• Late2TheParty@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I don’t know if that can/should/whatever be used against him as it appears Mr. Barro (for some reason I’m tickled pink I get to type a Downton Abbey character’s name) has become critical of the Republican party and aligns more with the Democrat’s platform.

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        5 months ago

        Tried to look him up, got 2 seconds in and saw that he said homosexuals “need to be stamped out”

        That was all it took to decide any other thing he states should be looked upon as extremely bias and coming from an extremist.

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          5 months ago

          The only context I have for that is a 2014 tweet where he said, “Anti-LGBT attitudes are terrible for people in all sorts of communities. They linger and oppress, and we need to stamp them out, ruthlessly.” Do you have that other link?

          https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stamp-them-out-josh-barro-and-new-sexual-moralism-andrew-walker-owen-strachan/

          I’ve read he is homosexual and married to a man. Not knowing much about the fella, is it possible, as a younger man, he only aligned with the fiscal conservatism of the Republican party (hence why he interned for a Republican), but could no longer support them as that party grew more into what we know now?

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            5 months ago

            No upon looking back at that source they chopped his wording making it look like he said that about homosexuals and not anti-lgbt views. I deleted the comment after reviewing what you said.

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              5 months ago

              Man, sometimes “news” sources bum me the fuck out with their editing.

              I’ve learned SO much about this dude over the last few hours. Like, none of it will be useful in my real life. 🤣🤣