The reason why MAGA tolerate/support Trump despite the Epstein issue is that their ranks are full of pedophiles, child rapists and assorted enablers themselves, as seen by the laws they pass/repeal in various red states, despite their virtue signalling.
This, + an absurd capacity for cognitive dissonance and total credulousness, total media illiteracy.
What they want is to be angry, and they now live in fantastical worlds of misinformation they have constructed, which takes the effort of deprogramming a cult member to attempt to even discuss nearly anything related to politics to.
They are willfully and malevolently ... not ignorant, just full of false facts and contradictory standards and reasoning patterns.
After being raised on Rush Limbaugh on AM radio by my Dad, realizing that was all bullshit, and watching my drunk, irresponsible dad become a Q Anon level Magatard...
I know.
Intentionally ignorant might be a better way of phrasing it?
Ignorance alone is like... did you put mustard on X's sandwich? She's allergic! Oh fuck I didn't know.
Intentional ignorance is not like this, its like doing everything you can to avoid or reject any information that does not reinforce your core identity (usually while also denying that that is your core identity).
It is crazy to me how crude and obvious this "conspiracy" is but it just.... works far fucking better than anything before to the point they are adoptig it in more modern storytelling.
I watched the first episode of s4 of the boys and I am convinced kripkee is just pushing the boundary every season to see just how fucking dense people can be, not even close to subtle anymore where I'd be uncomfortable watching it with a red hat the same way as watching a sex scene with your parents. Thanks for coming to my speech
What I have noticed is a large uptick of commentators who liked The Boys ... until season 4, when it went woke.
I occupy the unenviable position of being someone who is a leftist but also thinks that most of Star Wars of the last decade has been plauged with terrible writing, so I get to swim through reviews to find people with substantive criticisms beyond "argh i hate women and diversity argh!"
Anyway, to me watching the reaction to the Boys has been an excercise in absurdity.
The vast, vast majority of right wing types are seemingly completely immune to understanding exactly what is being satirized. Its all characters and an inversion of superhero tropes to them, until quite recently.
I would normally say they did not pick up on the subtext of political commentary being made. But its so fucking obvious by even Season 2, it cannot possibly be called subtext to anyone with a functioning neocortex.
Only now do they seem to realize the show has basically been lampooning the Maga movement the entire time.
I just need to clarify when you say 'until s4 when it went woke were you speaking on behalf of what some people believe or an opinion you hold yourself?
Because if it is the latter the rest of what you said really contradicts it and maybe you should reflect on that. But I'm assuming you're not a dumbass and your are the former.
The boys has always been woke as fuck it didn't change. It's more like Eric kripke had to keep making it more and more and more obvious because Americans are so obtuse and blinded by propaganda patriotism that they cannot comprehend how someone embodying that can be a villain
Sorry, Ive been posting too much and probably could have made that more clear.
To me the satire/commentary of many elements of American society, politics as one of the main ones has been evident from the get go.
But to most of the overtly right wing or right leaning people i know personally, and online commentary people...
...theyve basically largely loved the boys, seemingly not noticing how any of the obvious satire of the modern right wing is stage center, until this latest season.
I was "jailbait"
I grew up with men joking about it. Called me it.
I had men stop me on the street offering rides and other empty dangerous promises.
Watching your uncle start to look at you differently, the pictures he takes of you are just a little more uncomfortable. Your dad's friends make jokes you do or don't understand but they make you so uncomfortable you laugh along because anything else feels scarier.
So actually THAT was my source. And it didn't stop after I was I minor. It stopped once I got fat.
The lesbian acts are what seem important here? Not that he tied up and forcibly raped with penetration.
Sometimes it confuses me the facts people choose to focus on. At Twitter screenshot not you
AND THIS ISNT EVEN NEWS! THIS WAS CIRCULATING IN 2016 the source is there in the screenshot of the legal document has the date but also here is a news article from that time though
So yeah no one fucking cares about women or girls. they ARE just females they only are human when it is convenient, when they are just statistic, data, or example to prove a point. Katie, I hope you get your justice. You deserve the world to know the monster you saw.
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ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee · 72 pts · 2y
The reason why MAGA tolerate/support Trump despite the Epstein issue is that their ranks are full of pedophiles, child rapists and assorted enablers themselves, as seen by the laws they pass/repeal in various red states, despite their virtue signalling.
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 26 pts · 2y
This, + an absurd capacity for cognitive dissonance and total credulousness, total media illiteracy.
