Ironic how anti-vaxxers co-opted the foundation pro-choice advocates created

"My body, my choice" was the key phrase for decades for those seeking to protect a woman's right to safe, legal, termination of a pregnancy (including those gone sideways and become deadly to the mother).

Ironic, then, that "My body, my choice" was co-opted by anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Which means, in no uncertain terms: Loss of right to bodily autonomy - e.g. not being allowed to terminate a pregnancy - is exactly the same loss of right to bodily autonomy to say no to a vaccine, or no to wearing a mask.

They're ALL protected by the 4th and 14th Amendments. So, congrats anti-vaxxers - you've just seen your rights eroded.

COVID-19 mask mandates in Wisconsin and elsewhere spark 'my body, my choice' hypocrisy

By Marcie Bianco AUGUST 3, 2020

Abortion Stories on Social Media Show the Wide Spectrum of Why People Get Them

By Fortesa Latifi MAY 17, 2022

‘My Body, My Choice’: How Vaccine Foes Co-Opted the Abortion Rallying Cry

By Rachel Bluth JULY 5, 2022

Trump voters are more likely to catch COVID-19

I've been very cynical about how humans have handled the COVID-19 infection. Anyone who pays attention knows that former-President Trump poo-pooed the pandemic, and that right-wing propaganda media talking heads continue to tell people things like it's a hoax (it's not), or that masks don't prevent the spread of disease (they do), or that the vaccines are dangerous (they really aren't).

So, here it is August, 2021, and we're seeing another huge spike in infections across the United States.

After nearly two years of COVID-19 in the wild, meaning nearly two years of lies and falsehoods f rom the GOP and right-wing, I wondered if there was a correlation between infection by population and voting for Donald Trump.

Guess what? There kinda is.

18 of the 25 US states with the highest rate of infection, per 100,000 residents, voted for Trump.

Electiongeddon2020 Refuting Trump's Big Lie

Ah, yes, the "40+ judges all refuse to accept real evidence" claim. Some of those judges appointed by Trump. In at least ten states, including the District of Columbia.

And then it was finally killed by the Supreme Court, of which six (6) justices are Conservative appointees, including three (3) of them by TRUMP HIMSELF.

Because, sure, it's all a grand conspiracy against The Donald, and it's so evil how everyone eventually turns on him, no matter how inconsistent or insane he behaves.

Yeah, no. I've avoided going here, but it's been dragged here, so the belief that one man is special above all others, and everyone who stands against him is clearly part of some evil plot is the very definition of a cult. Congrats, Donald Trump is a cult leader (seriously, he fits so many of the key characteristics, including loyal worshippers who explain away his every flip-flop).

Donald Trump And His Lawyers Are Making Sweeping Allegations of Voter Fraud In Public. In Court, They Say No Such Thing


Trump Cries Voter Fraud. In Court, His Lawyers Don’t.
Pressed by judges, some attorneys representing Trump back away from claims

Trump Campaign Has ‘No Credible Or Reliable Evidence’ Proving Voter Fraud, Nevada Court Rules

Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none

Why Trump’s lawyers can lie to you but not to a judge


Trump Lawyer to Pennsylvania Judge: Nope, I’ve Got No Evidence of Voter Fraud

Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election



Trump and his allies filed more than 40 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results. All of them failed.


But, hey, you know, everyone is out to get The Donald, because they're all jealous of him. Or something. Yeah, I don't get it either. The "does that even make sense?" test fails time and again when I try to listen to right-wing talking points. (Seriously? Blood-drinking pedophiles? Because, sure, millions of cops, teachers, law enforcement officials, and generally decent human beings all NEVER EVER noticed. Yeah. And space aliens live at Area 51.)

Don't stand with batshit crazy people

I get being passionate about what you believe in, but some people have gone completely over the edge and checked out of reality.

No one broke into the Capital Building on January 6, 2021, by accident. They all traveled from great distances, at the behest of the most corrupt President in history, who had just spent months whining about how the American people fired him, and then he sent them off to raid the Capital Building, with intent to harm "his enemies."

They all went thru a long series of bad choices, before finding themselves unlawfully in that building. And now they're being arrested, and losing their jobs.  And I don't feel bad for them. You don't get to make a long series of bad choices - lots of opportunities to change direction - culminating in illegal and destructive acts, and get sympathy for being stupid. It's called "personal responsibility."  You fucked up, buttercup, suck it up.

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If you're on the side of batshit crazy, then you're on the wrong side.

Inauguration Day 2021

I have a bad feeling about the United States Inauguration Day 2021.  Personally, I think Rep. Nancy Pelosi needs to be in California that day.  This is because Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are sworn in during the same ceremony, one right after the other, which means they are in the same place, at the same time.

Speaker of the House Pelosi is next in the chain of command, should shit happen.

Lunatics willing to storm the Capital Building are willing to plant Very Large Bombs in DC that day, possibly nuclear, if the lunatics can get ahold of them.  They're batshit crazy enough to consider everyone in DC - especially the "anti-Trump" Republicans - to be a "traitor," and President Trump (sexual predator, traitor) has already announced he won't be there, so their demagogue isn't there to be a meat shield.

I really want the day to go well, with no violence anywhere.  But, I doubt it will, and the GOP will be there afterwards to fuck America more.

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Gun Owners: Now is your time to rise and Resist Trump. The irony.

Dear "I need a gun in case the government becomes a tyranny" gun owners. The time has come. Ironic that many of you are so deeply confused, that you're actually part of the problem, worshipping Trump, and awaiting your "call to arms" to help him stage his coup d'etat.


