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[QueerDuck]

94. I do not find anti-gay slurs, racist rhetoric, or violent misogyny or a lack of forthcomingness regarding the Totenkopf...

to be inspiring or progressive at all. That's three reasons (as long as we're keeping score.) Nor do I find it very convincing that in ALL THIS TIME, he never knew what it meant (and if he did, he wasn't ashamed enough to have it removed/covered). And only when it's politically expedient or necessary are the mea-culpa's coming out. But they feel forced, or like his hand was forced, rather than sincere contrition and understanding. It's one of those "I'm sorry you were offended" or "I'm sorry this offends you." He wants to be a US Senator, but we see that he has very little understanding of world history and what symbols like that represent and how hurtful they are... and still he has the nerve to claim that he is the victim. Well there's four more reasons that many people will find his candidacy to be unpalatable. I do not think his supporters are "fools or bigots" but I do believe that many of his loudest supporters are in his camp for one reason only, and that they have not fully examined his past, his history, his evasiveness, his excuse-making, his victim-claiming, his lack of historical knowledge, his lack of experience, his temperament, his demeanor. Perhaps running to be a STATE senator, or a mayor, or a US Rep would be the place for him to test his mettle and see if he's got the right stuff when it comes down to rubber hitting the pavement.

Speaking of "being nuanced"... please try to be a bit more aware of his past words and how hurtful (and harmful) those things are to people like myself and others.