The Absurd GOP

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Boru

[Ravenshire]

Here's what's sad about Boebert...enough people thought she was good enough to be elected to office.

Doesn't say much for them.  Much like the people who vote for that beast MTG.

She won a popularity contest based on physical attractiveness, and the willingness to say any bat-shit crazy thing her constituents want to hear. The latest poles have her being ousted when she comes up for re-election. Gang Greene, on the other hand, has only bat-shit craziness in her arsenal. Hopefully, the district she represents in Georgia recognizes her as a state embarrassment, the way the booby bird's district has.

[Angrboda]

Here's what's sad about Boebert...enough people thought she was good enough to be elected to office.

Doesn't say much for them.  Much like the people who vote for that beast MTG.

She won a popularity contest based on physical attractiveness, and the willingness to say any bat-shit crazy thing her constituents want to hear. The latest poles have her being ousted when she comes up for re-election. Gang Greene, on the other hand, has only bat-shit craziness in her arsenal. Hopefully, the district she represents in Georgia recognizes her as a state embarrassment, the way the booby bird's district has.

The only thing a Republican needs in order to win an election in Green's district is a pulse.

[Fake Messiah]

As 2024 Looms, Neo-Nazis Are Returning to the Streets

The majority of the newer neo-Nazi groups are headquartered in Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president, has repeatedly earned extremist praise for his hardline policies against immigration, LGBTQ rights, and “Critical Race Theory.” Which is why some neo-Nazis, like the Order of the Black Sun, like to wave the DESANTIS 2024 flag at their demonstrations.

Experts say that there’s a direct correlation between aggressive, conspiratorial, and bigoted rhetoric in the mainstream, and how emboldened extremists feel to take action.

Whether it's a spike in hate crimes against Jews after rapper Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) highly publicized anti-semitic rantings, the transphobic account “Libs of TikTok” inspiring anti-LGBTQ legislation in Florida, or an angry mob storming the U.S. Capitol after being fed lies by lawmakers about the 2020 election, it’s clear that the fringes, influencers, right-wing media, and GOP are all part of the same toxic soup.

“The fringes are a carnival mirror reflection of the aggression that’s in the mainstream,” said Brian Levin, former director of Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State Univ. San Bernardino and a national expert in hate crimes. “These groups are showing up to where immigrants live, they’re showing up to synagogues and harassing congregants, they’re attacking transgender folks at school board meetings. There’s a mainstream component to all of that.”

For over a year, “grooming” conspiracies have had a chokehold on the entire spectrum of the right, from GOP policy-makers down to QAnon conspiracists. What began as a culture war over teaching kids about acceptance and the LGBTQ community via books or movie characters has ballooned into a full blown moral panic and the neo-Nazis took notice.

A broad constellation of far-right activists around the country have spent the past year showing up to protest outside school board meetings and drag events, including “parents rights” groups like “Moms for Liberty,” and “Gays Against Groomers,” alongside more typical far-right groups like the Proud Boys, Patriot Front—and, increasingly, explicitly neo-Nazi organizations.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7byyd/2...on-streets

[Fake Messiah]

Lauren Boebert Escorted Out Of Theater

Symptomatic of the larger issue that people no longer know how to behave in public.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a Sunday night performance of the “Beetlejuice” musical in downtown Denver, accused by venue officials of vaping, singing, recording and “causing a disturbance” during the performance.

In an incident report shared with The Denver Post on Tuesday afternoon, officials with Denver Arts & Venues wrote that two patrons were asked to leave the city-owned Buell Theatre during the performance of the touring Broadway show. They previously were issued a warning during the intermission regarding behavior that prompted three complaints from other theatergoers, the report says.

And, of course, she played the 'Do you know who I am?' card.

Boru

She also claimed that she did not vape but that it was smoke from the stage, and her boyfriend was groping her boobs.

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[Thumpalumpacus]

Here's what's sad about Boebert...enough people thought she was good enough to be elected to office.

Doesn't say much for them.  Much like the people who vote for that beast MTG.

To quote H.L. Mencken, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Why aren’t Republicans screeching about Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment rights?

Boru

[arewethereyet]

Why aren’t Republicans screeching about Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment rights?

Boru

I don't think they ever cared what they pinned on him as long as something stuck.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Why aren’t Republicans screeching about Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment rights?

Boru

SomethingsomethingDemocratdadispresidentsomethingsomething

[The Architect Of Fate]

Why aren’t Republicans screeching about Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment rights?

Boru

Apparently the NRA is siding with Hunter. Though that's only because it would look awful if they didn't