Trump plotting a coup d’etat?
http://njtoday.net/2020/11/10/trump-plotting-a-coup-detat/


Can Trump really stage a coup? Experts weigh in on whether it's possible
https://www.salon.com/2020/11/10/can-trump-really-stage-a-coup-experts-weigh-in-on-whether-its-possible/


The Trump administration is staging a coup d’état. Where are you, Republicans?
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jrymb0/the_trump_administration_is_staging_a_coup_d%C3%A9tat/


#Electiongeddon2020

Electiongeddon2020 - Biden is President - Get Over It

"It can't be that the object of our cult worship (Trump) lost and won't continue to be our fearless, self-absorbed leader! Therefore, there must - MUST - be some evil conspiracy involving hundreds of millions of people, all out to get our Godman Trump!"

Because, yeah, that totally makes sense outside some deranged horror novel.

#Electiongeddon2020

 

Spreading COVID-19 in the United States

The United States of "You call that a pandemic? Hold my beer!"

I was looking at the CNN COVID-19 spread webpage again today, and got annoyed how the logarithmic chart they use makes it look like the spread is slowing down (not their intention, but most people don't understand logarithmic charts).  So, I dug around to find one that shows it in linear scale, instead.

Then I thought I'd mock it up, to really try to spell it out for the slow kids in the classroom.

"You can't cure stupid."  - Old axiom

"...but maybe a virus can kill it."  - COVID-19 corollary

The Safety of Being White, United States 2020

As a white person I can do all of these things without thinking twice:

I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)

I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery)

I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)

I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)

I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)

I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)

I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)

I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)

I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)

I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)

I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)

I can go to church (#Charleston9)

I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)

I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)

I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)

I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)

I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)

I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)

I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)

I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)

I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)

I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover)

I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)

I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)

I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)

I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)

I can run (#WalterScott)

I can breathe (#EricGarner)

I can live (#FreddieGray)

I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)

White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today.

#BlackLivesMatter

*I copied and pasted this ... please do the same.

Humans don't think - they EMOTE

Humans are ruled by Emotion, and maybe, once in a while, sometimes bother to think. 

Exhibit A: Social Media

Yes, I said it this way first. A friend, who still has a Facebook account helped me create the image.

I've pointed out before that humans don't think for shit.  (Actually, my entire blogging career is pretty much about that, so I've close to a thousand examples where I point that out.)

I kept trying to walk away, and not care, but I fucking care, and there's so much stupid in the world, I just need to shout at it.

People saying stupid things about guns

Yep, that about covers it. I mean I have an entire series about the bloody stupid things people say about guns.

Alt-right chickenshit assholes

The "alt-right" are chicken shit snowflake assholes, too afraid to grow up and own their failures, instead constantly blaming others. This isn't rocket science; it's just not making excuses for their selfish cowardice anymore.

Also, Cthulu needs you to save him from the chickenshit snowflakes victim-wannabes. How fucked up is that?


"Though most of weird fiction has evolved past Lovecraftian pastiche and even explicit use of Mythos tropes, and rightfully so, discarding Lovecraft and relegating him to the margins would encourage Waffle-SS cosplayers to come out of the woodwork and claim him, and by extension the roots of cosmic horror itself as their own, and the Cthulhu Mythos would go the way of Pepe the Frog and tiki torches. If you’re sick of Lovecraft now, wait until the alt-right claims Cthulhu as a meme. Once that happens, the party’s over. The LA punk scene had to work tirelessly to call out Nazis and skinheads to stop them co-opting what they built, to keep a vital outsider scene from falling into the hands of elimationist imbeciles."


Source: https://forbiddenfutures.net/lovecraft-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry.html

Trumpette rejection of reality

An ultimately, that's the root problem: the rejection of reality.  They either reject the reality that Trump is a pig, or they reject the reality that they are pigs, or they embrace false realities like skin color matters.  Pathetic.

SOTU 2019: Whiners defending liars

Right-wing pricks trying their flip-flop ethics of convenience.

Trump laughs at you

Donald Trump is an opportunist weasel who laughs hardest at the fools who worship him. He was born this way. He exploits anyone and everyone, especially those who worship him. He always has. Only fools worship him, and he laughs at them harder and harder every day. Losers.

Perspective: GOP Senate = GOP are Losers

When the fake conservatives (aka fantasy land jackasses) crow about how the GOP gained +1 seat in the US Senate, try this:

"There were 26 Democrat seats up for grabs. The GOP gained ONE.  For a year in which Trump's team has 'so much winning,' you guys screwed the pooch and failed to steal 25 seats.  Not a lot of 'winning' going on there, Losers."

It's all in the perspective. Remember, they'll try to make you feel bad about not "winning" - so remind them, they didn't win shit.

Senator Mitch McConnell,

destroyer of America.

rwNJ flogging points - so boring

It's probably good for my health that G+ is coming to an end.

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American Values: Guns over Education

"We should have more guns in schools."
"We should allow college students to carry guns on campus."
"We need to cut teacher salaries."
"We need to cut public school funding."

THESE are not bullshit headlines.  They're fucking American "values."
Americans - as a national class of idiots - have their priorities screwed up.

Mock the MAGA

Fuck it.  Those MAGA snowflakes burned civility to the ground, so I no longer have any compunctions about mocking them a little bit.  (And still way less than the deserve.)

You might want to rethink that...

If your best defense of Harry is:

“Yeah, well, Thom and Dick are axe murderers, TOO,”

Then you might want to rethink why you are even defending Harry.