Posted on 09/12/2024 10:43:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Haitian immigrants are not eating cats. But you know what the GOP says: Don't let the truth get in the way of a racist joke.
In what ought to be a headline in The Onion but is instead a clear reminder of the deplorable state of political discourse from MAGA world, the Arizona Republican Party has launched a billboard campaign declaring that only the GOP opposes eating kittens.
I wish this was just monkeyshines, but it’s very, very real.
The billboards, which ape the iconic Chik-fil-A billboards featuring cows encouraging people to eat chicken sandwiches instead of hamburgers, are quite insane. The purpose, AZGOP Chairwoman Gina Swoboda crowed in a press release, is to highlight “disturbing stories” about illegal immigrants perpetrating “unthinkable behavior” in Ohio that acts as a “sobering reminder of the stakes” in the election.
It’s all hogwash.
A quick bit of background is probably warranted, because the story is the perfect example of how the right-wing disinformation media ecosystem works — and how MAGA voters are eager to accept any lie about the people they despise, regardless of how idiotic it is.
In the past week, claims went viral on social media — in particular on X, the once-great site known as Twitter that has become a hive of right-wing extremism and racism — that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing pet cats and eating them. Others supposedly were chowing down on swans and ducks they caught in public parks.
On Sept. 8, Ohio U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, posted the batty rumor on X, blaming Kamala Harris for the alleged noshing on pets. The claim has since been amplified by a host of right-wing influencers and politicians, who all credulously swallowed the story hook, line and sinker and performatively wailed about it.
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
Fewer and Many for separable items.
Less and Much for non-separable items.
There is LESS water in the reservoir, so restaurants are serving FEWER glasses of water.
But we expect MUCH rainfall this year, so perhaps we'll then be serving MANY glasses of water.
I was not aware that demonRAT was a race.
The Left: “No one is eating people’s pets.”
Which means we’re 1 week away from:
“Why do you care that people are eating pets.”
3 weeks from:
“Why eating pets is a good thing.”
And 4 weeks from:
“Refusing to eat pets is white supremacy.”
“The r4eal crime is white people make pets with raisins.”
The trouble with PC, and this has always been the trouble, is that even when something is blatantly obvious it cannot be verbally acknowleged because to say it would be perceived as racist. It soon becomes unwise to even think something, which clouds judgement big time. So if something is true and is a threat, it cannot be acknowleged because of the suppression by the thought police. Kind of a suicide pact.
>> In what ought to be a headline in The Onion but is instead a clear reminder of the deplorable state of political discourse from MAGA world
I am always happy to see an article that starts out like this one, because the author is establishing right asway that they are neither biased nor prejudiced. Just good solid journalist.
(Do I really need the /sarc tag?)
>> I was not aware that demonRAT was a race.
Yep, a race to the bottom! :-)
It’s funny. It’s meant to be funny. It’s funny. But of course this comes from the people who prosecute people who make effective memes.
You don't get out much, do you? It's a takeoff of Chick Fil A billboards featuring cows saying "eat mor chikin".
EAT MOR DOGZ
Cat, the other “white” treat.
I just read this and realized that is the exactly how it happens.
Kamala thinks the government can spend more money to decrease inflation.
Kamala thinks men can become women, and vice versa...
That pretty much sums up their thi king process.
Thank you! I’m generally not picky when it comes to language but few and fewer are being used fewer and fewer times. I’m afraid they’ll become archaic words.
Vote for Trump or your Goose is Cooked!
Get a life
From what I learned from a long military career is that people from third world countries do indeed have a taste for what we consider domesticated animals. That Haitians are killing and eating peoples pets and local park geese is not really surprising. Funny how so called journalists write stupid articles calling it untrue without having lifted a finger to do anything resembling an investigation. Their “investigations” consist of just calling someone in local government who just happens to be a Harris supported who gladly tells his comrade in the media what they want to hear. Real investigative journalism is dead. I have little doubt that this is a real problem.
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