I've shared this pic before, but time to share it again.
It was taken in 2000, long before woke or LGBT rights were common words.
My father is helping me with my bowtie, as I'm getting ready to go to my high school prom with another woman.
I stopped speaking to him in 2019...
It really can't be overstated how much the core emotional appeal of fascism is not having to think about complicated stuff anymore. Big muscles=good, bigger muscles=gooder, put big muscle man in government, make country great!
@contramordor These doofuses just make things up & assert them as fact & count on their audience not knowing or caring about reality because it's all about identity politics & never about the data. Christian nationalism is such a joke of a worldview.
@owensparks@Somedumbfluff How many people died in the middle of a riot in USA Vs how many people are being extracted from burning/drowning vehicles each year?
I used to say for so long "I wish xyz would happen just so Republicans can see how hypocritical they are."
I never figured they'd just say "yeah, so?"
lol
@vmpirednp I have a third one, which is I almost died last weekend and it was THE MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE EVER, but these two are really good on their own.
The right for the last 8 years: "Democrat elites run a child sex trafficking ring and all LGBTQ people are groomers. Pdfs get the woodchipper."
The right the second Trump supports an actual child sex trafficker: "Technically it's ephebophilia..."
Apparently Elmo is very, very upset with SNL because of this portrayal of him on the show this week.
So don't retweet this and make him more angry,... or he may start ghosting your followers.