Obama: "[Men] need [a gay friend] to show empathy and kindness, and by the way, you need that person in your friend group.

[Formerly Black Trash]

the clip is from fox news so of course it's gonna be chopped and edit in a way to trigger homophobic people and obama haters...and of course the coli eats it up and run with it because this is their audience now. obama is saying boys and men should have a wider range of role models...they don't have to necessarily be gay. he had a gay professor who was a huge influence on him and explained how it helped shape him.

more context is below:

“I do think as a society, we have to create more structures for boys and men to … be able to meet a wide range of role models so that whatever their inclinations, they can see a path to success that isn’t just sports or money, making a lot of money,”

“That’s one of the things that I think a lot of times boys need, is not just exposure to one guy, one dad. No matter how good the dad is, he can’t be everything. And then that boy may need somebody to give the boy some perspective on the dad,"

“I had a gay professor in college at a time when openly gay folks still weren’t out a lot, who became one of my favorite professors and was a great guy and would call me out when I started saying stuff that was ignorant,” Barack recalled. “You need that — to show empathy and kindness.”

"By the way, you need that person in your friend group so that if you then have a boy who is gay or nonbinary, or what have you, they have somebody that they can go, ‘Okay, I’m not alone in this,’” he said. "That, I think, is creating community. I know it’s corny, but it’s what they need.”

"He went out of his way to advise lesbian, gay, and transgender students at Occidental, and keep in mind, this was 1978. That took a lot of courage, a lot of confidence in who you are and what you stand for," Barack stated. "I got to recognize Lawrence last year at our Pride Month reception at the White House and thank him for influencing the way I think about so many of these issues."

Ok I agree

But no one is going to actually do it because most ppl are struggling to put food on the table

Thats their biggest issue

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Straight emasculating Obama

This is why its better to just be yourself and say what you know to be true.


NO ONE on earth likes or respects an emasculated man. Not really, they can’t they not even wired for that.


These people are confusing “Toxic Masculinity” with all of Masculinity.

 

[Still Benefited]

fukk outta here double speaking

No problem.


Note to the peanut gallery. Never argue with a gay man who you arent related to. People from a distance could think its a lovers quarrel

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

Ok I agree

But no one is going to actually do it because most ppl are struggling to put food on the table

Thats their biggest issue

biden and obama spoke on trump's team cutting SNAP, WIC and healthcare for millions of americans yet people still voted for trump...trump campaigned on deporting millions of people and the ones who were in trump's crosshair still voted for him. trump mentioned trans in women's sports more than biden or harris did and people rallied behind him because of it. the truth is people cut their nose to spite their face over something small like the lgbtq community over their well being.

obama was a civil rights lawyer before getting into politics and he simply spoke about a role model that helped shape his beliefs...yet everyone is throwing him under the bus and creating crazy narratives about pandering to the lgbtq.

 

[Jasonmask]

I just had this thought last night. There is absolutely no reason for STRAIGHT men to have gay friends. I don’t want to hear none of that sħit call me homophobic idc these mfs are really scary to be around if you not ugly and take care of yourself I’ve had to aggressively reject them basically my whole life and I’ll just stop there because I don’t hate em but I have had way too many bad experiences for me to truly befriend them.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

biden and obama spoke on trump's team cutting SNAP, WIC and healthcare for millions of americans yet people still voted for trump...trump campaigned on deporting millions of people and the ones who were in trump's crosshair still voted for him. trump mentioned trans in women's sports more than biden or harris did and people rallied behind him because of it. the truth is people cut their nose to spite their face over something small like the lgbtq community over their well being.

obama was a civil rights lawyer before getting into politics and he simply spoke about a role model that helped shape his beliefs...yet everyone is throwing him under the bus and creating crazy narratives about pandering to the lgbtq.

I didnt see what he actually said before I commented

Its nothing crazy, im just saying no one gives a fukk because the avg American is poor