• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    Right-wingers are oddly obsessed by anything involving kids having fun - cartoon characters, animation, etc.

      • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Republicans are like a poorly written Sonic OC at this point, they're coldsteel.

        Likes:

        • Hurtin' people
        • Being Badass

        Dislikes:

        • Niceness
        • sunshine
        • life
        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
          ·
          2 years ago

          Shit like this is what happens when black plilled incels on 4chan have been the driving force behind your party and ideology, you end up with whatever the fuck your average reactionary is.

          • cawsby [he/him]
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            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Seems this level of visceral hatred for normal children activities doesn't fly too well outside of deep red areas though.

            We are already seeing backlash from book banning in every state that is trying it.

            I'd wager this will play out like the 1980's moral panics over D&D books and metal records being allowed in libraries. Lasted until about the 1988 Olympics and when the news media let up for a month or so, everyone moved on.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        All their takes about children and childhood are unhinged.

        Kid's tv show host: "Let's talk about how to respect each other. The word 'respect' means..."

        Right-wing Facebook post just minutes later: "I'M WATCHING A CHILDREN'S TV SHOW AND THE HOST JUST SAID SHE HATES AMERICA AND HATES JESUS TOO! SOROS-FUNDED COMMUNIST DEMONS MUST BE STOPPED!"

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Little Rascals/Our Gang back in the 20's'-40's was banned in some markets because it showed black and white children as equals.

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

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Kids are supposed to be bullied, or be bullies, and that's the only exchange of pleasure going on that doesn't make them entitled/soft/woke. :grillman: