LGBTQ people vote overwhelmingly for Democrats - and have for at least several decades. вЂњIt would be a very contrarian view for people in marginalized groups to come strongly out for Donald Trump, and itвЂ™s an easy way to get a platform right now,' he said. Miller thinks Straka and Smith are getting attention since coming out as conservative вЂњbecause theyвЂ™re outliers.вЂќ Miller said Straka reflects 'the underlying shift in the party away from me, or my ideological worldview.' But Miller said he is not convinced, as Straka is, that a вЂњred waveвЂќ of minority and LGBTQ voters will leave the Democratic Party. He said he faced violence and discrimination for being gay in his conservative hometown. Straka, 41, hails from rural Nebraska, where his graduating class had 18 seniors. InfoWarsвЂ™ Alex Jones even donated $10,000 to StrakaвЂ™s GoFundMe page for вЂњ#WalkAway Campaign Startup Costs.' As of this week, the campaign has raised more than $67,000. By aggressively promoting his contrarian opinions on social media, he has followed a now well-worn path to conservative media stardom thatвЂ™s been traveled by Tomi Lahren, Candace Owens, Milo Yiannopoulos and Chadwick Moore. Those on the right are eager to hear stories - true or not - about a shrinking left, and Straka is delivering. His video - with the catchy hashtag urging people to #WalkAway from the left - has been viewed millions of times, catapulting him to Fox News fame. Just weeks after вЂњcoming outвЂќ as conservative, Straka rose from political nobody to right-wing somebody. StrakaвЂ™s story of being a white, gay, Manhattan liberal-turned-conservative proved irresistible to those on the right.

вЂњFor years now, I have watched as the left has devolved into intolerant, inflexible, illogical, hateful, misguided, ill-informed, un-American, hypocritical, menacing, callous, ignorant, narrow-minded and, at times, blatantly fascistic behavior and rhetoric.вЂќ Brandon Straka Courtesy of Brandon StrakaДЄs screenshots of race-themed articles float by - like 37 Things White People Need To Stop Ruining In 2018 - Straka continues: вЂњI have watched as formerly sensible people who claim to reject racism have come to embrace the principles of universally hating and blaming all of societyвЂ™s problems on all people who have white skin.вЂќ Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 10 responses to interview Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 87 responses to interview The female resume got 870% more responses.вЂњOnce upon a time, I was a liberal,вЂќ Straka says in the six-minute video, looking directly toward the camera. Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names. So then I thought 'what about someone looking for working class jobs?' So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview.

I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name. So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. 29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman.

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