Oh for fuck's sake. Sexual orientation is not an identity, it is a characteristic. Coming out of the closet does not change you fundamentally as a person. Maybe homophobic people will think less of you, but most people won’t give a rat's arse and will still see you now as they saw you before you came out. There is a lot more to Pete Buttigieg than his orientation. Love him or hate him, his homosexuality should not be a factor in how you feel about him. I certainly don’t like him, for many reasons, but him being gay is of no interest to me whatsoever.

Sadly, a lot of liberals in America see being gay as an identity, as a personality. So of course they magnify Buttigieg's orientation and ignore everything else about him. He’s being pushed to be America’s first gay president. Yeah, big deal. Would he be a good president? I don’t have much faith in that. Especially since it is clear that his husband and his staff are shaming him over not coming out soon enough, and they are trying to control him. A president who is easily pushed around would make a terrible president, because he will make terrible decisions and will not be able to stand up for his people. Imagine Buttigieg working with Putin, Erdogan, Xi or Duterte? Those men will sniff out weaknesses from other men, and will observe right away that Buttigieg is terrified of his own staff and of his own husband. They will use it to their advantage. Buttigieg's staff will claim that those other leaders are being "homophobic", but the fact is, those leaders will take advantage of the weaknesses of other leaders for their own personal gain.

If Pete Buttigieg gets elected twice, Vladimir Putin will still be around for both terms because he will be 80 by the end of 2032, and Biden is 79. And it’s unlikely that health complications would prevent that from happening. Putin will mop the floor with Buttigieg. And the irony is that Putin would still treat Buttigieg a lot better than Chasten does.