What they want is to be angry, and they now live in fantastical worlds of misinformation they have constructed, which takes the effort of deprogramming a cult member to attempt to even discuss nearly anything related to politics to.
They are willfully and malevolently ... not ignorant, just full of false facts and contradictory standards and reasoning patterns.
dactylotheca@suppo.fi · 6 pts · 2y
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y
Oh trust me I know.
After being raised on Rush Limbaugh on AM radio by my Dad, realizing that was all bullshit, and watching my drunk, irresponsible dad become a Q Anon level Magatard...
I know.
Intentionally ignorant might be a better way of phrasing it?
Ignorance alone is like... did you put mustard on X's sandwich? She's allergic! Oh fuck I didn't know.
Intentional ignorance is not like this, its like doing everything you can to avoid or reject any information that does not reinforce your core identity (usually while also denying that that is your core identity).
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It is crazy to me how crude and obvious this "conspiracy" is but it just.... works far fucking better than anything before to the point they are adoptig it in more modern storytelling.
I watched the first episode of s4 of the boys and I am convinced kripkee is just pushing the boundary every season to see just how fucking dense people can be, not even close to subtle anymore where I'd be uncomfortable watching it with a red hat the same way as watching a sex scene with your parents. Thanks for coming to my speech
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
What I have noticed is a large uptick of commentators who liked The Boys ... until season 4, when it went woke.
I occupy the unenviable position of being someone who is a leftist but also thinks that most of Star Wars of the last decade has been plauged with terrible writing, so I get to swim through reviews to find people with substantive criticisms beyond "argh i hate women and diversity argh!"
Anyway, to me watching the reaction to the Boys has been an excercise in absurdity.
The vast, vast majority of right wing types are seemingly completely immune to understanding exactly what is being satirized. Its all characters and an inversion of superhero tropes to them, until quite recently.
I would normally say they did not pick up on the subtext of political commentary being made. But its so fucking obvious by even Season 2, it cannot possibly be called subtext to anyone with a functioning neocortex.
Only now do they seem to realize the show has basically been lampooning the Maga movement the entire time.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I just need to clarify when you say 'until s4 when it went woke were you speaking on behalf of what some people believe or an opinion you hold yourself?
Because if it is the latter the rest of what you said really contradicts it and maybe you should reflect on that. But I'm assuming you're not a dumbass and your are the former.
The boys has always been woke as fuck it didn't change. It's more like Eric kripke had to keep making it more and more and more obvious because Americans are so obtuse and blinded by propaganda patriotism that they cannot comprehend how someone embodying that can be a villain
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
Sorry, Ive been posting too much and probably could have made that more clear.
To me the satire/commentary of many elements of American society, politics as one of the main ones has been evident from the get go.
But to most of the overtly right wing or right leaning people i know personally, and online commentary people...
...theyve basically largely loved the boys, seemingly not noticing how any of the obvious satire of the modern right wing is stage center, until this latest season.
Which I find absurd.
dactylotheca@suppo.fi · 18 pts · 2y
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
These are the people who joke about jailbait and being attracted to minors
Source : was a minor
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Ok im going to actually be less coy.
I was "jailbait" I grew up with men joking about it. Called me it. I had men stop me on the street offering rides and other empty dangerous promises. Watching your uncle start to look at you differently, the pictures he takes of you are just a little more uncomfortable. Your dad's friends make jokes you do or don't understand but they make you so uncomfortable you laugh along because anything else feels scarier.
So actually THAT was my source. And it didn't stop after I was I minor. It stopped once I got fat.
livewithinyourmemes@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
I'll just leave this here
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
The lesbian acts are what seem important here? Not that he tied up and forcibly raped with penetration. Sometimes it confuses me the facts people choose to focus on. At Twitter screenshot not you
AND THIS ISNT EVEN NEWS! THIS WAS CIRCULATING IN 2016 the source is there in the screenshot of the legal document has the date but also here is a news article from that time though
So yeah no one fucking cares about women or girls. they ARE just females they only are human when it is convenient, when they are just statistic, data, or example to prove a point. Katie, I hope you get your justice. You deserve the world to know the monster you saw.
fatalicus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Whoa, the penetrative rape is all the way down in the second paragraph!
You expect people to have the attention span to read more than a sentence?
minticecream@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I’ve seen this rotating around social media today.
Does anyone have a more direct source by chance?
livewithinyourmemes@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.646485.1.0.pdf
Talaraine@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y
I wish I had photoshop skills. Put that face on a harkonnen body ftw