The unintended pain inflicted on the LGBTQ+ community when it comes to Pete

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95. Because if the argument is

that Pete needs more experience, then people need to be saying "he's not my first choice because I think he needs more experience."

THAT is a reasonable argument. Just like it is a reasonable argument to say "I like Mark Kelly but I worry about putting a senate seat in jeopardy in Arizona."

What I am seeing all over DU is people saying sh*t like "we can't have a gay man on the ticket as VP" or "a gay man and a black woman on the ticket is a bridge too far."

If it is not okay for me to make a post on DU saying "Kamala Harris shouldn't be the nominee because she's a black woman and that's a bridge too far--we should switch her out for a white man right now" then it should be okay for posters to be posting homophobic messages about Buttigieg all over DU.

Why can't we post based on the qualifications of the candidates, rather than making racists and bigoted statements? Shouldn't DU be better than that?