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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read this morning that a blogger who was in the audience said that it was only one person booing and that the other people around him tried to shut him up. So it's distressing that even one person thought this was okay to do but at least there were other people who in the audience who tried to do the right thing.  At any rate, I hope that the average person watching this understands now how damaging homophobia has been to our society and be more reflective about this in the future. It was really quite shocking that even one person thought that this would be acceptable behavior - but then I think that attitude has been encouraged within certain segments of our society.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/09/23/the_truth_about_the_boos.html
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It really is amazing how quickly these social issues tend to turn when they hit a breaking point.  The GOP has spent decades trying to marginalize gays and lesbians, and to institutionalize homophobia.  But as soon as DADT is repealed suddenly it's "shocking" that even one GOP debate-goer would think this is acceptable behavior.

Just a quick question:  Why on Earth wouldn't GOP debate-goers think this is acceptable?  [/quote]

I saw the video, and it is more than one, but only a few.  Anyway, it is unacceptable because he's a veteran. They are suppossed to support the men and women in uniform.[/quote]

Wrong.  They support "the troops" up to the point that "the troops" support the conservative culture war.  That's why the booing was so revealing.  The mainstream GOP position is that a gay soldier is undermining "our troops."[/quote]

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