• GladiusB@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      “Biden has said worse”

      “They didn’t mean it like that”

      “Your source is corrupt”

      “They are lying about their age because they are immigrants”

      Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

      The more you get angry, the more they can play victim.

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        11 months ago

        I think you’re underestimating the extent to which they really want these things, or their donors do. These issues aren’t new, and many of them either trace back to before the founding of the country, or are proxies for other issues which do. They’re just feeling bold these days.

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      11 months ago

      There is a defense for these laws! Which makes it doubly fucked up that I’ve never once heard a Republican utter it.

      (Among other issues, marriage wipes out many legal complications of inheritance.)