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Fritz67

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Sat Mar 26, 2022, 09:49 AM Mar 2022

More Things You Have To Believe To Be A Republican Today: "Political" Edition

There's a site I visit from time to time, We Hunted The Mammoth, which concentrates mostly on dragging the most noxious nonsense from the most misogynist corners of the internet in to the light of day. It was on a discussion about video games that a user named "kWhazit" made what was, in my humble opinion, the definitive statement abotu what right wingers really mean when they accuse something of being "political"

kWhazit wrote:

It's a recurring theme. Wanting to "keep politics out" of things often means something very specific that doesn't follow from the usual meaning of "politics".

To wit, there are two sexes: male and "political".
And there are two races: white and "political".
And there are two religions: evangelical Christianity and "political"
And two sexual orientations: straight and "political".
And two genders: the one they put on your birth certificate and "political".
And so on.

In short, there are two perspectives: the claimant's view and "political".

Which makes anything that reinforces the claimant's view inherently "not political" even if it involves creating and enforcing oppressive laws, whereas other people who don't fit into their narrow worldview are unacceptably "political" just by existing.


I really can't follow that, but I'm going to anyway with my fifty-third look into the cognitive dissonance of today's Republican party.

Reposts and Updates:

Notice how much longer one of those lists is than the other?
* Degenerate Perverts Unfit For Public Life: Joe Biden, Cal Cunningham, John Conyers, Andrew Cuomo, John Edwards, Al Franken, Katie Hill, Elliot Spitzer, Anthony Wiener; Great Americans Who Believe In Family Values And Deserve A "Mulligan" or Two Or Three: Joe Barton, John Bizon (NEW!), Jayson Boebert, Anthony Bouchard, Herman Cain, Tucker Carlson, Madison Cawthorn, Lee Chatfield , Larry Craig, Steve DesJarlais, Bobby Dyer, Joe Fain, Jerry Falwell Jr, Mark Foley, Matt Gaetz, Will Gardner, Ben Gibson, Newt Gingrich, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Eric Greitens, Joe Gruters, Rudy Guiliani, Sean Hannity, Curtis Hill, Duncan Hunter, Jeff Jansen, Gym Jordan, Brett Kavanaugh, Nathan Larson, Anton Lazzaro , Corey Lewandowski , Rush Limbaugh, Josh Mandell, Vance McAllister, John Merrill, Roy Moore, Brad Namdar (NEW!), Jonathan Newel, Kristi Noem, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Peruto, Rick Roeber, Chad Micheal Salsman, Bill Sanderson, Mark Sanford, Ken Starr(!!!), Sarah Stogner (NEW!), David Stringer, Van Taylor (NEW!), Clarence Thomas, Donald Trump, Ruben Verastigui, David Vitter, Aaron von Ehlinger, Hershcel Walker, and Steve Wynn (#32, Feb. 2018)

A funny update:

Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to seek to dethrone Louie Gohmert as America's Dumbest Congressperson:
* Cancer is riutinely spread by airborne viruses.
Maybe that's why Louie is considering leaving Congress to go screw up Texas more directly. "F Aye Ain't teh dummis pursun n congriz no moer, I don wun b heer!!!" (#52, Jan 2022)

Hah hah hah Gohmert lost.

Now Greene's only competition is of course Lauren Boebert.

* Democrats are the ones voting fraudulently. (#50, Aug 2021)

* You take human rights cues from a guy who murders his enemies with polonium and bombs hospitals. (#50, Aug 2021)

* Abortion is an absolute wrong even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the woman carrying the fetus. Abortion is permissible when the woman carrying the fetus is the wife or mistress of a pro-life, family values Republican politician.(#10, Nov 2012)

All-New More Things You Have To Believe To Be A Republican Today:

* Trying to assassinate the Vice President of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives is just "legitimate political discourse".

* Hillary Clinton should have been imprisoned for mishandling government emails. Donald Trump literally flushing government documents down a toilet and stealing classified records were no big deal.

* A show hosted by a guy who thinks that the government is turning frogs gay and that every mass shooting is a hoax is the place to go to convince people you're not crazy.

Straight from Wonkette:
* Tucker Carlson has always been at war with Vladimir Putin. And anything you play allegedly from him as recently as the day before are lies and taken out of context. And when Tucker goes back to kissing Putin's ass (or at least Russia's) the next day, his criticism is the fake news and lies taken out of context.

* Donald Trump supports free speech on the Internet.

* Having to wear a cloth mask is just as bad as being invaded by a hostile foreign power.

(The money quote in that one is "They are starting to twist the events by saying oh our suffering is somehow much less. NO IT IS NOT!" )

* You find it easier to criticize Dolly Parton than Vladimir Putin.

* Republicans can criticize Joe Biden for the raise in gas prices caused by the Russian oil ban that Republicans pushed for.
Know who's really to blame? Exactly who you probably think.

Another list that continued to grow, sadly:
* New crime: Banking While Black.

At least it isn't a capital crime. Yet.

* The woman who said Donald Trump had the biggest inaugural crowd ever and that there was once a massacre in Bowling Green has the authority to say that someone else has a "fact problem".

* Invading a country and bombing its hospitals is an act of "love" and "Christian values".

Maybe next Putin will do something really Christian, like teargas priests.

* Kid Rock is a foreign policy expert.

* Not Disqualifying for the Supreme Court: Being a drunken sexual predator with anger management issues. Disqualifying for the Supreme Court: Being a black woman.

* Someone who tried to overthrow the United States government can call someone else "soft on crime".
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More Things You Have To Believe To Be A Republican Today: "Political" Edition (Original Post) Fritz67 Mar 2022 OP
Disheartened KNR. Too much stupid to take in before coffee. niyad Mar 2022 #1
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