[wideawake]

noting the group's wealth and taste for luxury goods

Whoa, whoa, whoa . . . wait a minute!

America's most oppressed, beleaguered special interest group is wealthy and has a taste for luxury goods?

I'm confused - what exactly does "oppressed" mean?

[Defend the Second]

I wonder if the idiots in Ford marketing have considered what a turn-off this will be to the non-sodomites out there. Who wants to be driving the "gay" car?

[yankeedame]

I'm confused - what exactly does "oppressed" mean?

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It means: "Not getting anything you want whenever you want it."