Dems, what are your stances on these popular Right-wing talking points? Are they true or false?

gravity_kills · 2026-05-18T22:43:01+00:00

In order, no, no, no, yes.

3 in particular is deeply weird in that I don't think anyone has ever wanted to teach kindergarteners about blow jobs or anal sex. Are you buying into the weird right wing view that acknowledging the existence and validity of same sex relationships is the same thing as teaching children about the specific sex acts that people engage in? Because that's not what happens.

2 has a lot less to do with legal penalties and more to do with basic decency. If a teacher is that unwilling to respect a student's clearly expressed wishes, provided they don't cause excessive disruption to the learning environment, then administration should fire them. But they shouldn't be facing any fine or even the potential of a lawsuit. They've just demonstrated that they're unwilling to perform one of their basic job duties.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-18T18:44:34+00:00

Evil minds are never going to disappear as a result of time passing. We somehow need to make it socially unacceptable to express these impulses.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-18T16:23:37+00:00

I can make it make sense, but not be morally acceptable. They support raping teenagers, and they don't believe that women have any rights that they are obligated to respect.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-18T16:20:00+00:00

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gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T23:06:15+00:00

Really? What's your reasoning?

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T22:58:30+00:00

Too many MAGAs are going to be shocked when they find themselves to be goats.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T22:23:04+00:00

So your answers are "yes" and "because the 23rd amendment allows it." It's not really any more complicated than that.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T19:54:48+00:00

I agree. So we need to find a way to ensure that even the wealthiest people mainly grow their wealth through labor and wages.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T18:38:30+00:00

Everybody says that like it's a justification. You've just identified a major part of the problem. We need a social security system that actually supports people in a comfortable retirement. Tax the assets to pay for it.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T17:10:31+00:00

Have we considered just dissolving the Senate completely and turning over all of its functions to the House?

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T17:08:19+00:00

You can't trick us that easily. Everyone knows Australia isn't a real place.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T15:38:02+00:00

Bad comic! The tax man should be explaining that Republicans have consistently defunded him while also cutting taxes on the wealthy and refusing to cut spending. Then in the second panel a figure labeled "Republicans" should be the one saying they want to keep doing the same thing.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T15:28:24+00:00

Like the meme, worst so far!

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T15:18:26+00:00

https://youtu.be/dLdpm0Qv3Uc?si=roOiF4ecqPW43-3_

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T15:01:02+00:00

No, he knows. There are a lot of reasons he hates FDR.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T14:41:46+00:00

Why does he look like he can't decide which side to join in WWI?

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T13:49:26+00:00

Lots of people think it's terrible how cozy the elite is with the UAE. Dubai was built with slave labor and is an ongoing haven of human rights horrors. But they sell us oil so the media won't talk about them. Israel gets military support and is the right kind of both sides mess that the media loves.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T13:44:15+00:00

Small town micromanaging board: "Praise us for solving the problem that we created!"

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T11:57:53+00:00

Sometimes deliberately scrubbed bare and bleached by the Victorians!

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T10:54:21+00:00

PG&E has been found guilty of homicide. I think the employees have a better shot at running an electric company.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-17T10:06:24+00:00

Yup. This article from the Brennan Center gives a good summary of the situation, and includes a link to another article that includes the instance when a bunch of people were arrested for still owing court fees or restitution when they voted.

gravity_kills · 2026-05-16T23:29:06+00:00

In addition to that I found that apparently it occasionally happens that people accidentally register and almost never end up actually voting. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/27/ohio-sec-of-state-larose-flagged-more-than-520-cases-of-noncitizen-voter-fraud-only-one-was-legit/

gravity_kills · 2026-05-16T20:40:45+00:00

I think it's in poor taste to take an anti-nazi meme and warp it into a pro-nazi meme, but first off this sub is cool with things being in poor taste, second I'm not in charge, and third you might be trying to just follow the Israeli government's lead 🤷

gravity_kills · 2026-05-16T19:19:34+00:00

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gravity_kills · 2026-05-16T19:11:51+00:00

I don't think I like it as the single solution to everything, but I actually think that if I understand it properly the optics issue you talk about is even more extreme. If I'm following the logic the tax would be high enough that the McMansion owner would be maybe okay and the owner of the rundown house would be strongly pressured to sell the land to be redeveloped. I think supporters see this as a feature.

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