophibic slurs. No?

[cwydro]

68. Nope.

Wrong.

[JoeOtterbein]

37. I like a term I heard yesterday, for Lindsey;...

..."Pillsbury Proud Boy."

[MontanaMama]

125. I'm so stealing that.

perfect for Graham.

[NurseJackie]

168. So now it's okay to fat-shame people?

As Democrats, we should all strive to be better than that. When will the madness end?

[edhopper]

38. I am using

"Graham Cracker" instead.

[redstatebluegirl]

41. That works, so does asshole Lindsey.

[KatK]

43. Agreed. Let's not be homophobic. Or sexist. n/t

[yaesu]

45. No lady would act the way that dried up turd acts. nt

[Generic Brad]

46. I think of him more as a flailing alcoholic

Every time I see him I am overwhelmed with the sensation of stale bourbon breath that seems to emanate from his pores. While I have never seen him with a drink, he often sounds impaired or appears hung over.

[LeftInTX]

109. Something isn't right with him

His excessive loyalty to Trump is strange

[RVN VET71]

48. OK. OK. It's wrong. Let's stop it.

But I do not think the use of the insult was necessarily homophobic. In most cases, I believe the insult was directed at Graham and the rest of the GOP’s publicly professed and extraordinarily hypocritical homophobia. It says to Mr. Graham, in essence, if you and your party want to join with the ignorant and homophobic Evangelical extremists, you had better be ready for a dose of you own god damned medicine.

That was how I always viewed the references to “Lady Lindsey”. Not as a smack at homosexuality but, rather, at the utter hypocrisy of closeted homosexuals on the Right who would eagerly and willingly watch their brothers and sisters burn at stakes set aflame by people of their own Republican Party.

But even so, the point is well taken: attacking Graham’s presumed sexual orientation with mockery is wrong. And I think it’s inefficacy as a rhetorical device has been proven by the complaints herein.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

56. "you had better be ready for a dose of you own god damned medicine."

When the "medicine" is oppression, perpetuating it helps no one.

[RVN VET71]

158. I think of the attacks on Graham not as oppression

but as a bag of shit dumped unceremoniously on his head or, if you will, a custard pie being splatted repeatedly in his arrogant and hypocritical face. He is not being oppressed. He is being insulted. And he deserves it.

But, as I said, this particular insult hurts other people -- and its use may actually dampen others to its hurtful affects on others. It is therefore to be eschewed both publicly and privately.

But as for Graham’s feelings, I believe he is a scumbag deserving neither mercy nor respect in the public forum.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

159. I wasn't saying calling him slurs is oppressing him. Doing so perpetuates a system of oppression

by making slurs acceptable, that's all, which I believe we agree on.

[RVN VET71]

160. Yes. We agree.

That is the point of it all. Using it to attack a scumbag like Graham can (and does) have a numbing effect on people who otherwise do not see sexual preference as an issue.

There may be a corollary here regarding why white people should not use the “n-word” even to make a political point of solidarity.

(Hippies in the ‘60s caused themselves a world of hurt when identifying themselves using the full word prefaced by “white”. The Black community, especially the activist Black community, took serious, justified, and angry exception to it. I cannot remember who the spokesperson was who shut the “white-’n-word’” bullshit down, but he used a very pithy and hit-on-your-head truth when he pointed out to a hippy activist, it may have been Jerry Rubin, “you just have to take a shower and cut your hair and you are no longer a target. We don’t have that option. So shut the fuck up.”

Ironically, Rubin, one of the most prominent of the “yippee” movement, did, in fact, cut his hair and shower and joined a Wall Street company planning and catering social networking meetings for financiers and wannabes! Talk about a philosophical turn-around! Sadly, at age 56, he was hit by a car, jaywalking across a Los Angeles street, presumably in his 3 piece suit, and died from his injuries.)

[BadGimp]

55. It actually have a lot to do with it to me...

It's part of his parade of hypocrisy and dishonesty.

[Boomer]

114. And the rest of us are just collateral damage?

Using demeaning insults about Graham's (alleged) homosexuality may feel like it's justified because he's such a worm, but this practice reverberates more widely than an attack on Graham. It basically validates that the use of homophobic slurs is just fine under certain circumstances. which leaves all gay people vulnerable to that judgment.

It is NOT okay. For any reason.

[marble falls]

62. I've been fighting to make this point and I will not stop! Thanks for your OP!!!

[lark]

65. His fascism and lying hypocritical destruction of the constitution is what matters.

He is utterly and completely useless and despicable - just plain disgusting.

[DesertRat]

71. Well said, thank you!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

76. He's a horrible guy but his orientation should be off limits.

[TNNurse]

84. Judge him on his character,

his attaching himself to whomever thinks he can give him power and his complete insincerity from day to day..

[tavernier]

87. Yeah we get it.

Is it ok to call him an asshole?

[Iggo]

106. Absolutely.

Also, there’s a whole bunch of people who don’t get it. So get used to it.

[crickets]

91. Thank you. K&R

[Squinch]

94. People usually seem to forget that those slurs are wildly sexist as well.

They perpetuate the mindset that comparing Graham to me is an insult.

