Showing posts with label anti-woke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-woke. Show all posts

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How Calif Gov. Newsom's "wokers' paradise" lost the programmer that debunked Mike Lindell's evidence

Bob Zeidman is a technology entrepreneur, author, and tournament poker player who discusses a variety of topics in this video interview. He starts by discussing his move from California to Nevada, where he enjoys lower taxes and a better quality of life. He then talks about the impact his conservative political views have on his business and personal relationships. He believes that some clients, upon discovering his political affiliation, did not hire him - despite being impressed with his work. 

Mr. Zeidman goes on to discuss the reluctance of some people to have their opinions challenged and how this is leading to the suppression of free speech. He also shares his views on socialism and communism, citing Israel as the only country where socialism came close to working. He hopes to warn people about the dangers of socialist ideologies through his books. 

Mr. Zeidman also talks about the challenge conservatives and libertarians face in Silicon Valley where people are pressured to conform to progressive ideologies. Lastly, he discusses the polarization of politics and the need for people to respect and compromise with each other.

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LGBT, Log Cabin Republicans are proud to differ from "straight-ness" and "wokeness" at L.A. Pride Festival

Beginning with the Dyke Rally and March, the L.A. Pride Festival 2019 bore the marks of leftist-political collectivism among the West Hollywood politicians and Christopher Street West organizers. Josh Herr, President of Log Cabin (LGBT) Republicans of Los Angeles described the group and their experience at the L.A. Gay Pride Fest, June 10, '18.



Visiting from Phoenix, AZ, Gay-American, Ed O'Reilly shares his perspectives, at Log Cabin Republicans booth at L.A. Pride Parade and Festival.


"Face It, Gays: Trump Is Our Friend" by David Benkoff in The Daily Caller May 5, 2018

"...Despite serious pressure from the president’s Evangelical allies, his long-anticipated executive order on religious liberty contained no license to discriminate against gays. As it had in January, the administration considered, then rejected, provisions to allow individuals and organizations to treat gays shabbily as long as they had a religious excuse.

But President Trump rejected the anti-gay language, throwing Evangelicals but a few crumbs facilitating church endorsements of candidates (which few of them want to do) and letting religious organizations decline to cover contraceptives (which gays do not use).

But LGBT Americans have now twice escaped such draconian measures, almost certainly because Trump and several members of his inner circle are sympathetic to gay concerns. More comfortable with a presidential bogeyman, the gay community and its allies actually spread rumors an anti-gay order was imminent, but it never came.

… Not so gay organizations. They ignored the breathtaking news of a disaster averted, and lambasted the president without identifying a single specific harm. Some of their pretzel-y twists aimed at fearmongering were amusing. Here’s the LGBT Equality caucus: “We cannot trust that this order will be narrowly utilized to not directly harm our community.”

Of course, Big Gay is never going to honor Trump’s heroic defense of LGBT Americans.

With yesterday’s news, Trump continues to fulfill his campaign promise to be a real friend to LGBT people. As president, Trump has kept Obama’s rules barring companies doing federal work from discriminating against LGBT people. He retained Randy Berry, a diplomat whose mission is to protect gay people from persecution abroad. His work is particularly urgent in light of the lethal assault on the gay community of Chechnya –which Trump’s UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has vocally condemned.

Other examples of Trump’s friendly stance: HIV/AIDS programs have been spared the large cuts to the health budget; and Trump’s controversial executive order on refugees specifically stated that the United States should not admit those who would oppress Americans “of any sexual orientation.”

When asked to detail their objections to Trump, liberal gay activists have got nothing but mischaracterizations:

Trump’s rule on transgender bathrooms mandated nothing, but rather gave schools the flexibility to handle locally a complicated issue balancing privacy and dignity. If Trump’s stance on this is transphobic, then Obama was transphobic for the first 7.5 years of his presidency, when he had the precise policy Trump now has.

No, Vice President Mike Pence is not a raging homophobe. If anything, Trump has influenced Pence on gay issues rather than the other way around.

It’s true Trump has not backed gay marriage, but that issue is defunct. Questioning him on marriage is like asking Democrats about racial quotas for government jobs. The Supreme Court has ruled definitively on both, so “gotcha” queries only drive a wedge between the politician’s most fervent supporters and more broadly popular positions.

Given the political calculus, Trump’s friendship to the gay community is stunning and unprecedented. Imagine if Barack Obama rejected a labor movement priority because it lacked fairness and compassion. Well, Trump won 80 percent of the white Evangelical vote but only 14 percent of the LGBT vote – yet time after time he has bucked his supporters and abetted his detractors.

Auspiciously, Trump’s popularity among Evangelicals has actually narrowed their political agenda to our benefit. For years, conservative Christians focused on abortion but pursued a social agenda that included opposition to gay rights. But by remaining steadfastly pro-life while refusing to budge on basic inclusion of gay Americans, Trump has forced conservative Christians to mute their antagonism toward homosexuality. That, perhaps, is the greatest kindness Trump has done for the gay community, and it is perplexing that Big Gay continues to fight him.