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John Gruber Jul 31, 2024

One of the most American sentiments is this: Live and let live.

Stay out of others’ personal lives.

That’s what’s fueling this “MAGA Republicans are weirdos” vibe. It’s not just fucking weird but *wrong* that they are so concerned with how others, including every woman, chooses to live their own lives.

It rubs most Americans wrong. It’s not a liberal/conservative thing. It’s an American thing.

I think it’s a human thing too — and America should exemplify that aspect of humanity.

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Chris Coleman

@gruber I'm really glad "weird" is *finally* taking off because it's completely disarming.

It's an amazing opening to knock down the "we're just protecting [ whatever ]" facade, and point out that these things are actually just creepy obsessions that always somehow amount to either telling people how to live or scaring people.