Nutella wrote:
jmh wrote:
Nutella wrote:
It takes extreme pretzel logic to try to "both sides" this. Greene has been spewing vile hate about trans people for years. She actively spread lies about the Equality act. Newman put out a trans flag to show support for her child and the act. Green responds with more hate.
Perhaps I misunderstood your point but it is clear who the child is here.
Not trying to "both sides" this one. As above, I saw MTG's tweet yesterday and found it boorish and offensive. Then I saw Newman's tweet this morning and only then realized MTG was mimicking Newman.
That forced me to reconsider MTG's tweet. I still found it offensive. So what should I conclude of the tweet she was mimicking? I found that it was disappointing.
And like I said, Newman chose to wrestle with a pig. She got dirty. And the pig likes it.
I do not see how showing support for her child and the bill she was voting on today is wrestling with a pig.
People like Greene want to pretend that Trans people do not exist.
She wasn't just showing support for her child; she was throwing it in MTG's face. She should expect MTG to respond in kind and to up the outrage factor. Doesn't make what MTG did right, but Newman could have simply put up the flag and then posted her support without implicating MTG at all.
Edit: Meh. Late to the party. I see your response above to a similar post. Point is well-taken, but did anyone really expect MTG not to respond the way she did? Just another opportunity to let her pander to the prejudices of her deplorable base. A better strategy would be to simply not invite her into the fray in the first place.
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