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U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) toasts his gay son's wedding three days after voting against the Respect for Marriage Act
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Sometimes. The most hardcore MAGA fans are never changing their mind, but the average republican voter either wants gay marriage to be legal and is shocked by the hypocrisy (similar to the article posted above about contraceptives), or wants gay marriage to be illegal and is also shocked by the hypocrisy.
This. 1000% this
They don't adhere to our values regarding moral and intellectual consistency. In their minds, they have the right to do whatever they want by virtue of who they are (American, white, male, Christian, whatever). Everyone else can burn for all they care
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i would like to say im surprised at the hypocrisy
I do think we're reaching a point, with the fall of Roe, the rise of fugitive pregnancy legislation, and the *shocking* pivot towards overturning Obergefell and banning contraceptives, that White America has to finally acknowledge that voting for Republicans is more than just low taxes.
Kind of glad that some of this shit (along with the J6th hearings) is piercing the Fox News/Facebook bubble.
Kind of glad that some of this shit (along with the J6th hearings) is piercing the Fox News/Facebook bubble.
It always has been, and always will be this way. They will always have each others backs.
Let's hope these stories continue to get out, that eventually their soulless, bullshit answers become transparent enough that some voters will have a change of mind and they'll be voted out.
It says more about the son than his father. We already know the father's motivation...he wants to keep his job and he thinks voting the way he does accomplishes that. The son must really be low on self-respect if he allowed his father within 10 miles of his wedding.
There are rich people who belong to various minorities who think that their class and wealth privilege will protect them forever even in an openly bigoted society, so they don't see an issue in supporting politicians who oppose their identities. They think it will just not apply to them.
"I would like to raise a glass in toast to this abomination before the face of the god who pays my wages..."
I mean I never used to think there was something worse than a drunk best man speech but... being toasted by a slime ball relative who just voted to make your very existence illegal? Fuck that guy.
I mean I never used to think there was something worse than a drunk best man speech but... being toasted by a slime ball relative who just voted to make your very existence illegal? Fuck that guy.
Exactly, majority of politicians do what gains them a political advantage and political interests, and it's not something they even have to believe or agree with. They're immoral. And that's the case the world over, I see it in Europe too, I think maybe its just in the U.S it seems more prevalent as a lot of politicians are not as easily held accountable by the public
In Germany, the leader of the far-right, Alice Weidel, is a gay woman married to you guessed it, a Sri-Lankan woman, and she opposes same sex marriage to top it off
I agree.
I mean keep doing the stories, sure, but nobody should be surprised about this anymore, and definitely shouldn't be using "hypocrisy" tactics against these people as if it matters.
The vote happened just a few days before the marriage so it's possible that he decided to hold his tongue for a bit so his ceremony wouldn't be ruined. But yeah, if he never decides to bring the issue up with his dad, then oof.
The thing is, even if it doesn't, the people who are rich can just pack up and go to another country if they want. They really can escape consequences if they have an eye out. The rest? Not their problem is the thinking
And what gains, praytell, would we get from just never reporting on their bullshit? Advocating to ignore it is effectively saying "eh, let's help them avoid bad optics."
The problem isn't that the left reports on this stuff, it's that the next story comes and the last one is filed and forgot. Nobody cared much about any of conservatives' pet issues when they first broke, they get their balls rolling by sheer tenacity of shoving it in their viewers' faces, day after day after day. The left could do wonders if they gave a goddamn fraction of the sustained coverage to any issues that are actually worth hammering on that the right has devoted to utter horseshit like Hunter Biden's Fantabulous Laptop O' Conspiracy.
What makes you think his son isn't a shitlord?
That's just dumb. For one thing there are still, sadly, centrist idiots that these types of stories can impact. Beyond that, a lot of Democrats actually would want to know if someone they might vote for is a massive hypocrite so how would that work out? Democrats get stories written about them but Republicans can be as hypocritical as possible? Or do you think journalists across the country should just stop writing about political hypocrisy in general?
The solution is for you to just not read or respond to things like this.
