#right-wing hypocrisy

[scottguy]

NYC's First Lady Has Conservatives Sweating — And The Hypocrisy Is Staggering

NYC's First Lady Has Conservatives Sweating — And The Hypocrisy Is Staggering

I’ll spare you some of the outright disgusting things that were said about Duwaji’s appearance, though they wouldn’t surprise most women.

She is so cool. We need more 1st ladies like this.

Before election: "Mandami will make all NYC women wear burkas!"

Now: "She bared her shoulders!" 😱🙄

[giannic]

ABC News Prime: Campus protests; Fighting climate change with kelp; Dapper Dan on hip-hop fashion

#abc #abcnl #abcnlprime #politics #news #politics #weather #newsupdate #israel #iran #gaza #palestine #hamas #trump #hushmoney #protest #uni

[hellyeahheroes]

Has Britain Become Less Tolerant (BBC Big Questions) by Rowan Ellis

This is a bit different entry in thought provoking series as I share it less due to what Rowan is saying and more to demonstrate how supposedly “objective” mainstream media blatantly favors right-wing opinion - loaded questions from the host, biased audience, talking over Rowan and other people on her side, etc. And second is because I want you to keep that video and all these “free speech absolutists” in mind tomorrow, when you’ll be watching different, more recent video from her.

-Admin

[strixobscuro]

Republicans are more willing to do anything to try and prevent your kids from becoming gay or trans than they are to try and prevent your kids from becoming dead. If Democrats can't make a winning platform out of that, than they are fucking useless.

[royal-misfit]

I feel that people asking "How can you be pro-life but anti-gun controll" to Conservatives are not understanding what those two stances mean. You're taking them at their word that they "believe in the sanctity of life".

They don't. They believe in control. They know abortions won't stop, they don't expect them to. What they want is for the "immoral" to be punished with pain, humiliation and even death.

Same with guns. They want to be able to buy as many guns and weapons as they can, as fast as they can, because they know it frightens the people they hate. The more afraid the enemy is the more control they have over us.

Well-meaning people believe if they just point out the hypocrisy in Conservative talking points it'll change peoples' minds. It won't, they do not care. I'd argue that they find it funny it watch us struggle to get them to empathize with other people.

We cannot talk our way out of these problems. We cannot rationalize with those who think we are inferior to them. We have to fight against them in anyway we can.

[pon2354]

An Essay on the American Civil War

Alternative Title: Right-Wing Hypocrisy About the American Civil War

Let me ask you one question: What war saw the most American casualties? Many of us would jump immediately to the American Civil War, which is often colloquially cited as the winner. But let me ask you another question. The American Civil War only wins if you count Confederate casualties in the total, otherwise the winner is WWII. So, were the Confederates American citizens? Should we count them in the death toll? Those on the right might answer “Yes, absolutely. They were American citizens.” Another question then: How many American casualties were there in the American Revolutionary War? If you go by the above logic, the correct answer is 0. The Confederacy had already seceded, declaring their independence from America, one might say. If they were still American citizens, we were still British citizens during the Revolutionary war. However, whether you agree with that or not, either way brings about stark conclusions that do not align with right-wing values and politics.

Let’s assume, for now, that I’m wrong and Confederate soldiers were still American citizen before, during, and after the war. Another question I would pose to someone on the right would be “Should those who seceded be given the right to vote after rejoining the Union?” Many, I’m sure, would answer yes (as was the case, as many of Confederates including officers were allowed to vote after the Reconstruction). “So then,” I would retort, “you support felons voting.” You see, treason is legally defined as

“Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason.” (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381)

Felonies, broadly, include any action that has a death sentence or imprisonment of over a year, which treason includes. So, were the Confederates guilty of treason? If they were US citizens, as we have assumed, then yes. Military officers fighting against the US, Confederate citizens paying Confederate taxes aiding the war effort, everyone in the Confederacy would have been treasonous and thus they would all be felons. The majority of right-wingers in America do not support felon voting rights, but would support restoration of voting rights to the Confederates, thus a hypocrisy.

But now let’s assume what I think, that no, they were not US citizens during the Civil War. Then what of Confederate monuments? Keeping Confederate monuments around would be no different than if I made a monument to Al-Qaeda. They were a foreign power fighting against the United States. Keeping around and advocating for Confederate monuments is about the least patriotic thing someone can do. And yet, I don’t even need a hypothetical right-winger, this is a battle on which everyone on the right almost universally agree on. So, if they were not US citizens, and their monuments would therefore be no different than monuments of any other enemy to the American people, then supporting those monuments would also be a hypocrisy.

In conclusion, no matter what angle you look at it, there is a hypocrisy between right-wing beliefs and politics. Somewhere in their philosophy, there is a conflict borne from what benefits them versus where their values would actually naturally lead. If you’re on the right and read everything so far and found yourself falling into everything my hypothetical right-winger thought for every situation, maybe rethink your values, figure out what went wrong.

[mediamattersforamerica]

Michelle Malkin on politics and comedy, then and now.

[alanshemper]

‘Values voters’ say they can look past Trump bragging about sexual assault

"We're all a work in progress."