Apparently Republicans are losing their minds today about the fact that women have the right to vote for whomever they choose.
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AccordionBrucereplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin
That’s a great ad: the prominent flag imagery without trumps nameMakes everybody think twice about each person they see at his rallies now, and who they’re actually going to vote for
Beautiful
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Author in Mourningreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration I scanned the comments and they're definitely triggered!
I wasn't yet 18 when my grandma (born in 1907) started inculcating me to remember, "You don't EVER have to tell ANYONE how you voted." She knew the score and knew the tbinking of "her day."
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@mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin is this really what voting booths look like in the US?? Like a little D&D thing? You don't have fully closed cabinets?
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In many places, yes.
Also our trains are shit, but our coffee is much better.
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@mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin hum.. Are you sure about that coffee statement
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@mastodonmigration sorry maybe it was a joke, I'm not getting those well these days
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Oh yes. Just got back from France and Spain, and the one thing that you folks need to figure out is how to make a good cup of coffee. Not an espresso, or Americano mind you, a proper cup of Java. But otherwise, you rock!
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@mastodonmigration I mean.. For me the espresso is the proper coffee.. Everything else is diluted!
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CharJTF :a11y: (she/her)replied to Author in Mourning last edited by
@jnye @mastodonmigration The comments are funny. "Degrading to women"??? Them, maybe
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to CharJTF :a11y: (she/her) last edited by
@CharJTF @jnye @KamalaHarrisWin
The comments are always the best. They really have to twist their logic up in knots for this one.
But, on the serious side, the comments demonstrate the ways in which men justify their misogyny, and the way that some women are bamboozled into acting against their interests.
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Author in Mourningreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration. I did my time in a marriage where this would have been pretty close to the truth. Long time ago, but I have a long memory. @CharJTF @KamalaHarrisWin
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Author in Mourning last edited by
@jnye @CharJTF @KamalaHarrisWin
Very sorry. That must have sucked. Glad you got out of there. Feel like many women are learning that they might be better off without this kind of BS. And, of course, this is another thing that these insecure men are triggered by. Women are killing it these days.
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Suzanne she/herreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin It's a really good ad.
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I agree it's a very effective ad.
But it's disturbing to me, that this is something that needs saying. That people can vote however they wish. And yes, people means any people. Yes, including women married to a MAGA controlling-type man (not to stereotype, but probably also an exceedingly Christian man).
girl, blink twice if you need help.
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See now, that's what is so wrong about the European coffee experience. All you've got is espresso or espresso with water. Espresso is fine if you're in the mood for espresso, but Americanos are never OK, and a proper cup of coffee is something entirely different.
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VulcanTouristreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
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> It would be a shame if all the commotion just made the video go hugely viral.
Nice thought, but no: a billionaire(s) owns Google which owns YouTube which utterly controls the virality of everything, so with one word from a billionaire it can sink to the middle of rankings (not the bottom, lest that raise suspicions)
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@jess @mastodonmigration @KamalaHarrisWin
I just hope it doesn't end with husbands "beating the truth out of them."
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to VulcanTourist last edited by
@VulcanTourist @KamalaHarrisWin
Probably you are right. Just googled Julia Roberts and top video is a Washington Examiner story about how awful the ad is:
But, as they say, no publicity is bad publicity.
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well, I think the point of the ad is to assure people that their selection (HOW they voted) is private. "Remember, what happens in the booth, stays in the booth."
One's party registration (if any) and WHETHER one voted or not (yes/no, you voted or not) is indeed public record, easily searchable and accessible publicly.
Maybe the point of this ad is to counter disinfo online, suggesting that HOW one votes is public. It is not!! One's party registration and whether one voted is public, but HOW one votes is private.
I very much agree with you, about the domestic violence component.
That's why I found this ad so disturbing. It's as if, the woman could be in danger of emotional or physical violence if her husband knew. I think the ad is saying, your choice is only known to others (including your MAGA husband), only IF you want it to be known and you choose to tell them. or, you can just lie if that's what you want to do. No judgement 
That's all true, and that's why it's a good ad. In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is:
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@VulcanTourist @KamalaHarrisWin
So, just watched this and trying to figure out what they are saying. Apparently in backward MAGA land, reminding women that they have agency of their own, and can make their own choices is degrading to women. So, it seems making it clear you expect them to vote how you tell them to is respectful.