[matt819]

96. Actually

His sexuality is likely to be the crux of the matter.

That doesn’t necessarily mean that he should be the object of slurs. But he well deserves bring the object of scorn. And likely because of his sexuality.

[JGug1]

98. Graham's Sexuality

You are correct. It doesn't have anything to do with his politics. The problem is the immense frustration over the son of a bitch standing there and spouting off his bullshit. They are going to impeach Harris if they take back the House. The rotten son of a bitch. He is as complicit as Trump is in the horrific last four years. So, it's hard to stop. Your post is correct.

[VA_Jill]

101. I call Lindsey

a REMORA. The remora, or suckerfish, is a fish that attaches itself to a larger fish. It used to be thought that the remora survived by cleaning the parasites from the larger fish. Not so, apparently. The remora's diet consists almost exclusively of its host's fecal material.. When the host dies, the remora goes looking for another large, powerful fish to attach itself to. Now how appropriate is THAT?

[Chipper Chat]

104. Bottom line.....

As a gay man I detest seeing any homophobia in print.. period
Even directed at Lindsey.

[FreeState]

149. +?1 n/t

[Autumn]

105. Can we call him the esteemed Senator from SC who has anal moles that he

affectionately calls his Little Ladybugs? Kind of long but...

[cwydro]

134. Seriously?

Wow.

[Autumn]

136. Lot of people have moles, nothing to do with sexual orientation. I had one on my shoulder but

had it removed. Graham was the one who named his.

[cwydro]

137. I have no idea what you're talking about.

But I certainly can see where you’re coming from.

[Autumn]

138. If you have no idea what I'm talking about why the ...Seriously? Wow.?

[cwydro]

139. Whoosh. nt

[Autumn]

140. Whatever. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

107. You should see what he gets called at Joe.My.God.

Graham To Plead With Trump Against Taking Revenge
February 14, 2021

Of course, they have a license to do that.

[NurseJackie]

167. Oh dear! Oh dear me! That's... something, isn't it?

Land!

[maxsolomon]

108. I'll just enjoy the snark coming from Teh Gays I follow then.

They say the same things and the same catty nicknames homophobes do, in many even worse, but it's OK.

I guess.

[OMGWTF]

110. Lindsey Graham is a FUCKING LIAR!

I DGAF about anyone's sexual orientation.

[BannonsLiver]

113. Okay?

[samnsara]

116. he is an enigma for sure...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

119. Agree. Just saw SNL from last night. Kate McKinnon

as Graham. Maybe I missed it but never seen him act that way

[NurseJackie]

146. She's good. That made me laugh!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

147. Yes she is! Just didn't get the quirky gestures. Hate the MF

but have never seen him like that.

Did you watch the episode? On the news part had a clip of cruz crying on side of road. I immediately thought it was a reference to cruz's wife? She had breakdown near their home in Austin, and they found her sitting and crying by mopac in austin. Na, probably too obscure

[Akoto]

123. I'm not fond of the name calling in general here. It's childish and we can do better. n/t

[Smackdown2019]

126. It is not what one perceive Graham to be, it is the perception.

Proof Graham likes other men? Nada!

Wierd Vibes on Grahman being in the closet, YES!

Does it matter to you or I? NO

Does it matter to his constituents? PERHAPS!

Why? Republicans believe in the bible and political GODS they nominate.

Democrats believe in the bible as well, but we also believe in the best candidate for the job.... no imposter!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

164. You laid it out well. But the hypocrisy is highly likely. That deserves condemnation, if true.

I suspect Graham is a hypocrite who had a few "encounters" & now uses gay porn. He is welcome to both.

But if he does either and votes against LGBT+ rights, then his hypocrisy must be condemned in the strongest terms. Until there is some proof, it is only speculation.

I have stopped referring to him in any feminine way well over a year ago.

[NurseJackie]

132. Oh, lord.

This again?

[tonedevil]

142. Does the subject not please...

your majesty?

[MustLoveBeagles]

133. I agree

[Raine]

143. Totally agree. nt

[Cha]

150. Neither am I.. it's ridiculously

myopic.

It's wrong.

[Mike Niendorff]

154. Strongly agreed.

The issue is his character -- or, to be more exact, his complete lack thereof.

Don't give a rat's ass who he sleeps with in his off time.


MDN

[pwb]

155. Lindsey deserves how people think of him.

He is scum.

[mdbl]

156. No you don't hate lindsay graham as much as I do.

and I don't care what his sexuality is.

[bucolic_frolic]

157. Agree

but are Republicans and their social policies cutting LGBTQ the same break?

[lonely bird]

161. OK, I agree...

I don’t care if he doesn’t measure up to the stupid macho stereotype. There are many men who are not “macho” or “manly-men” whatever the fuck that means. I don’t care if he is gay.

I do care if he is gay and supports anti-gay policies of his party.

[wcollar]

162. I understand and agree that homophobic comments are wrong, I just had a different interpretation

I just viewed it as comparing him to a "Southern Belle and member of the Daughters of the Confederacy", with all the histrionics,
hissy fits, and fainting couch. Much like Carrol Burnett in her "Went with the Wind" skit, albeit without the intentional humor.