Posted on 11/22/2024 8:58:00 AM PST by bitt
Every American, whether Republican or Democrat, gets an image in their heads when they hear the phrase "childless cat lady." The ornery, wild-haired crone. The dilapidated house and overgrown weeds. The outdated, peeling wallpaper and dusty cookbooks. Boxes of broken and mismatched bric-a-brac, their existence long since forgotten until a naïve caretaker suggests she throw it out, at which time she furiously declares it a priceless treasure.
And cats. Everywhere, cats. Pampered cats and emaciated cats. Purchased cats and stray cats, vaccinated cats and feral cats, live cats and dead cats. And cat hair. And opened cans of cat food. And cat waste. On the carpet. On the furniture. On the bed. On the countertops.
Such is the fantasy of code enforcement officers the nation over. But when the media dug up an old clip of J.D. Vance criticizing "childless cat ladies," the Left collapsed into its usual, predictable hysterics. USA Today chummed the waters and found plenty of grievance studies professors and abortion activists who claimed Vance is "absolutely terrified of the power of American women" and intends to "keep women barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen with no human rights."
His comment was intentionally misrepresented as an attack on women (and couples) unable to have kids, who adopt kids, or who can't afford kids. But anyone who listened to his complete sentence would not have derived any of this. He also criticized corporate oligarchs, but the Left wasn't going to let that get in the way of a good ol' edited soundbite.
Vance's criticism of "childless cat ladies" was that people who willingly choose to not have children for selfish reasons are detrimental to the advancement and continuation of our society. And he's right, for two reasons.
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I never wanted kids. How is my not having kids a detriment to society? There is no shortage of people breeding.
What you write is true.
I remember my Dads brother answering my question of “why do you only have two children”?
I came from a family of 7 children, although at the time there were only 5, there would be 2 more sisters. I can remember singing to the youngest in her crib, I was 14 year old.
Back to my Uncle, the answer to my heartfelt question was, “Haven’t you ever heard of Planned Parenthood, look it up”. His fruit came to the fore when his children and Wife abandoned him. He did end up with a 57 Chevy two door wagon, and a Z car.
Everyone hated him, even my Father who raised him. He acted superior when he was abandoned by his Mom, after Grandpa passed.
Dad gave up a job of controlling Water in the Klamath Valley. Moved to Tacoma and rescued him from Reman Hall. He
plumbed him up, while raising my oldest Brother. He gave up a lifetime job to sell Knives for Cutco, and worked another shift at a Pulp Mill.
My Father was a Hero, my Uncle was one of the most selfish human beings you could imagine. He was a ZERO.
He was the male version of a cat lady.
The problem is in the contempt shown to people who have children, especially if they have over two and in the active discouragement of people having children.
Even adopting children is frowned on. I guess we should just chuck kids with dead or bad parents into meat grinders.
“I think the problem is with what leftist culture has done to our boys,”
I agree. That’s why I am happy to see Trump choosing men like Hegseth and Elon and Vance. They’re manly and accomplished, and will be good role models for boys.
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