"Trump's pitch to women is getting weirder and weirderIt's like he's trying to hypnotize people into forgetting he took away their rights.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump’s social media posts about women sounded both desperate and delusional [this weekend]. Trump has boasted of overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that recognized the constitutional right to abortion, but that loss is enormously unpopular."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #women #abortion #RoevWade #Texas
/3September 23, 2024
“There’s nothing sadder than an aging salesman trying to close one last deal,” MSNBC’s Ryan Teague Beckwith wrote on September 21.
(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"So he is caught between the reality that his white extremist evangelical base continues to support banning abortion while voters in a general election are just as adamant that they want abortion rights protected. ...
On Friday, news broke that maternal deaths in Texas skyrocketed after the state’s 2021 abortion ban, rising by 56% compared to an 11% increase across the rest of the nation."
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"A federal judge in North Dakota issued an injunction on Monday blocking the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from protecting any employees of any members of a nationwide Catholic association who are seeking time off or other accommodations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act for an abortion or in vitro fertilization treatment."
~ Chris Geidner
#Trump #Republicans #women #abortion #IVF #ReproductiveRights #NorthDakota
/5Federal judge blocks employee abortion, IVF protections at thousands of Catholic employers nationwide
The Catholic group argues it cannot be forced to accommodate "immoral infertility 'treatments.'"
(www.lawdork.com)
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"U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor, a Trump appointee to the federal court in North Dakota, issued the religion-infused preliminary injunction to partially block enforcement of an EEOC rule implementing the 2022 law, along with related implementation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as to the Catholic Benefits Association and its members — current or future — nationwide."
#Trump #Republicans #women #abortion #IVF #ReproductiveRights #NorthDakota
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ScienceCommunicatorreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Of course, we all know that the best way to be heard above the crowd is to say it LOUDEST. In fact, charlatans know that saying any gibberish in a confident, l believe what l'm saying manner, increases the chance that the crowd \ audience will believe in you.
The grown ups, or rather the people that are not interested in spreading lies & are more interested in the truth, to the best of their knowledge, don't base their hope on faith (alone), in a cause or a person.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to ScienceCommunicator last edited by
@ScienceCommunicator @TCatInReality Yes. When people want to claim that they're pushing a moral argument but are using coercion or deceit to push it, they're undermining the very basis of a moral argument, which has to be based on compelling reason and respectful dialogue with those one's trying to convince.
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HarriettMBreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Seperation of Church and State as per the constitution has vanished.
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Bebadefaboreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy these are all reminiscent of the rhetoric of domestic abusers. Telling someone that they are the only one who will protect you while actively causing you harm. I hope enough of his audience recognizes this and turns away
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"How can news outlets accurately convey the rambling and nonfactual nature of a Trump rally? I think The Washington Post's Marianne LeVine handled it well here. The headline describes 'digressions, threats and vows to be 'protector' of women.'"
~ Brian Stelter
#Trump #Republicans #women #abortion #IVF #ReproductiveRights
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"At Trump's event in Pennsylvania last night, the candidate 'swerved repeatedly,' butchered his rival's name, 'once again cast doubt about the election results,' and 'complained that Fox News follows his appearances with
"horrible commercials."'Perhaps the most newsworthy part of the rally: When Trump criticized immigration and invoked Springfield, Ohio, attendees chanted 'send them back.'"
That's what they care about: bashing immigrants.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Bebadefabo last edited by
@bebadefabo Yes, that's what I hear, too, when I hear this language of "protecting" women that reeks of paternalism — turning women into helpless objects to be "protected" by men who control and own them. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of Americans are conditioned by longstanding cultural norms re: gender and religion to buy into this way of thinking, women included.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to HarriettMB last edited by
@HarriettMB Separation of church and state is very much under attack, with leading luminaries on the right like pseudo-historian David Barton claiming it's not even there in the nation's foundational documents.
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Pamelareplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Watching a mind disintegrate before an audience that cheers... where does he get these people! Rent a MAGAt?
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Alexander Karnreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The bit about "horrible commercials" is instructive. This "free market capitalist" really pines for State Media, where he can control/restrict all content and information.
For a guy who tries to paint the opposition as radial leftists and communists, Trump's approach to media is a page taken straight from the Lenin-Stalin playbook.
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Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The more paternalistic, misogynistic, hateful and racist Trump's rhetorics get
the less important it seems to be how reasonable and sound his arguments are. It's not about any kind of debate, it's a method of impressing people with the arrogance of power thereby recommending himself as the coming leader of a nation firmly grounded in national chauvinistic, social darwinistic and patrirarchal norms.Acting irrational and winning against the notion that sound and rational choices are the assumed preference of a democratic society shows that the admiration of #Trump the white and male leader is based on protofascistic beliefs and not any kind of rational discourse.
This is what makes "post-truth politics" imo so powerful - they just don't care anymore about the relevance of building political decisions on equal say and representation - #MAGA is driven by sheer power dynamics what turns the incitement of racist violence and antifeminist hatred into a weapon of most dangerous effectiveness.
They Eat Humans, Don’t They?
The Jews and Hitler come to mind The thought of slavery far behind But white paranoia is here to stay The white boy's scheming night and day --Gil
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Don Rayreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
It has always been the tRump supporters that scare me. It’s just sick, unhinged behavior. Awful.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Don Ray last edited by
@donray I agree.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Dhyan Nada :vegananarchism: last edited by
@dhayannada Yes, thank you for making these valuable points so very well. I'm boosting your comment.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Alexander Karn last edited by
@xankarn You're very right.