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Behind the Aegis

(54,057 posts)
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 05:45 AM Feb 2019

New York City councilman (D) 'blames gay agenda' for scuppering Amazon deal

New York City councilman Rubén Díaz has doubled down on claims that the city has been taken over by gay people, after Amazon cancelled a plan to build a second headquarters in the city.

Díaz, a long-serving New York City politician and a Pentecostal minister, has faced calls to resign over his attacks on city council speaker Corey Johnson, who is gay.

In a February 9 interview, the politician claimed: “Everybody is controlled by the homosexual community.”

Brushing off calls to resign, Díaz re-escalated the row this week as he hit out at the cancellation of plans for Amazon to build a new headquarters in the city.

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New York City councilman (D) 'blames gay agenda' for scuppering Amazon deal (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 OP
This guy definitely needs to be primaried. shanny Feb 2019 #1
Definitely! DFW Feb 2019 #2
I'm not quite sure exactly what the gay agenda is Victor_c3 Feb 2019 #7
As a straight guy, the only gay agenda MurrayDelph Feb 2019 #20
Cosmopolitans too? Victor_c3 Feb 2019 #21
Politically A Better Option rpannier Feb 2019 #8
Diaz seems to be exhibiting dementia and paranoia, and his family needs to step in. (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2019 #3
Sounds like a candidate for involuntary commitment. littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #4
He needs to step down. AllyCat Feb 2019 #5
I looked him up on wiki....he's a serious homophobe OnDoutside Feb 2019 #6
Interesting, considering he apparently used to be in The Village People hatrack Feb 2019 #10
Another crazoid closet case Boomer Feb 2019 #9
I think the logic is HuskyOffset Feb 2019 #12
Bingo Boomer Feb 2019 #13
No one ever seems to care about what this guy says, no matter homophobic. Tipperary Feb 2019 #11
What kind of Democrat votes for this kind of asshole?! demmiblue Feb 2019 #14
No, I don't think it was the gay agenda: I really think it was the lesbian toaster struggle4progress Feb 2019 #15
"Everybody is controlled by the homosexual community." skypilot Feb 2019 #16
Or be doubly scared of us gay Jews...like me. Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 #17
Gay Jews skypilot Feb 2019 #18
NYT tweet/link: demmiblue Feb 2019 #19

DFW

(54,506 posts)
2. Definitely!
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 07:18 AM
Feb 2019

What is a Pentacostal "minister" doing as a Democratic politician in the first place? And while he's at it, maybe he'd like to explain to this dumb straight guy just what the "gay agenda" is?

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
7. I'm not quite sure exactly what the gay agenda is
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 08:07 AM
Feb 2019

But I think it has something to do Obama’s plan to send everyone to FEMA concentration camps for some sort re-education (and possibly even conversion to the “gay” lifestyle).

MurrayDelph

(5,304 posts)
20. As a straight guy, the only gay agenda
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 05:55 PM
Feb 2019

I've come across is find the right person, get married, buy a nice house, maybe have a family, and occasionally go out for brunch.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
21. Cosmopolitans too?
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 07:11 PM
Feb 2019

I’m sure there’ll be a part in the conversation to train guys from drinking beer to drinking only cosmopolitans. (Because I’m certain that gay men don’t like beer). If I didn’t learn to hate beer and love cosmopolitans, I’d be very disappointed by Obama’s re-education efforts (I mean, it’s gotta be Obama’s doing. Everything else is his fault).

I’m trying to think of any other unfounded gay stereotypes out there, but I’m drawing a complete blank.

you’re absolutely right about getting married, buying a house, and sometimes having a family. I’m pretty sure that I’ve read somewhere that the average gay person is better educated and earns more money than the average ‘straight’ person. What is there not to like about that?

rpannier

(24,350 posts)
8. Politically A Better Option
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 08:15 AM
Feb 2019

If he lives in a largely Democratic district, running as a Republikkan would be a non-starter
Look at that crank former sheriff-trump toadie from Wisconsin. He was a Democrat in name only

HuskyOffset

(892 posts)
12. I think the logic is
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 01:01 PM
Feb 2019

I'm having gay feelings, but I can't possibly be gay, therefore The Gays are somehow controlling my mind to make me have these gay thoughts. I'm just guessing, but is that maybe what's going on in his mind?

Boomer

(4,170 posts)
13. Bingo
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 02:32 PM
Feb 2019

It's easier to blame outside influences "controlling" you than to confront and claim your own feelings.

As a gay person, to some extent I can sympathize with the way that a person can be crushed by fear of society's disapproval and of the implied inadequacy of manhood that is especially difficult for gay men to face against. But ultimately, it's a test of character: do you hurt other people rather than deal with your fears? Or just yourself?

The people who make the choice -- and it is a choice -- to lash out and hurt gays because they can't bear to be gay themselves, these are evil people. I can recognize their pain while still condemning their behavior.

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