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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Very appropriate for Florida right now.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Matt Gaetz didn't like revenge porn bill
A Republican who spent years garnering support for a bill in the Florida Legislature which would effectively make it illegal to share nonconsensual pornography had one major opponent: Matt Gaetz.
The Florida congressman and former state representative currently embroiled in a major child sex-trafficking scandal, which alleges he engaged in “sugar daddy” relationships with teenage girls, strongly opposed the legislation outlawing what’s become known as revenge porn, former state Rep. Tom Goodson said on Monday.
The former lawmaker told the Orlando Sentinel Mr Gaetz “was absolutely against” his bill, saying the congressman “thought the picture was his to do with what he wanted”.
After explosive reports were published last week about a federal investigation surrounding Mr Gaetz and others alleged to have funded trips for girls as young as 17, CNN reported the congressman shared nude photos of women he claimed to have slept with to lawmakers while on the House floor. One anonymous source reportedly described the photos as a “point of pride” to the outlet.
The new interview with Mr Goodson added further backstory to an ever-developing controversy surrounding Mr Gaetz, who has denied all allegations and instead claimed his family were the victims of an alleged extortion plot.
Mr Goodson said that, when it came to sharing photos of ex-lovers, Mr Gaetz “thought that any picture was his to use as he wanted to, as an expression of his rights”.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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GOP member calls on Gaetz to resign.
More folks should join his call.
You would think that right now is a prime moment for someone with balls to take total control of the GOP and put themselves into position for a run in 2024. Just one person to step up and publicly start blasting Rs like Gaetz, Trump, and their ilk. Blasting Mitch the turtle (tell me he doesn't look like a fucking turtle) and other GOP leaders for allowing the party to spin out of control and coddle the extreme right. They could ally with moderate Rs and Ds to wage an internal war to end the partisan bickering and bullshit.
In a perfect world...
More folks should join his call.
You would think that right now is a prime moment for someone with balls to take total control of the GOP and put themselves into position for a run in 2024. Just one person to step up and publicly start blasting Rs like Gaetz, Trump, and their ilk. Blasting Mitch the turtle (tell me he doesn't look like a fucking turtle) and other GOP leaders for allowing the party to spin out of control and coddle the extreme right. They could ally with moderate Rs and Ds to wage an internal war to end the partisan bickering and bullshit.
In a perfect world...
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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A democrat would have resigned - see Al Franken, Katie Hill... R's will double down, it's just "grabbing her by the pussy" right, nbd?, and win re-election.
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Tell that to Chandra Levy.
History says your bigotry is not accurate.
And those are just the ones we hear about. I assure you there are more.
Sex scandals and resigning or stubbornly not resigning are not exclusive to either party.
Suggesting a sin is exclusive to one party or another is ridiculous. Like the people who post that photo of Trump and Epstein, yet never mention Bill Clinton and Epstein's relationship. Or how Epstein was deep in Hollywood circles.
They're. All. Fucking. Scum.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Yes lots of scandals In history. Not In argument?
But I was thinking of more recent trends. You should have hit me back with Andrew Cuomo instead of a wiki link to the 1700s.
But I was thinking of more recent trends. You should have hit me back with Andrew Cuomo instead of a wiki link to the 1700s.
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I counter my own argument of Andrew Cuomo with Roy Moore.
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Fuck. I counter Roy Moore with Jon Edwards and I hate politicians.
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Republicans didn't exist in the 1700s. Lincoln was the first republican president.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Only stick to a time frame that fits your narrative, got it!
(I'm just poking fun there, not picking on the comment.)Interestingly Cuomo isn't on there (yet), but Gaetz is. No idea why you went with the 1700s comment? Did you not scroll down? It's U.S political sex scandals from day 1 to now.
I wasn't try to counter you. I'm not arguing on the side of Rs. I'm saying they're all scum. The letter behind a politician's name is not an accurate way to judge their character.
