Oh, opening yourself up for a lawsuit, JD?
That's a bold strategy.
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“Let’s see how it works out for them Cotton”
How would that work? If she's Algerian, does she sue in Algeria? America? Does she have to physically go to court?
This is why I will never understand Republicans. The vitriol and bigotry is on full display and some of them don't bother to acknowledge it. All these "good people" just looking on. Probably still bothsidesing everything.
Edit: Oh, and anyone else not of the Republican persuasion who also doesn't factor these things in. I'm mostly talking about these people.
I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice. -Martin Luther King Jr
It seems that sort is equally bad when it comes to letting Nazis in the door.
A depressing amount of people have a combination of ‘don’t rock the boat’ mentality and a belief that since something doesn’t/won’t affect them, then it doesn’t matter.
That's the nail on the head. It's been a while since I've thought of that. Thank you.
"weirdly" is doing such great service.
Months ago it would have been "JD Vance falsely accuses Algerian Olympic boxer of being transgender & blames Kamala Harris", leaving open the idea that Kamala had something to do with it.
Mamaw tried
"I'll never forget the time I convinced myself that I was gay. I was eight or nine, maybe younger, and I stumbled upon a broadcast by some fire-and-brimstone preacher. The man spoke about the evils of homosexuals, how they had infiltrated our society, and how they were all destined for hell absent some serious repenting. At the time, the only thing I knew about gay men was that they preferred men to women. This described me perfectly: I disliked girls, and my best friend in the world was my buddy Bill. Oh no, I'm going to hell."
When he brought up the issue with his grandmother — known to Vance as "Mamaw" — she replied bluntly: "Don't be a fucking idiot, how would you know that you're gay?"
When Vance explained his reasoning, she laughed.
"JD, do you want to suck dicks?" she said, according to the book.
The young Vance, apparently "flabbergasted," said: "Of course not!"
"Then you're not gay. And even if you did want to suck dicks, that would be okay," she replied. "God would still love you."
“But Mamaw, what about… couches?”
“Well, then God would be ashamed of you and you would no longer be welcome in His sight.”
Kamala is turning the world trans!!! LOL these GOP weirdos are too much.
Kamala has not turned people trans.
Not voting for her unless she changing on this and promises to expand the transing of people's gender if she's elected.
Frogs can make people gay. Kamala can make people trans. It all makes sense.
Wait but I thought it was the chemicals turning the frogs gay?
So does that mean, that sports turned Kamala trans...???
I think it was frog chemicals could turn frogs gay, therefore frog chemicals could also turn people gay?
Exactly that's the job of the trans fairy, she/he/they carries a basket of oestrogen and testosterone pills.
There's a Trans Fairy?? With estrogen?? WTF did I get on her/his/their naughty list? Was I supposed to leave a thigh high stocking over the fireplace?
GOP: "anyone who can beat me up = not a woman"
What a weird thing to do.
But very fitting, because he's weird.
Okokok
Let's assume that Khelif is taking androgen enhancers (she doesn't look like it given her shoulders but for the sake of argument).
Are Republicans unaware that women can gear up for bodybuilding without being trans? Are they unaware that butch lesbians exist?
Just like cishet men can choose to get eyeliner permanently tattooed on without being trans? Are they unaware that metrosexuals exist?
Are Republicans unaware
Yes, quite notoriously actually. It's honestly impressive that some of them can remember to breathe.
I feel like the current state of US politics calls for a reverse of Hanlon's razor, in that the default position should be attributing malice to the actions of republicans rather than stupidity. Some of them are clearly dumb as a box of rocks, like boebert with her one brain cell rattling around up there. But people like Ted Cruz, who was an editor of Harvard Law Review, also continue to say the absolute dumbest shit you've ever heard. He's saying it because he doesn't give a shit about the masses who vote for him and he knows it'll continue to fool them.
Education doesn't equal intelligence but it suggests a certain baseline of competency, and barfing out GQP talking points that make no sense probably isn't the best thinking ivy league graduates are capable of. They're boot lickers to be sure-- everyone kneeled and kissed trump's ring after making their real feelings known during the 2016 primaries. It's why sweaty teddy was phone banking for the orange after he called his wife ugly. But spinelessness isn't stupidity.
JD was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, so you can bet that his dumbassery is calculated lies he's using to advance his causes. We should start from the position of attributing the actions of these cowards to malice, not stupidity.
I have nothing to add, and for the record I agree with your argument.
But holy fuck, is tattooed eyeliner really a thing? I've never gotten a tattoo, but that one sounds unbearably painful.
Yeah it sounds insanely unpleasant, but beauty is pain.
And either he has it permanent or he wears heavy eyeliner every day, all day, and never smears it.
My mom did tattoo makeup the last several years of her life. They use much finer needles than regular tattoos, which she had a few of as well. She said it wasn’t that bad and worth no longer having makeup in her routine.
Not too bad from the accounts I've heard; my wife trained for this before we stopped doing body art. A lot of women get it when their hands shake too badly to apply makeup well.
Fuck, Vance himself looks like he's had this done.
trump wears orange makeup....therefore TRANS!!!!
Roll with it folks!
They don't care about whether it's true or not, they just care about whether it fits a certain stereotype that feels "true" or not. They are not pandering to people trying to be rational who form conclusions based on evidence, they are pandering to a cult that fabricates evidence to reach the conclusions they want to hear.
So, kinda like how this man fucks couches?
He knows “getting it wrong” isn’t an Olympic event, right?
Jeez, did Vance spend all weekend lying on the couch or something? He’s behind the times.
The boxer is last weekend’s news, we’ve all moved onto the stock market.
Guess money and fame can't buy intelligence.
Money may buy you things but never class
-Neil Fallon