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NYC city councilman won’t apologize for saying chamber is controlled by ‘homosexual community’
The Hill ^ | February 8, 2019

Posted on 02/10/2019 4:30:15 PM PST by SMGFan

A city lawmaker in New York is refusing to apologize for saying that the city government is “controlled by the homosexual community.”

Bronx city council member Ruben Diaz Sr., described as a conservative Democrat, made the comment while speaking on the Spanish-language radio program, “El Desahogo," last week, according to The New York Daily News.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who is gay, and others called for Diaz to apologize over the comment. “The disgraceful and homophobic comments made by Ruben Diaz Sr. don’t reflect this city’s values,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) tweeted on Saturday. “The council member owes an apology to @NYCSpeakerCoJo and 8.6 million New Yorkers.”


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To: SMGFan

Values?
Values?

NYC doesn’t have no stinkin’ values.


21 posted on 02/10/2019 5:07:11 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: gunsequalfreedom

When the truth is a slur...


22 posted on 02/10/2019 5:07:31 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Conservative Democrats were once common here in the south.

Many of them became Republicans.

Diaz seems like a decent man. Glad he is showing some courage and leadership.


23 posted on 02/10/2019 5:12:58 PM PST by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: Libloather

What color could they add to a Black Flag? Black is already the presence of all colors. Forget that ‘Rainbow’ crap.


24 posted on 02/10/2019 5:13:13 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SMGFan

The left continues to eat its own as the ultraweirdos pull the party leftward.


25 posted on 02/10/2019 5:15:22 PM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: Libloather
Another color on their flag.

Vomit Green. I lived in SF when AIDS first identified, had many gay friends. Poor guys were dying right and left. We had no clue what caused AIDS. Had it been airborne, we were all dead. I was truly sympathetic then. My gay friends were having funerals for friends every week. You would be sympathetic too.

BUT now? Not so much. My dearest gay friend, Micheal, has decided it's All Trump's Fault. Sayonara Michael.

Veto! {the girl}

26 posted on 02/10/2019 5:17:44 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: Dilbert San Diego
"So if it is the truth, . . ."

People ask the same sort of question when people who brag about running Detroit are pointed out as the ones running Detroit, people who brag about running Hollywood are pointed out as the ones running Hollywood, billionaires who brag about running the Democrat Party are pointed out as the ones running the Democrat Party . . . and so on about a dozen others or more.

Being the aggrieved party is all they know how to blabber about and they can't risk anyone realizing they're the ones in power and not the ones being oppressed.

27 posted on 02/10/2019 5:21:52 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: SMGFan
NYC city councilman won’t apologize for saying chamber is controlled by ‘homosexual community’

Another example of Democrats fighting each other.

28 posted on 02/10/2019 5:25:36 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: SMGFan

Stand your ground Mr. Diaz. You are correct.

If you apologize... you’re dead meat.


29 posted on 02/10/2019 5:27:35 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: SMGFan

New York values ...


30 posted on 02/10/2019 5:29:44 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: SMGFan

“”don’t reflect this city’s values””

We have to have someone write a law that forbids language that starts with - “doesn’t reflect who we are”, “doesn’t reflect what we stand for”, “doesn’t reflect our values”, “it’s not who we are”, “not what our country stands for”...yada yada! Can’t these yahoos come up with anything original? All group think and group speak!!

I especially love it when those two loons from MI and MN who were elected to the House of Representatives say, “That’s not WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY”. Oh! really! I don’t even like that they include themselves in that statement.

THEY certainly are not WHAT we want in OUR COUNTRY!


31 posted on 02/10/2019 5:30:17 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: SMGFan

Seems like they’re po’d at being homo.


32 posted on 02/10/2019 5:30:39 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Steely Tom

Even Diaz’s own son criticized him for attacking the gay community. Which he didn’t. He merely stated a fact. Every position of power in this city is held by some kind of pervert.


33 posted on 02/10/2019 5:35:12 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: mindburglar

Exactly!

By demanding he apologize, they are exactly proving his point.


34 posted on 02/10/2019 5:38:11 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: EinNYC
Even Diaz’s own son criticized him for attacking the gay community.

I guess you get on the right side of things if you know what's good for you. If that means you go against your father, too bad.

35 posted on 02/10/2019 5:48:03 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Bronx city council member Ruben Diaz Sr., described as a conservative Democrat, made the comment while speaking on the Spanish-language radio program, “El Desahogo," last week, according to The New York Daily News.
The Bronx, for those who'd forgotten, is the place from which Occasional Cortex claims to be, even though she grew up in Westchester. Let's see what happens next...

36 posted on 02/10/2019 5:56:43 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SMGFan

Socially this guy is pretty much on our side. He’s prolife, very conservative. and probably correct in this instance, but of course the real problem isn’t the homosexuality, it’s the communism.


37 posted on 02/10/2019 6:03:22 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Dilbert San Diego
So if it is the truth, how is it homophobic to say that homosexuals are in charge? Assuming it’s a true statement, and homosexuals have major positions of power?

It goes against the "homosexuals are victims" narrative, and is therefore homophobic.

That's my theory anyway.

38 posted on 02/10/2019 6:07:02 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: SMGFan

No wonder they are so hateful. No one can hate the way that gays do


39 posted on 02/10/2019 6:26:39 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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To: dirtymac

They keep this up, someone’s gonna get Harvey Milk-ed.


40 posted on 02/10/2019 6:37:50 PM PST by 4Runner
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