Last night, toward's the end of his Afghanistan speech, President Obama said this:
... And we must make it clear to every man, woman and child around the world who lives under the dark cloud of tyranny that America will speak out on behalf of their human rights, and tend to the light of freedom, and justice, and opportunity, and respect for the dignity of all peoples. That is who we are. That is the moral source of America's authority. ...
So when is Obama going to speak out on behalf LGBT Ugandans?
John, sweetie, did you not get the memo about how all of this Boomer-era identity politics stuff is completely outdated and irrelevant?
Our new post-feminist, post-bigotry, post-partisan era will put a pony in every yard if we would but wait for the completion of the latest 11th dimensional chess move, wherein it will be revealed that the lack of support for reproductive rights and marriage equality has just been a secret ploy to massively increase their popularity.
So we shouldn't feel insulted or look for meaning in behavioral ticks, because none of that means anything anymore. After all, we know the president thinks we're likeable enough. We shouldn't nitpick or be paranoid. We need to support the administration, even if it's just with an ambiguously silent presence, so they can deal with important things, like the war.
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