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Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by gjs278 » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:22 PM UTC

d_e_solomon wrote: post #8

malvosenior wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? Also, why do you think Republican officials are clandestinely gay? Seems wrong to assume that about someone.

> Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? No - see here: https://www.glaad.org/tap/donald-trump

trump is the only president to support gay marriage at the start of his term

Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by inhgld » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:23 PM UTC

d_e_solomon wrote: post #8

malvosenior wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? Also, why do you think Republican officials are clandestinely gay? Seems wrong to assume that about someone.

> Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? No - see here: https://www.glaad.org/tap/donald-trump

Most of those are indirect or simply senseless.

Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by Kye » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:23 PM UTC

malvosenior wrote: post #6

jasonjei wrote: post #4

Seems ironic to me that an administration that is openly hostile to LGBT rights is afraid of a gay dating app being used as blackmail material for their own clandestine gay Republican officials that are supposedly leading straight lives.

Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? Also, why do you think Republican officials are clandestinely gay? Seems wrong to assume that about someone.

He held up a gay pride flag upside-down with "LGBTs for Trump" scrawled on it. Every single action he's taken on relevant issues contradicts that awkward, insincere show of support.

Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by wp381640 » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:25 PM UTC

malvosenior wrote: post #9

d_e_solomon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? No - see here: https://www.glaad.org/tap/donald-trump

Those are incredibly nit picky to the point of being useless.

banning transgender people from the military doesn't seem like a nitpick

Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by stusmall » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:28 PM UTC

malvosenior wrote: post #6

jasonjei wrote: post #4

Seems ironic to me that an administration that is openly hostile to LGBT rights is afraid of a gay dating app being used as blackmail material for their own clandestine gay Republican officials that are supposedly leading straight lives.

Hasn’t Trump been in favor of LGBT rights? Also, why do you think Republican officials are clandestinely gay? Seems wrong to assume that about someone.

He issued an EO to kick all openly trans people out of the military. This admin hasn't been remotely LGBT friendly.

Re: Grindr Is Owned by a Chinese Firm, and the U.S. Is Trying to Force It to Sell

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Post by malvosenior » Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:57 PM UTC

wp381640 wrote: post #14

malvosenior wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those are incredibly nit picky to the point of being useless.

banning transgender people from the military doesn't seem like a nitpick

That’s true and I agree it’s not LGBT friendly (obviously). The vast majority of that list is nit picky though. I’d even say it’s a dishonest reframing of issues that have nothing to do with LGBT. Definitely not helpful to make a point.