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Post by Charles Bronson on May 16, 2020 18:34:01 GMT
This is what I mean about keeping things private, what has her personal life got to do with her work as a politician? No one should be judged by their sexual orientation, I think by announcing it ( who would know unless she told us? ) you leave yourself open to attacks & criticism from people who do judge others based on whether they're gay. The more people make an issue of it the more it stays an issue. No one makes a point of saying they're heterosexual because it's considered 'the norm', so by telling people you're not heterosexual somehow suggests you're 'not normal', or at least it does to prejudiced people. You might tell your family & friends because it can have a bearing on your relationship with them, but what does it matter to the rest of us?
Call my cynical but if you can put yourself into a minority group, hey presto, you're one of the oppressed and can expect a guaranteed portion of the vote. There's a well known American female politician who got a huge amount of career benefit by claiming for years to have Native American blood. It helped her get preference for various positions she applied for. She went into politics and became a U S. Senator. She eventually slipped up though by getting a DNA test done which went very badly for her.
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Post by Vienna on May 16, 2020 18:51:42 GMT
Call my cynical but if you can put yourself into a minority group, hey presto, you're one of the oppressed and can expect a guaranteed portion of the vote. Well, being a Lib Dem MP means she is certainly in a minority group now, and she's also from a partly Palestinian background She also had a decent majority of 9,000 at the December election. Vi
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Post by Cartman on May 16, 2020 19:00:21 GMT
The kind of thing The Guardian goes into raptures over. There's some suggestions of a same sex couple on this year's Strictly Come Dancing and they are getting excited over this too.
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Post by Three Litre on May 16, 2020 19:01:38 GMT
Call my cynical but if you can put yourself into a minority group, hey presto, you're one of the oppressed and can expect a guaranteed portion of the vote. Well, being a Lib Dem MP means she is certainly in a minority group now .....................as are overweight typing cats.
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Post by Vienna on May 16, 2020 19:11:02 GMT
.....................as are overweight typing cats. Overweight moggies are probably not in a minority, 3L, but you won't find many that can type, I do agree Vi
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 17, 2020 8:46:46 GMT
.....................as are overweight typing cats. Overweight moggies are probably not in a minority, 3L, but you won't find many that can type, I do agree Vi Shape up Vi or I'll introduce you to this Fido!
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Post by Vienna on May 17, 2020 9:49:20 GMT
Overweight moggies are probably not in a minority, 3L, but you won't find many that can type, I do agree Vi Shape up Vi or I'll introduce you to this Fido! I will DE, I will! Vi
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 17, 2020 10:48:11 GMT
As for being 'pansexual', I don't know why people feel the need to tell the rest of the World about their sexual habits. It's no one's business but your own. What are you supposed to say to someone when they tell you, glad you're enjoying yourself?
That has properly cracked me up. Especially when heard in the voice of Arthur! You are right. What does it matter and why does anyone need to know outside of the people you actually have anything to do with?
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Post by Three Litre on May 17, 2020 13:10:07 GMT
As for being 'pansexual', I don't know why people feel the need to tell the rest of the World about their sexual habits. It's no one's business but your own. What are you supposed to say to someone when they tell you, glad you're enjoying yourself?
That has properly cracked me up. Especially when heard in the voice of Arthur! You are right. What does it matter and why does anyone need to know outside of the people you actually have anything to do with? And why do they make that programme, Naked Attraction? Its all supposed to be private. What next, Match of the Day with commentary on what the couple got up to. I don't mean Gary Lineker and Ian Wright by the way.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 17, 2020 13:17:33 GMT
No but it’s true isn’t it. It shouldn’t be any different to what people like to eat and drink or listen to or their favourite film. I only know these things about the people I live with, work with or spend some percentage of my time with. It doesn’t affect me how a so called celebrity takes their tea so why should it affect me who they want to sleep with (and on both counts, why would I want to know?)
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