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There was a time when the #GOP rhetoric of "freedom" rang just a bit hollow. "Freedom for who?" was always a legitimate question.

But now their use of the word "freedom" is just downright Orwellian.

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Ramaswamy's is an ineffective counter because GOP policy is as strange as its politicians. Project 2025 […] calls to, among many other things: ban no-fault divorce; criminalize pornography; get rid of the Department of Education; ban overtime pay; institute "biblically based" interpretations of marriage and labor law, including discouraging working on "the Sabbath"; and eliminate the Department of Agriculture's dietary guidelines.

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P.S. Elon Musk: the most divorced man alive 😂

@fraying “The Dems' latest stratagem has the usefulness of both staying on the offensive, and immediately dismissing attempts to change the subject. No, you're weird, I'm not going to get into that with you.”

I’ve been waiting DECADES for the Dems to stop reacting to every stupid thing these weirdos say by going on the defense instead of just dismissing it as the distracting nonsense it is. (... and Derek, I have no idea how or when I quit following you. It wasn’t on purpose!)

@fraying I have not read the article yet, but was struck by their neckties being the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag 🇺🇦

I'm sure that was an accident and they will be sending abject apologies to Putin when they realize what happened.

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These are weirdos funded by control freak billionaires.

These weirdos are running for office because billionaires around the globe don't want to reign in fossil fuel emissions.

These billionaires also don't want antitrust, unions, health care, oversight, regulatory effectiveness, campaign finance transparency, public education, fair taxes, climate action, civil rights, separation of church & state, or autonomy & agency for women & LGBTQ.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-conspiracy-theorist/

@fraying the whole 'weird' things just keeps making me think of Joseph Henrich's W.E.I.R.D
"a growing body of research has revealed not only substantial global variation along several important psychological dimensions, but also that people from societies that are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) are particularly unusual "

although I'm worried too many people might confuse democratic with democrats

@fraying Yes, but it's a bit anti-math to miss reproduction as a means to create conservative votes.

Also, their public education stance.

Also, that dad is in charge at home, and maybe even have more heft as a voter (he does: the Electoral College).

It's about who decides who decides.

Volunteer at a local school in an extracurricular activity. Talk to kids. Their kids.

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I'm so happy to be a nudist. When we are naked, we do not pay any special attention to our genetals, more then our hand, feet or face. When we're naked, everybody is equal. Only man and woman. No status or anything.

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>> “It's weird to be so obsessed with genitals, who has them, and what they do with them. It's weird to the point of fetishistic to be so concerned with people "breeding" to avoid being "replaced." It is fundamentally weird to care so much about what other people do when it doesn't affect you at all. Nobody wants to be around people like that, and we should say it.”

It's more #creepy than #weird.

#KamalaHarris #KamalaHarris2024 #Harris for #Election2024.

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It’s not about the genitals. It’s about the power over others. It’s patriarchy. It’s racism. The breeding is for their white supremacy. The enforcing toxic masculinity and binaries is about male supremacy. They profit from the oppression and that’s what it’s about.

it’s not weird, which makes it sound benign…and it’s not benign. It’s malignant, cruel, hateful and destructive.