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ericthelutheran t1_isx8wso wrote

Reply to comment by IDCFFSGTFO in Restoring ‘our Christian foundational values’ is the pitch from Mass. GOP gubernatorial nominee by lurker_registered

This right here. The not lesbian and anti trans schtick speaks to the victimhood mentality in gop politics that’s trades in phobias rather than policies.

The media either hasn’t — or has — learned its lesson that covering someone nonstop as propaganda fodder highlighting their immorality is just a signal to the gop voters that this is their (usually) guy. Rather than finding their campaigns with free airtime, they’d be better off to leave off on the free advertising and exclusively cover more serious candidate positions.

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IDCFFSGTFO t1_isxafvt wrote

I agree it's a catch-22 situation deciding whether a vile campaign message should be exposed or quietly ignored by traditional media. What they can't do is totally ignore the race entirely (again, because we are so sure of Healey's inevitability) and leave it to the Facebook commentariat brigade (or Reddit for that matter) to inform the public about the "issues". Which is of course what has been happening.

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ericthelutheran t1_isxb40h wrote

I’m not positive it needs to be ignored per se — but I totally see where your comment comes related to mine. I just think it should be more like, “…and in other news, Whitey McStraighterson, who said we should euthanize tacos made with tofu in last night’s debate, has this to say about inflation…”

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H3pennypacker t1_isxekz9 wrote

Boo hoo jfc

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ericthelutheran t1_isxgh2q wrote

Excuse me for my ignorance, but I don’t understand why you responded with this.

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H3pennypacker t1_isxhfva wrote

Nothing more pathetic than white men trying to act persecuted. It is sad.

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