The Thanksgiving Video War Massacre – competing messages about marriage equality

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The Thanksgiving Video War Massacre – competing messages about marriage equality over the Thanksgiving holiday

Maggie Gallagher handed the lgbtq community a victory over the Thanksgiving holidays in what turned out to be a contest of dueling videos.

Did I say contest? A contest would mean that two equal entities would be competing for superiority. What happened last week was a massacre.

Gallagher began the contest with a video she put out giving supposed tips on how to handle discussions of marriage equality during Thanksgiving. By tips, I guess Gallagher meant repeating the same tired talking points about people on her side of the argument unfairly being labeled as “bigots” and making false platitudes on respectful discussions while all the while folks on her side paint lgbtqs as folks seeking to corrupt children and (stop me if you heard this one) attempting to destroy the “special uniqueness of marriage being between one man and one woman:

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1. Hopefully you will have better luck.

Apparently this was not controversial enough.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x191227

Recommended.

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2. i completely missed your posting.

i did see it when it first hit political videos.

it's an awesome deconstruction.