One, no, it's not that simple. As Yumzux reminded you below, Bill Clinton tried to advance hate-crimes protection for LGBT people; Republicans stopped it.

No, I won't come off it. Again, I lived through it as a gay kid. It *was* vastly different. Matthew Shepard was beaten and left for dead on the morning of my birthday in my senior year in high school. I remember it all, what it was like to be a gay kid in high school at that time. I work in a high school now, and I…

A polite speech of 1.5 minutes in which audience members were told — twice — not to boo, and the presumptive Vice-President-elect was referred to by both title and "sir" is not a fit. I'm sorry you can't accept diversity of opinion and think that national political figures are such precious flowers that they can't be…

If you don't know that the 1990s were incredibly different from the 2010s when it came to gay people and public attitudes, you probably weren't a gay teenager growing up in small-town America. I remember it quite well. I lived in constant fear. Today, my former high school has a thriving GSA and out students who…

That isn't what I said. You should work on your reading comprehension and stop trying to change the subject.

Bill Clinton was president in a different time, when LGBT people were still widely despised, when consensual gay sex was *illegal* in many states, and when the GOP was trying like hell to pass a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. He also signed DADT, to mitigate military actions against LGBT service…

True, but this was better than the likes of him. Dixon told the audience — twice — not to boo Governor Pence. He called Governor Pence, "sir." He didn't accuse him of any of the things Governor Pence has done. He just asked him to remember that the country includes many different people, and to bear that in mind, and…

That ticket-holding audience member is a fucking politician. He's the presumptive VP-elect. At this point, he can't expect to be treated like a private citizen anywhere. If he wanted that right, he shouldn't have run for VP. He is one-half of the face of the face of the incoming Trump Administration. He was — in VERY…

Did y'all hear that Mike Pence went to see Hamilton last night? The cast read him a statement:

You jest, but playing Pooh Sticks in the One Hundred Acre Wood is a lovely thing.

I'm sorry for your wobbly day. I know the feeling. I have the distinct sense that the election and its aftermath are bleeding over into my personal life and my interpersonal reactions, and I'm prone to depression anyway. So, I get it. Hang in there. We (by which I mean everyone to the left of Attila the Hun) have to…

And a super-short matinee, apparently, given those time constraints. :) That's interesting, though, because I could imagine that 4:00 is a matinee that people could, you know, actually make it to.

I'm sure that some of it is click-bait. Beyond that, though, this is a well-developed commentariat. I'm glad to find articles about the current goings-on here, because I can read discussions, get links to other interesting stories, and chat with people who have interesting perspectives. It's far more immersive than…

I couldn't stand DH. It's the only one I never bought. I read *a lot* of fanfiction published between HBP and DH. A lot of it was garbage, a fair bit was silly, but some was great. Several stories I read (rather long ones, too) wound up being better than DH, making more sense while still touching on many similar…

Quite.

I think she was always the front-runner, but I think that Vice President Biden genuinely felt he couldn't take a campaign at that time. Go back and watch his interview with Stephen Colbert from September 2015. The emotions he expressed showed that he was still suffering immensely.

I haven't heard much comment about it, but because November starts on a Tuesday this year, the date of the election is the latest allowed by the Constitution. It's a sure sign that we're all being punished by the gods for something.

Cirion is a bit histrionic and a lot belligerent, but you're a bit off-base, too. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military targets in the same way that any urban/industrial area is a military target. Their urban areas included some military installations and war-supporting industries. By such logic, most large cities in…

It's been in regular use since at least as far back as 2000 to describe presidential campaigns (and every campaign since). For example: "THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE DEMOCRATS; Gore's Surrogates Bluntly Question Bush's Competence," from "The New York Times," Oct. 20, 2000. Use the Google if you want to see if the phrase is…

Yes, but Montana has Glacier National Park. That's easily one of the most beautiful places in the lower 48.