Episode 745: T Swift Conspiracies, Gen Z's Political Leanings
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Show Notes
Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district | The Hill
Conservatives Go Next-Level Crazy With Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracies | The New Republic
More Gen Z Americans identify as LGBTQ than as Republican
Opinion | Gen Z is MAGA movement’s worst nightmare - The Washington Post
Gen Z Gender Gap: Young Men and Women Don't Agree on Politics
New map captures explosive rise of the nonreligious
Mike Johnson Finally Admits Why He’s Killing the Border Deal | The New Republic
Oklahoma GOP votes to condemn Sen. Lankford for role in bipartisan border talks | CNN Politics
Kentucky GOP bill would require child support for fetuses | WKMS
Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes
Comments
TreeHuggerPestControl.com
There are 2 factions. The Fundies and the Neo-cons. Sometimes their goals line up, sometimes they have to be forced to line up.
Asymetra
The messaging to young men is about privilege: women owe them. It's the right's version of participation awards (I think acknowledging effort is important, but our society elevates winners, if you're not a winner, you're branded a loser). Privilege is about having an advantage that others do not. We want equality, but privilege makes some of us "more equal" (to borrow from George Orwell). Leveling the playing field nullifies being "more equal," which is framed as "unequal." Being realistic, how many people want to compete against 1,000 people for a job or University entry slot when privilege will knock 95% of those candidates out? Just look at the attack on Affirmative Action (which ironically benefits white women - hence white men - over everyone else). If 5% of slots have to go to women/minorities, that means the bottom 5% of white men will have to up their game. They don't want to do that; life is about conservation of energy (too many people want to live the Wall-E lifestyle). Instead, it's easier to bitch and fearmonger. It's the same with interacting with women. Too many men don't want to put the effort in, so the messaging that they deserve women is appealing to immature minds. Combine that with christianity's reductionism of women. A Woman's prime value is her vagina. It's a commodity. If she has premarital sex, she's chewed gum, worthless. Her vagina is for giving birth and men's pleasure. Next down is her caregiver skills. That's it. Christianity does not value women's ability to think, she is to remain silent and take instruction from her husband at home. Hell, Eve's eyes weren't open when she ate the forbidden fruit. When Adam did, then both their eyes were opened. Understand the implications, women can't understand anything until men do.
Bra Straps and Bitch Slaps
*cries in 36 weeks pregnant in Texas*
Stephen Adams
New York State garuntees 12 weeks of paid family leave (paternity or maternity) at 2/3 of your salary up to a cap which is around 100k salary ( so if you make more than that you just get the cap) still not the best in the world but at least one state from my own experience is doing a little bit in this realm
Victoria
I appreciate the passion Cecil voiced when talking about the heartless and inhumane treatment of the asylum seekers. The cruelty is unimaginable
Marshall Kuhlman
It’s Eli saying Faosie instead of Fauci all over again.
Eric Denton
You’re deeply naive about what the GOP wants. They want NATO to fail & Putin to take back all of the old USSR back. They’re all Christian nationalists who love Russians anti LGBTQ and anti POC agenda
Eric Denton
Told my boys 15 & 9. Be nice to everybody and remember girls are your equal. If you can remember that you’ll be ahead of the game and you’ll bypass your Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan taught friends.
Jay Voigt
I am convinced Tom is purposefully mispronouncing, "Putin" (Poo-Tin) just to fuck with pedantic, OCD folks like myself.