Comments on: Paul Varnell’s Legacy

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:12:43 +0000

I don’t believe you Maurader. When Rick Perry says children aren’t allowed to pray in school or celebrate christmas I’m sure he knows its a lie.

By: Marauder

Marauder — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:49:20 +0000

You might think the reasons are false, Priya Lynn…but other people don’t. That’s what you’re not getting here. Even if something seems totally obvious to you, some other people don’t see it that way.

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:50:00 +0000

Marauder, I’m just saying that some of the reasons you gave are false, such as being free to engage in religious expression in public forums. No democrat opposes that. Now if you had said one of the reasons for a gay person to be a Republican is the desire to have the government promote and be subservient to religious principles that would be a more truthful expression of what many Republicans seek.

By: Marauder

Marauder — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:49:50 +0000

I’m not asking anyone to agree with the reasons I listed why someone might be an LGBT conservative person. I’m just giving reasons I’ve seen from LGBT conservative people themselves.

By: Lord_Byron

Lord_Byron — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:18:10 +0000

I agree with that and did not come here to start a fight. I enjoy the blog, but as you can tell I have strong feelings when it comes to certain things.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:16:53 +0000

Priya, thanks.

Zeke, probably both. Wait til you see my rant about police abuse.

Byron, you can have your prejudices. But BTB shouldn’t be home for prejudice nor should any of us let bias masquerading as fact go unchallenged. Agree?

By: Priya Lynn

Priya Lynn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:41:30 +0000

Timothy, I thought about it after I posted and if I remember correctly most military members are Republican identified so I think one could generalize and say Republican war supporters are more willing to fight themselves than Democrat war supporters.

By: TampaZeke

TampaZeke — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:16:28 +0000

Timothy, you’re not usually this condescending, snippy and self-righteous. Are you having a bad day or is this just an issue that really pushes your buttons?

By: Lord_Byron

Lord_Byron — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:13:23 +0000

I am biased and I have my prejudices I am willing to admit that. It is true that a majority of people who support the wars would never fight the war themselves. I focus mainly though on the GOP because historically they have been the most hawkish when it comes to war. Support came from the 2004 GOP National Convention. Yes i am aware that it is purely anecdotal evidence, but when you get responses like “As long as there’s a steady stream of volunteers, I don’t see why I necessarily should volunteer,” coming from young gop members.

Again just a biased opinion, but if you are willing to state that you support the war then you should be willing to volunteer and fight in the war and not just let others do it for you. THe majority of those that often vote in favor of war don’t generally have to worry about losing their own kids.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:02:35 +0000

Priya Lynn,

True. Most people of any party whether supportive of a war or not prefer not to fight in it themselves.

But that is not a “Funny thing about conservatives, particular college young republicans”. If it is a funny thing, it is a funny thing about people in general but LESS SO about Republicans. In 2008, polling showed roughly that military members supported John McCain by about 70% to 30% over Barack Obama.

Lord_Byron can hate whomever he likes. He just can’t make crap up about them and post it at BTB.