A reader objects to yesterday's Quote for the Day from Ric Grenell:
That quote has to be one of the worst examples of false equivalence that I have ever seen. Grenell equates people arguing that he should agree with them with people arguing that he should not be associated with them. "You belong with us" from Democrats and "get away from us you freak" from Republicans are not really two sides of the same coin in any normal way of thinking.
Another reader:
Grenell is correct that many liberal gays criticize Republican gays like him, but to equate their views with those of the far right is dishonest. What power did those liberal gays have over Grenell's resignation? Did Romney cower at the mighty hand of liberal-gay-people-who-were-never-going-to-vote-for-him-anyway? No, he caved to the homophobic right-wing of his party pure and simple. This is now a party that wants gay people purged from ANY place in public life and has the power do so within their own ranks. Somehow Grenell has turned a moment that is truly about the anti-gay bigotry of one party into one that sounds like an endemic problem to all parties. I'm not buying it for a second.
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