John Werth
2 min readApr 29, 2022

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I did. You didn't name any. That's why I asked.

I'm absolutely sure there are gay Republicans, conservatives, Evangelicals, and whatever. That was never in doubt.

Those people will have to lie low, since they won't be welcome at just about any organized conservative event.

I assume there are anti-gay Democrats, liberals, and atheists, though I don't know any personally.

Those people will also have to lie low, because they won't be welcome at just about any liberal event.

You're working too hard. It's OK to be conservative, gay, Evangelical, or anything else. At least it ought to be. I think it would be fatastic to work across party lines and all that, but when the Republicans made a conscious decision in the 90's not to compromise - and hence, abandon democracy - the seeds were sown.

But in 40 years of watching politics, the American right has used the gay community as a punching bag and fundraising wedge issue that entire time. Not all conservatives/Republicans are homophobes, but the movement and party are functionally so. Just shrug and admit it - you feel alone because you don't want liberals and conservatives (as a group, anyway) don't want you. That happens, particularly in a two-party system, double particularly when the conservative party is functionally the political wing of white Evangelicalism.

If you haven't already, you should do a riff on why the separation of church and state is more important for the church than the state. Now we have a political party that is as unbending and apocalyptic as a church, and a church with the morals of a political party (i.e. none).

Also, that you call Biden a Communist is bananas. That's when I realized you're either not a serious person or have gone around the bend. Dude is a middle-of-the-roader, always has been. He's drifted left late in his career not because he's a communist, but because the center has drifted left, too. The left - well, to the extent there is one, America has the strongest right wing and weakest left wing in the developed world - doesn't like him either.

Bringing up Che is silly, that was a long time ago. It's like calling the Democrats the party of the KKK.

Also, if you're worried about insolvency, you might consider voting Dem. Deficits go up with there's a Republican in the White House and down when there's a Democrat there. The #1 driver of American debt is Ronald Reagan, and there isn't anyone close. Trump probably would have been #2 if he'd gotten a second term. The only presidents in my voting life with strong records on deficit reduction were Clinton and Obama.

Before you yell, go look it up. I'm right on this. There are numbers and graphs and such.

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John Werth
John Werth

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Musician and conductor, repairer of woodwinds, owner of dogs, band director, lapsed mathematician, and scribbler of thoughts on humor, politics or both at once.

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