See? We're on the same page!
To clarify something, I'm quite aware that here I come across as right wing, but that's because I like being a contrarian and you and Catt are both farther left than me. Or because I'm discussing an article from CNN or Yahoo (both confirmed left leaning sources, which I've covered previously in other threads why I go there over a place like Fox) and take a contrary or questioning position to those to see what the counter is going to be so I can think it over, accept or reject it, and possibly use it later against my more right wing friends/family.
Nobody gets smarter with their head stuck inside an echo chamber.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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All one has to do to be labelled a right-wing literal nazi is to suggest the left has just as many problems as the right.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Did Edwards sexually harass anyone? I thought he just had an affair (or more than one?)
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I believe you are correct.
Did anyone ever see that movie starring Hugh Jackman about Gary Hart? Dude was going to be president, but stepped down over a single fling and then four years later we had Clinton. Crazy.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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Affairs are bad, but much less bad than sexual harassment. Actual sexual harassment, not "he touched my shoulder in a photo op and I never said anything"
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"I had sex with him and stayed the entire evening but he should have known I never felt comfortable." - #metoo
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Extremely biased NYT piece blasting GOP for "anti-protest" bills.
Crazy biased article from top to bottom, but to be fair, some of these bills are dumb as fuck.
Immunity? That's not going to end well. I mean you're essentially giving people the green light to murder folks with their car.
However, the protestors shouldn't be on the streets blocking traffic either. Does "peaceful protesting" have to include preventing innocent people from going to work/home? How about putting them in fear for their lives? How about making them suffer property damage as their car is getting banged on and scratched up?
There's got to be a happy medium between Ds' approach of "let them burn the city to the ground" and Rs' approach of excommunicating anyone that walks down the street.
This part of the article made me laugh:
You mean like the laws that already exist to punish people of crimes that MUST be committed before the additional hate crime charges can also be filed? Tons of laws overlap on other existing laws. You don't get to be ok with some, but not with others based on your own political biases.
Funny thought: Rs want to curtail public protests and things that bring cities to a screeching halt, while Ds want them to continue. Meanwhile, Ds want to end the filibuster, which is a protest in Congress and brings things to a screeching halt, while Rs want them to continue.
Yay the two party political system!
Crazy biased article from top to bottom, but to be fair, some of these bills are dumb as fuck.
This is the most interesting one, IMHO.Republican legislators in Oklahoma and Iowa have passed bills granting immunity to drivers whose vehicles strike and injure protesters in public streets.
Immunity? That's not going to end well. I mean you're essentially giving people the green light to murder folks with their car.
However, the protestors shouldn't be on the streets blocking traffic either. Does "peaceful protesting" have to include preventing innocent people from going to work/home? How about putting them in fear for their lives? How about making them suffer property damage as their car is getting banged on and scratched up?
Yikes. A bit harsh, no?A Republican proposal in Indiana would bar anyone convicted of unlawful assembly from holding state employment, including elected office. A Minnesota bill would prohibit those convicted of unlawful protesting from receiving student loans, unemployment benefits or housing assistance.
There's got to be a happy medium between Ds' approach of "let them burn the city to the ground" and Rs' approach of excommunicating anyone that walks down the street.
This part of the article made me laugh:
Laws already exist to punish rioting,
You mean like the laws that already exist to punish people of crimes that MUST be committed before the additional hate crime charges can also be filed? Tons of laws overlap on other existing laws. You don't get to be ok with some, but not with others based on your own political biases.
Funny thought: Rs want to curtail public protests and things that bring cities to a screeching halt, while Ds want them to continue. Meanwhile, Ds want to end the filibuster, which is a protest in Congress and brings things to a screeching halt, while Rs want them to continue.
Yay the two party political system!
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
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That's pretty retarded.
So let's punish that more, and intervene.
I find it hard to believe that would stand up to judicial scrutiny. But it's also dumb.
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