return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months ago"It's not that complicated": Pete Buttigieg on why a gay billionaire is backing JD Vancewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down112
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-link"It's not that complicated": Pete Buttigieg on why a gay billionaire is backing JD Vancewww.salon.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months agoI’m sure Ernst Röhm thought the same thing. Inevitably, the alliance of convenience runs its course and the fascists decide it’s easier if they’re dead. Dead men can’t hire lawyers to defend their stock portfolios, after all.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months ago I’m sure Ernst Röhm thought the same thing If you need to go back 90 years to make a point, it might be a weak one. Reagan had gay members of his administration while he joked about the AIDS epidemic. Nixon had gay men in his administration, a fact he complained about on tape. Hoover crossdressed as head of the FBI, and he was at the heart of a fascist white terror during the 1950s. It’s strongly believed that James Buchanan was in a relationship with Senator Rufus King, while President. Reactionary attitudes towards sex did not seem to affect any of these economic elites.
I’m sure Ernst Röhm thought the same thing. Inevitably, the alliance of convenience runs its course and the fascists decide it’s easier if they’re dead.
Dead men can’t hire lawyers to defend their stock portfolios, after all.
If you need to go back 90 years to make a point, it might be a weak one.
Reagan had gay members of his administration while he joked about the AIDS epidemic.
Nixon had gay men in his administration, a fact he complained about on tape.
Hoover crossdressed as head of the FBI, and he was at the heart of a fascist white terror during the 1950s.
It’s strongly believed that James Buchanan was in a relationship with Senator Rufus King, while President.
Reactionary attitudes towards sex did not seem to affect any of these economic elites.