ShazzieB
ShazzieB's JournalThe party of small government?
The GOP claims that it supports small government, but that obviously does not apply in all cases. There are certain kinds of people whose lives and bodies the Republican party wants to police very closely. These currently include people with uteruses and all trans people.
People not in those categories may assume they are safe from such surveillance, but if this trend is allowed to continue, I predict more and more people will find the government all up in their business. It will go something like this...
The Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of people with uteruses. I didn't have a uterus, so that was fine with me.
The Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of transgender people. I wasn't trans, so that was fine with me.
Republican Party wanted to control the bodies of [fill in the blank] people. I wasn't [fill in the blank], so that was fine with me.
Etc. (You all know how it ends.)
Poe's law doesn't just apply to the internet anymore
Poe’s Law is a popular adage that says satirical expressions of extremism online are hard to distinguish from genuine ones without indicating intent. The world has gotten so wacky under Trump 2.0 that it's hard to distinguish parody from reality in real life.
Ever since January 20, 2025, we've been living in upside down and backwards world, where white is black, hot is cold, wet is dry, and nothing makes any sense. I don't think any of us need to apologize for getting taken in by this piece of very clever satire. We've all gotten so used believing 6 impossible things before breakfast every single day, that almost anything is believable, including most of that article!
I've never been a fan of that regime.
Between taking over the US embassy and holding dozens of Americans hostage, launching widespread persecutions of minority religions, and forcing women back into second class citizenship, I have been opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran from the getgo. But boy howdy, did they ever get this right!
The Iranians aren't the only ones who havef igured out how to use Trump's mental illness to their advantage, though. I have no doubt that Netanyu got the US into this war by convincing the Orange One that attacking Iran would make him a big hero with the American people and around the world. It probably wasn't a hard job, considering Trump's towering narcissism, but I will grudgingly give Bibi some credit for figuring out to manipulate our demented president so successfully.
Trump's incomprtence and the urgent need to remove him from office have never been more glaringly apparent. If the Republicans in both houses of Congress weren't as corrupt and incompetent as he is, he would have been impeached, convicted, and removed from office a long time ago.
"And so there's this intersectionality between racism and sexism that was on full display at the White House"
Well spoken, Sunny, but you left something out. This was an intersectionality between racism, sexism, and transphobia.
These bigots don't just think Michelle is a man; they think she is a trans woman, which to these racist, misogynistic, transphobic bigots, is the same thing. Consciously or not, they view trans women as traitors, men who have rejected masculinity, and that feels like a personal insult to them.
Calling Michelle a man is just one facet of transvestigation, which GLAAD calls a "hate-driven conspiracy theory [that] maliciously targets cisgender public figures — from France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron to Michelle Obama to Olympic boxer Imane Khelif — and then “investigates” them offering fake pseudo-scientific “evidence” that they are transgender (with the underlying bigoted and ignorant implication that being a transgender person is a bad thing). This is a notable example of how transphobic hate impacts everyone — as the targets of the harassment are cisgender people. The trope has even been weaponized against right wing figures such as Kyle Rittenhouse and Andrew Tate. Disinformation researcher Dr. Jay Daniel Thompson describes “transvestigation” as “a mash-up of QAnon, celebrity gossip and the myriad anti-trans conspiracies.” Source: https://glaad.org/transvestigation-definition-meaning-anti-lgbt-online-hate/
These people comb the internet for photos of famous women they don't like, looking for "clues" like broad shoulders, a prominent forehead, or a strong jawline that they regard as "proof" that the women in question are really trans women (who they call "men" because they either don't understand the distinction or have chosen not to recognize it).
If a woman they are targeting is married to a male public figure, these accusations are used as slurs against the male partner (because if his partner is a "man," he must be gay. 
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Never mind that there's absolutely nothing wrong with being either gay OR trans; these people believe that being either of those things is wrong in every way, and they delight in spreading their lies. Transvestigation is a sick, disgusting activity, and those who pursue it are sick, disgusting people.
This is exactly what I would have expected of him.
He has a desperate need to believe he is THE most wonderful, fantastic, amazing person to ever walk the earth. He wears his malignant narcissism like a suit of armor that protects him from ever having to confront unpleasant truths like those boos.
I'm sure he was aware of the boos, but admitting that to himself, much less to reporters, is absolutely out of the question, just like admitting that he actually lost the 2020 election. So yes, he's definitely delusional. On some level he does know the truth, but acknowledging it is not something he's capable of doing.
No, they can't. That's why the paramedic didn't diagnose him.
Early on, he acknowledges the fact that, despite his extensive training and experience, he can't give a formal diagnosis of Trump: "It comes down to one single thing I can’t do. I cannot diagnose. I can know what is wrong. I can treat what is wrong. I can even fix what is wrong. I just cannot officially tell you what is wrong."
Later, he says this:
That is how I would take care of him after my partner convinced me that driving the ambulance off a cliff with him in it wouldn’t make the world a better place. He’d be wrong, but I’m not about to mix ashes with that fascist.
Let’s take a look at what Adolf Shitler is presenting like and figure out exactly how to treat the suspected condition.
He then proceeds to describe the things going on with Schlump that he's seeing with his own eyes (just like the rest of us) and what those things mean to a highly trained health care professional.
As someone who has been following Schlump's decline pretty closely, I learned a lot from this article. It confirmed a lot of my personal suspicions and also greatly added to my understanding of what I've been seeing. I highly recommend reading it. It's highly informative, it's a fast read, and it's a gift link, so it doesn't cost anything to read it.
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