• merc@sh.itjust.works
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      The context is:

      “We should have bipartisan agreement.”

      “How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop murders.’”

      “How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop rapes.’”

      “How about we all come together and say ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles.’”

      Then he shows a chart that supposedly shows the rate of various crimes fell while the national guard was in town. Based on how he phrased things, he probably meant to name another crime. Like, maybe “Let’s stop pedophiles attacking children” or something like that. But man, this definitely isn’t a slip where the other thing someone probably meant to say is obvious. And, he didn’t correct himself, so there’s no way to know what he actually meant to say.

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        There’s “Freudian slip,” and then there’s “Freudian 32.5 Ft. Water Slide and 2 Inflatable Boards, Extra Long Double Lawn Heavy Duty Splash Mat Pad with Sprinkler for Kids Adults Backyard Summer Water Toy”

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        He wrote that shit down and read it. He consciously looked at it, said “yep” and then said it aloud. There was no filter in his mind that what was going out into the world was absolutely heinous and deplorable. That says more to me than any Freudian slip.

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          He (or one of his staffers) wrote something down, and thought he read what was written. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. But, you can’t convince me it wasn’t a slip.

          Let’s say he is a pedophile, or he wants to support people who are. Why would he be the one to lead the charge? Has he ever struck anybody as being brave, or as willing to lead from the front? Why would he do it at this time, and do it in such a strange way?

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      Either he’s a pedophile or the people pulling his strings are. Either way, the outcome is the same, the GOP is a party that protects (and has tons of) pedophiles.

      We always known this (look at how they try to lower the age of consent/marriage), but now they’re not really keeping the mask up. Gonna be interesting to see how many red hats heel turn to saying pedophelia is ok because Daddy trump said so.

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        They’ve always thought it was okay. Red States are hotbeds of teen pregnancy, and we all know how pregnancies happen.

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          The rate of teen pregnancy is a non sequitur in this conversation, unless you’re suggesting that teens don’t get other teens pregnant. Age requirements for marriage/consent are a better indicator, since outside of Romeo and Juliet statues, that’s relevant to the conversation at hand.

          The MAGAt politicians ran on an anti-pedo line that got the base (and the Qultists) all hot and bothered last election, and it seems to be one of the things the base was pushing back on. Will be interesting to see how this plays out, whether the base finally turns on the Supreme Casino Bankrupter or if they decide diddling kids is ok when their team does it. Which is the most likely, considering the long history of pedo and sex pest politicians in the GOP.

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      That is my question exactly. He obviously wouldn’t admit to this, though I’m sure it’s his actual feeling on the matter