Francisca SinnFeb 5

“… their demographic obsessions, to use a polite euphemism. "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" is a neo-Nazi slogan. But the sentiment it expresses has moved to the core of the Republican Party. White genocide, the Great Replacement, the terror of declining birthrates—these are all framed as national-racial catastrophes. J.D. Vance rants about nations and homelands and stops just shy of calling his politics blood and soil.”

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-pedocon-theory/

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We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory

The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

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Show threadFrancisca SinnFeb 5

“The most visible expression of this demographic panic is, of course, Trump II's program of mass deportation.

But these racial anxieties are inextricable from sexual politics. You can see pedocon theory shimmering in the background of pro-natalist conferences, where pundits bemoan America's falling birthrate... and quietly pass around statistics suggesting most of the recent fall is driven by a decline of teen pregnancies. The Federalist runs op-eds suggesting women should be discouraged…”

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Show threadFrancisca Sinn

“… Federalist runs op-eds suggesting women should be discouraged from education, because too much education lowers their birth rates. Encouraging their indoctrination into fertility-obsessed religions is preferable.

We do not need to cover our eyes and pretend not to see what this logic leads to. It is not an accident that Republicans have over and over again blocked laws against child marriage. It is not an accident that Republicans made it their mission for decades to ban abortion.”

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Show threadFrancisca SinnFeb 5

“We do not need to cover our eyes and pretend not to see what this logic leads to. It is not an accident that Republicans have over and over again blocked laws against child marriage. It is not an accident that Republicans made it their mission for decades to ban abortion.

A core plank of Republican politics is that women exist to bear children for men.”

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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-talk-about-pedocon-theory/

#GOPWarOnWomen #Epstein #Trump #Evangelicals #ChristianNationalism #Abortion #Women

We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory

The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.

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Show threadKevin RussellFeb 5

@fsinn

Many people did not realise the rape and forced pregnancy of Handmaid's Tale was intrinsic.

#GOPedo

Show threadcwicseolforFeb 5
@fsinn ^^^
"Purity culture and pedophilia culture are two sides of the same coin." - Daniella Mestyanek Young
Show threadNazaniFeb 6
@fsinn And they're too ignorant of biology to be aware of the reasons why childbirth before age 18 is hazardous to both mother & child.
Show threadTed_CvilleFeb 7
@fsinn Yes, they want to re-establish the patriarchy, take us back to the 1950s - more likely the 1890s!