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  1. 1 minute ago, SaysWho? said:

     

    I don't think there are enough progressives in that district to get whatever your ideal candidate is over the finish line.

    On most issues, she's fairly progressive.

     

    The thing people don't realize is that even though it's somewhat of a suburban district, it has a lot of rural areas to cover, and the truely suburban parts of the district are the wealthy white Western portions of Henrico and Chesterfield counties, maybe some of the furthest reaches of NoVA are included in Spotsylvania county. Some of Goochland and Powhatan are suburban, but still quite conservative. It will be a tough nut to crack.

  2. 5 minutes ago, Jason said:

     

    Gay Men In Ecuador Are Being Beaten And Raped To ‘Cure’ Them, Activists Say

     

    It's not hard to find stories about avowedly homophobic men raping other men as some sort of power play on them.

    I know that, but the idea is Trump is so enamored with Putin, it's consentual.

    2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

    I agree that the cartoon and things like it (portraying someone as gay to make them look weak) are homophobic. But are all things related to sex (with the implication between men) homophobic, if used to insult someone? Like my aforementioned examples "He really took it up the ass on that one" or "wow, he got fucked"? 

    I'd say that's more on the rape-y side than homophobic. Both of those statements imply that the man did not or could not consent.

  3. The idea that Trump and Putin having sex together is used to emasculate both of them (particularly Trump here in the US). It's trolling Trump supporters (like the ~90% of evangelicals who support him) not just because he's a puppet or stooge, but specifically because he is that while also engaging in homosexual behavior. The implicit declaration is "your tough guy isn't tough because he's gay"

  4. 10 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

    I think it’s fine to question whether specific mutual defense agreements are in the best interest of your nation. It makes sense to sign mutual defense agreements with nations where we share strong economic ties and that have a relatively low likelihood of being involved in a conflict.

     

    Obviously there are more issues than that underneath this particular questioning.

    In this particular case, the Senate voted 97-2 to accept them into NATO, and Trump himself signed the Senate ratification of their accession into NATO

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