I think anybody who cares more about an inconvenient airport visit than the lives of immigrants and refugees was probably never going to be a friend to the cause anyway.

Most people I’ve heard are either saying it tongue-in-cheek. Or if not, they aren’t saying GWB is amazing, but that he’s not as bad as Trump (which still leave room for some crappy behavior). I don’t think anyone is actually forgetting his policies. I’d love to have a Democrat in office, but if had the opportunity to…

I feel a little icky about the comparison of an “odd sexual fetish” (plus blackmail from a country that’s unfriendly to the U.S.) to the fight for equal rights for LGBTQ people. The slogans you mentioned are mostly used in reference to legal rights to marriage and anti-discrimination, and not so much about sexual…