>I think it simply means that him being gay is simply a non-issue in
>this election, not an indicator of some progress.
The fact that it's a non-issue in Dallas *is* progress.
>I do not disparage people as "backward" -
So all those cracks about lumpen are not disparaging people?
> >Edgar Hoover was gay, afaik.
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>ROTFLMAO.
I know he was gay. I'm laughing because I think pointing it out in this context is absurd.