• snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    Trump put his children in the white house, making them politically relevant. If Trump had said anything about pardoning his children, thst would have been political news.

    Hunter has nothing to do with politics other than Republicans trying to equate having children with nepotism. This is not politics.

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      5 months ago

      Conservatives love making children political though.

      • Having sex but don’t want children? You’re a godless slut.

      • Pregnant and don’t want children? You’re not capable of making decisions about your body.

      • Had an abortion? You’re an evil baby killing slut.

      • Have children you don’t want? You’re a slut who shouldn’t have sex if you couldn’t feed your kids.

      • Child of a Democratic president going through awkward teenage years? You’re a horse face, Chelsea Clinton.

      • Try to reach American soil to claim asylum? We’re gonna keep your kids in cages, argue in front of a judge that we’re not obligated to give them any hygienic items like soap or toothpaste, and deport you. Hope your home country isn’t as dangerous as you thought it was!

      • You’re a loving couple in a committed relationship who want to adopt one of the many “unwanted” children in our foster system? Get fucked queers; our god says only the straights get to enjoy being parents.

      • Your child needs medical care? Why should my tax dollars pay for that?

      • Your local public school sucks? Well maybe you should have been able to afford private tuition to a school that definitely doesn’t exist because public schools were forced to integrate. Oh, and we’re gonna siphon more money out of your kids’ school to pay for ours- that tuition ain’t cheap, you know.

      And, for international flavor:

      • You don’t want your kids to be genocided by Israel? Then maybe they shouldn’t have been one of the more than 50% of Gaza’s population who either weren’t born or weren’t old enough to vote 16 years ago when Hamas held their last election.
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        5 months ago

        Yes, conservatives love pretending that non-political things are political. Per your examples having children is political, which would make the term political meaningless if we let them define political.

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      5 months ago

      Trump, under a clear and disgusting display of nepotism, put his completely unqualified family members into positions of power.

      Fixed that for you.

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      5 months ago

      I completely agree. Just like I agreed with Fetterman for defending Boebert’s kids from public judgement. These people aren’t politicians. They don’t deserve the press scrutiny of a politician.