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    These people don’t share your beliefs. They just told you they did. They told you so you would check a box by their name. They would gladly throw you off a cliff to save themselves or their exotic dancer affair partners.

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      or their exotic dancer affair partners.

      I think they would throw any one particular affair partner over that same cliff to save themselves and their ability to chase new affair partners, but otherwise you’re spot on

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      Exactly this.

      Conservatives believe that they should get special rights simply because of who they are. This isn’t grounded in a shared moral system; conservative values are about elevating the “right” people to power and privilege.

      It’s why conservatives don’t care what the people who represent them do: they believe that their representative deserves to be there simply because they’ve signalled that they’re culturally conservative.

      It’s an ideology for losers, and I mean that literally. The “left” side of the political spectrum is about empowering those who never had much to lose, while the “right” side is about reclaiming lost privileges for those who feel entitled to the whole pie.

      The right isn’t really against abortion even if they pretend to be; they’re against it for the people who they want to control.

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      The joke of all this. He’s just free to do whatever the fuck he wants, and none of his friendly media or corporate allies will stop glazing him in front of his base.

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    I’m not saying this isn’t true, but the original source on this, a blog-masquerading-as-news called currentrevolt(dot com), is a straight dumpster fire of awful opinions and shitty takes. So, take this “reporting” with a heap of salt.

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      The interview link to it in the article says it’s subscription only. Which is poor planning on their part, but it doesn’t seem too dumpster-firey on first glance. (Not that it isn’t)

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    In a lengthy interview published on Friday by Texas-based independent outlet Current Revolt, Grace alleged that she and Capriglione — a married father of three who was elected to the state legislature in 2012 — had been romantically involved for almost two decades. She said the two met in 2004, when she was 18 years old and working as a dancer. Grace said they would meet at a variety of locations, including his home and office, describing the representative’s behavior as paranoid to the point of absurdity.

    Did I do my math right? He was 31 and she was 18.

    Born March 8, 1973 (age 52)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Capriglione

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          Her exact age would be 2025 - 2004 + 18 = 31 assuming she’s already had her birthday thus year. If not, she’s 30.

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              Yeah, forgot to carry a 1. She was 18 in 2004 and that was 21 years ago. So she’d be 41.

              The equation was correct but I fucked up the implementation

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            Meaning, we’re going off of what she said. We don’t know if she’s trying not to get arrested for illegally working underage or not.

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              I highly doubt the statute of limitations applies after 21 years.

              And more likely that the strip joint would be in trouble not her.

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                They’re rounding up us citizens and sending them to el salvador or a concentration camp in florida with no due process. Do you really think statute of limitations would be a thing?

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                  Whether she was 18 or not at the time isn’t going to make a difference in her being disappeared.

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    That’s how it always is with these people. Going forward, anytime someone wants to remove rights they should be first investigated.

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      anytime someone wants to remove rights they should be first investigated.

      I was going to suggest feeding them into a wood chipper but I suppose we can try your method first.

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    IF CoNSeRVaTIVes pOlItICIaNs anD rELiGioUS leAderS arEN’T ready To hAVe A kid Then thEY ShOUlDn’t be HaVing seX IN The FirsT PLAcE.

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      We need to stop calling this hypocrisy.

      Republicans and conservatives are about oppression.

      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

      Anti-abortion laws are about punishing “sluts”. Their abortions are allowed because something bad happened to them. Sluts deserve it because they should have just squeezed an aspirin between their legs.

      Only one party cares about hypocrisy and it’s not the Republicans.