#Republican VP nom Sen #JDVance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people w/o children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including #fundraising off his infamous #ChildlessCatLadies remarks in a series of emails that called Democratic leaders “#ChildlessSociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this country.”

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/kfile-jd-vance-history-disparaging-people-without-kids/index.html

It’s not just ‘cat ladies’: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance has a history of making disparaging remarks toward people without children, a CNN KFile review of his comments shows, including fundraising off his now-infamous “childless cat lady” remarks in a series of emails that called Democratic leaders “childless sociopaths” who “don’t have a direct stake in this country.”

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In Nov 2020, #JDVance said on a #conservative podcast that #childless Americans, especially those in the country’s “leadership class,” were “more #sociopathic” than those w/children & made the country “less mentally stable.” #Vance added that the “most #deranged” & “most #psychotic” commentators on Twitter – now X - were typically childless.

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In Aug 2021, one month after launching his candidacy for the #Senate, #Vance’s campaign sent #fundraising emails referring to the “#radical #childless leaders in this country” following his appearance on “#TuckerCarlson Tonight” where he made comments deriding #ChildlessCatLadies & leaders running the country.…

#JDVance later tried to clean up his comments on Megyn Kelly’s podcast last wk.

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“Obviously, it was a sarcastic comment. I’ve got nothing against cats,” said #JDVance, adding that his remarks were not about criticizing people w/o children, but rather focused on policy [?] & claimed the #Democratic Party has become “anti-family” & “anti-child.”

A CNN KFile analysis found SEVERAL examples over the course of a few YEARS of #Vance saying similarly disparaging things when talking about people w/o children —usually while targeting Democratic ofcls.

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“There are just these basic cadences of life that I think are really powerful & really valuable when you have kids in your life, & the fact that so many people, especially in America’s leadership class, just don’t have that in their lives…I worry that it makes people more #sociopathic & ultimately our whole country a little bit less…mentally stable…go on Twitter & almost always the people who are most #deranged & most #psychotic are people who don’t have kids,” #JDVance said in 2020 on a podcast

In Sept 2021, #JDVance tweeted that “cat ladies…must be stopped” in response to a report that a higher percentage of Americans fear having children because of #ClimateChange.

In another tweet a month later, #Vance wrote, “Our country’s low birth rates have made many elites #sociopaths.”

#Vance would later fundraise off those 2021 #TuckerCarlson remarks in a series of emails….

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1 #Vance fundraising email from Aug 2021:
“…I needed to speak DIRECTLY to patriots like you about the serious issue of #radical #childless leaders in this country. We can’t have people who don’t have a direct stake in this country making our most important decisions.
“We’ve allowed ourselves to be dominated by childless #sociopaths - they’re invested in NOTHING because they’re not invested in this country’s children. Fighting back won’t be easy - our childless opponents have a lot of free time…”

Another #JDVance fundraising email reads, “Our country is basically run by #childless Democrats who are miserable in their own lives & want to make the rest of the country miserable too… What I want to know is: why have we turned our country over to people who don’t have a direct stake in it?”

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…In a 2019 speech, #JDVance articulated his belief in the positive impact that children have on society & individual lives. He explained that many of his views on children & society stem from observing how becoming a father can transform young men from being “driftless” to becoming “rooted” & “grounded” members of society.

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@Nonilex Fuck him. It is not a child's job to make a better man out of an asshole. Or a better person out of a parent, period.

You want better men, JD Vance? First, BECOME ONE. Second, invest money in education & community. This is the burden of YOUR lack of responsibility and empathy. Stop dumping it on the backs of women and children.

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@courtcan @Nonilex I was a couple months shy of 50 when I married. When people asked me why it took me so long my explanation was "It took me that long to become someone worth marrying."

Marriage doesn't make men better; (many) women choose to marry better men. And what creeps like Vance hate is that women HAVE that choice — to wait for a man who's worth marrying, to leave a man who isn't right for them, or to eschew men entirely. Because they know that women who CAN choose won't choose them.

@pooserville @courtcan @Nonilex I never understood the whole 'incel' nonsense... Just seems to be a bunch of whiny frat-boys who totally lack the self-awareness to realize that the reason they can't find anyone willing to shag them is because they're utterly self-absorbed, very stupid, probably neglect basic personal hygiene, and that most normal people could have a more insightful conversation with a ham sandwich.

@bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex I think with "incels," it comes down to never having learned to make a genuine emotional connection with another human, no matter what type of relationship. Something in childhood was missing or never got fully developed -- resulting in a severe attachment disorder and leading to a sense of entitlement as well as a lack of empathy.

That's what's broken about Trump. He stopped developing emotionally around age 3-4. And I'm not being hyperbolic. He's missing basic

@bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex ...emotional skills that develop and strengthen around age 5 and beyond.

None of which excuses him or Vance or "incels" or anyone else who feels entitled to other people's bodies or wants to remove women's choices. But the lack of those fundamental emotional skills is where a lot of this authoritarian and fascist bullshit originates -- which should be extra motivation for the rest of us to fight them HARD...and, in the meantime, teach our children well.

@courtcan @pooserville @Nonilex I hear you. It doesn't seem even to be an ASD 'disconnect' thing (with which I might relate), it's more like 'I'm amazing, so everyone that doesn't understand that must be evil'. Maybe it really does come down to a kind of psychopathy...
@courtcan @bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex We know that after the birth of his younger brother his mother nearly died and was unavailable to him. I think that may have something to do with it.
@DebR @bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex I don't doubt it. It doesn't excuse him, but it does explain a lot of things. He most definitely has not done the work as an adult.
@courtcan @bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex It absolutely doesn’t excuse his behavior, but it could be the reason for a lot of his behaviors.
@courtcan @bytebro @pooserville @Nonilex have any of you looked at these maga women? They look mean and nasty and frankly wierd. Lines of hate carved into their faces.

@pooserville All very well said. And your intensity of self-reflection is a quality sorely lacking in many of us. 🤘🖖

@Nonilex