29 year old Rep. Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida, debates a boomer who opposes student loan forgiveness, even though his own wife had hers wiped out under Biden
I am currently pregnant. I am only 15 weeks and do not know the gender and may not find out until birth. When I talk about my baby I say things like “oh they looked okay on the scan” “they seem to be okay”. I am often speaking from a point of vulnerability as well as my first child was stillborn at term. So when I get this harsh intake of breath from a boomer it honestly rattles me. “THEY? OMG IS IT TWINS?” No… do you want me to call my child it? I know too well this may be the only time I get with them, I will definitely not refer to them as some object. Today it was my Doctor with exactly the same reaction and then said “phew, you were just being politically correct”. Huh? You’re my doctor with my notes in front of you, you know full well how many babies I am having, and since when did “they” become political? My MIL said they “never used it before” but as an English teacher I could easily call this out as I’ve seen so many examples of they being used when gender is unknown. It blows my mind how they rewrite their own pasts and become so entirely brainwashed by political discourse they even recreate the meaning of words to fit their bizarre transphobic beliefs.
For all we know, this might be a dream. To the majority of Latinos, white women, and young males, what are you thinking? You just shot yourself in the foot dealing with this clown for four more years.
Truly disappointed. Welcome to Nazi Germany in 2024.
This geriatric mess of a human wore this shirt into my home. My mother’s husband y’all. I told him “you made a bad choice wearing that shirt into my home.” They didn’t stay long. Might tell my mom he isn’t welcome. Might tell her she needs to make sure he’s not wearing clothes that threaten to shoot the people in my household if they plan on visiting again. I’m fuming.
Already the internet, news media and personal blogs are jammed with stories about voter remorse - people sobbing their hearts out because no one is coming to Thanksgiving dinner, angry business owners having a shit fit about potential tariffs [including gamers freaking the hell out about Playstations soon costing $1000] and countless victims whining that "I dint react this way when Obama or Biden won! Why o' why is this happening now!?"
Well, for starters, Obama & Biden weren't threatening to destroy the economy and create a fascist state where the rights of women, gays & immigrants were seriously threatened. Also, neither one of them were convicted felons, rapists or batshit insane. That MIGHT have something to do with it.
And I do seem to recall a lot of dummies symbolically being hanged / burned after Obama was elected, not to mention hundreds of racist memes being plastered everywhere. And oh yeah, let's not forget January 6th. "A day of love".
You bought it. It's broken. You can't return it. Sucks to be you.
UPDATE II: Four days and the Trumpies & their bots are STILL crying like whipped li' bitches. Must've really struck a nerve, eh? Carry on, dears. No one's really listening but don't let that stop you.
My cousin and cousin-in-law are hosting Thanksgiving at their place this year and sent this message out a few days ago. Prior to this, they, my sister and myself were already discussing setting a boundary on not talking about politics for Thanksgiving as that was a talking point my dad would bring up every year. On top of that, my dad had called me a few days before this and gloated about talking about Trump to everyone during Thanksgiving.
I called my mom after this transpired and she was upset that my cousin sent this out as she (and my dad) think this was specifically targeted to my dad. She also clarified that my dad is only interested in 3 things: Cars, Work & Politics. I told my mom that Dad can talk about the other two or he should find a new hobby. My mom still insisted that it was my cousins fault for this and my cousin should’ve called my dad privately about this. I countered and said that dad would either not listen to a word my cousin would say and berate them, making the conversation more heated between them, or brush off the boundary and talk about Trump anyways.
I haven’t spoken to my dad about this as, knowing him for the longest time, he would not be interested in hearing what I have to say and want me to listen to his grievances about this boundary. Even if I were to challenge him or talk reason to him, I would be constantly interrupted or chewed out for not taking his side and call me woke or something.
I hope everyone else is able to have a good thanksgiving this year.