.@chrisgeidner shouldn't credulously accept LCR/Kirchick. Hagel LGBT views are convenient cudgel, unlikely real reasonshttp://bit.ly/WGzA1w
@owensmike That's irrelevant. The pt of the piece is that pro-LGBT views are part of a perceived winning coalition, even in the GOP.
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@chrisgeidner I don't disagree with your premise re landscape. But the implication is that these RWingers are also now pro-LGBT. Not really. -
@owensmike Not at all. The whole pt is that here, unlike in legislation, they lay bare the fact that they know that LGBT issues r winning. -
@chrisgeidner Again, I agree. I guess the danger is that many of these ppl should not be confused for actual allies who care abt the cause.
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@chrisgeidner Kirchick, e.g., seems to care about the LGBT cause exactly as much as it helps him advance other conservative goals. -
@owensmike Kirchick is certainly political in his ends, & fights hard. That fact alone doesn't mean he's wrong; it means he's political. -
@chrisgeidner What makes him wrong & lacking credibility is that he defends/ignores homophobes when it helps causes he cares more about. -
@owensmike Again, that may decrease his credibility, but it doesn't, per se, make him wrong in any other instance. -
@chrisgeidner No, he's wrong b/c he's wrong. I just don't want anyone confusing him with someone concerned about gay rights beyond his own. -
@owensmike He may be wrong, but there are people on far left & the right who agree w him about Hagel/LGBT issues, so he's not clearly wrong. -
@chrisgeidner I mean wrong more generally. And though I am not one who opposes Hagel for LGBT-rights reasons, I do understand the concern.
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@chrisgeidner & to the extent that it now helps him and others more, b/c landscape shifting, great! But the cynicism should be acknowledgedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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