# Republicans boo gay serviceman at Florida debate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391 "2011-09-23T21:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/61 "2011-09-27T19:23:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The Republican Party, populated by sociopathic goons, is irretrievably broken, and should be disregarded at the ballot box, in the Congress and in the statehouses. No further attempt should be made to reason with them, as they have demonstrated they are nothing more than a despicable gang of lunatics intent on turning the country into a warped libertarian caricature, where the strong brutalize the weak with impunity. > > Shame on the Republican Party. While I agree wholeheartedly with this sentiment it seems worth noting that the party is not a nebulous thing as much as it is an organization comprised of individual people. As such, it reflects close to 50% of the US population’s beliefs and attitudes. If it were closer to 10% I’d be with you as they’d clearly be a vocal minority of immature, selfish pricks. However, they represent a significant chunk of our population that can be excised no easier than the right half of your body, and is ignored at the peril of those who despise their views. I assure you, “they” have nothing nice to say about, and feel they have plenty to fear from undisciplined, shiftless fag-lovers. While I hate the tension, it remains a sign the end is not near for us as a country. We have the luxury of giving a damn about those issues as opposed to just wondering where our next bite is coming from and which of our children will get it. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/62 "2011-09-27T19:30:27Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > > [@elucidator](#): > > > > Somebody fucked him in the ear? > > He’s just a modern guy. At least he has a lust for _wife_. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/63 "2011-09-27T20:34:27Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Here it is: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pcJ6Hh4Y0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pcJ6Hh4Y0) That’s it? I heard three guys. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/64 "2011-09-27T20:59:27Z")
> [@furt](#): > > That’s it? I heard three guys. Sheesh. Selective hearing impaired by prejudice. There was a rumble in the background indicating a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/65 "2011-09-29T12:11:50Z")
> [@furt](#): > > That’s it? I heard three guys. Sheesh. …followed by the candidate in questions saying that being able to not live a lie is a ‘privilege’ and that he’d be kind enough not to ‘throw out’ the soldier serving in Iraq, but that, what was the line, they’d go forward by reverting to DADT. Followed by audience-wide cheers. But I’m certain they were just heartily agreeing that sexuality has no bearing on anyone’s ability to serve their country. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/66 "2011-09-29T20:51:51Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Somebody fucked him in the ear? Is that like, aural sex? Heard that cumming… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/67 "2011-09-29T22:47:29Z")
No shit here - my brother in law used to have a pet capuchin monkey. He got rid of it because of its habit of climbing on his head and trying to fuck his ear. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/68 "2011-09-29T22:55:05Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No shit here - my brother in law used to have a pet capuchin monkey. He got rid of it because of its habit of climbing on his head and trying to fuck his ear. Your brother in law was [Richard Pryor](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/280478/richard_pryor_pet_monkey/)? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/69 "2011-09-30T01:10:42Z")
> [@furt](#): > > That’s it? I heard three guys. Sheesh. It was a bit less dramatic than I expected, but three is still too many. ---
**Author:** ![SeaCanary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SeaCanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaCanary)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/70 "2011-10-02T18:05:26Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Of course they don’t. We don’t allow any of those filthy, disgusting robosexuals in our army! > [@elucidator](#): > > Harder, Will Robinson, harder! > [@Shakes](#): > > That’s some funny shit right there! 😃 I just snorted my beer over my keyboard!!😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391/71 "2011-10-03T03:26:55Z")
It would have been nice if even one of the candidates had thanked the guy for his service. That’s all that needed to be said, that one of them was at least a \*mensh. \*But sadly, it was business as usual. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-boo-gay-serviceman-at-florida-debate/597391.md?page=3)