Re: Politics Random, Random
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:08 pm
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He's being accused of misleading some of Walker's backers by coming out with his true life story. It also appears that NONE of Walker's family is supporting him in this grift, uh, run for the Senate.
Have you not been paying attention, ponchi? (And I know you have.) 30-35% of the U.S. population (larger percentages in Georgia) threw out personal life in 2016--because of Hillary and her emails. What matters most to that segment of the population are the candidates' beliefs: 1) abortion; 2) religious liberty; 3) unchecked 2nd amendment; 4) freedumb (a direct conflict with #1 and #2); 5) making sure racial and ethnic minority votes are not counted; 6) white fragility; 7) small government; 8) stacking the Supreme Court and lower circuits with extremely conservative judges... Just to name a few.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:19 pm One thing that puzzles me.
H. Walker is not a BAD candidate. It is more than that; the man is certifiably an idiot.
But, as that is America and, most importantly, Georgia, the focus is on his personal life, not the fact that this man truly holds unbelievable opinions.
I guess this is politics, today.
Maybe it's confusing to us because we don't buy into the performative nature of RW politics? The young man puts on a good show and in the videos where he's "vehemently denouncing" his father he's presenting quite a persona. Did someone not pay him or cut him off from his source of money so now he's annoyed?dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:55 pm Trying to process how things work and fit within Christian's brain is what I really have trouble with. He identifies as a "man who is attracted to men", which right there is a distinction from CDC's old and still prevalent categorization of "men who have sex with men". I don't think that's coincidental. So he actively scurries from anything gay, anything Pride, the LGBTQ flag, etc. Are we to presume that he is attracted to men but will not have sex with men because that's a sin? If so, how's that going. (None of which is really any of our business. But he goes out of his way to make it everyone's business.)
I respect his agency (his right to identify himself as he sees fit). And let's remember, he's only 23, so it's not like he's fully cooked yet.
Maybe the problem for me is that I have a pretty good grasp for what he's against. But I couldn't give you an example of anything he is... for.
Which begs the questions: What's real? What's garden variety cognitive dissonance? And what's a social media act to attract followers?
It's all just very confusing.
I did say it puzzles me, didn't I?dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:07 pmHave you not been paying attention, ponchi? (And I know you have.) 30-35% of the U.S. population (larger percentages in Georgia) threw out personal life in 2016--because of Hillary and her emails. What matters most to that segment of the population are the candidates' beliefs: 1) abortion; 2) religious liberty; 3) unchecked 2nd amendment; 4) freedumb (a direct conflict with #1 and #2); 5) making sure racial and ethnic minority votes are not counted; 6) white fragility; 7) small government; 8) stacking the Supreme Court and lower circuits with extremely conservative judges... Just to name a few.ponchi101 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:19 pm One thing that puzzles me.
H. Walker is not a BAD candidate. It is more than that; the man is certifiably an idiot.
But, as that is America and, most importantly, Georgia, the focus is on his personal life, not the fact that this man truly holds unbelievable opinions.
I guess this is politics, today.
Of course, the order is debatable.
They don't care that Herschel emotionally and physically abused women, slept around, and spread his seed farther than an Iowa farmer. They haven't cared about any of those things since 2016 or so. That segment of the U.S. population only cares about what his votes on key legislation will deliver to them.
And how do you communicate with them in some kind of meaningful way?dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:55 pm Trying to process how things work and fit within Christian's brain is what I really have trouble with. He identifies as a "man who is attracted to men", which right there is a distinction from CDC's old and still prevalent categorization of "men who have sex with men". I don't think that's coincidental. So he actively scurries from anything gay, anything Pride, the LGBTQ flag, etc. Are we to presume that he is attracted to men but will not have sex with men because that's a sin? If so, how's that going. (None of which is really any of our business. But he goes out of his way to make it everyone's business.)
I respect his agency (his right to identify himself as he sees fit). And let's remember, he's only 23, so it's not like he's fully cooked yet.
Maybe the problem for me is that I have a pretty good grasp for what he's against. But I couldn't give you an example of anything he is... for.
Which begs the questions: What's real? What's garden variety cognitive dissonance? And what's a social media act to attract followers?
It's all just very confusing.