The internet and extreme ends of social media do not discriminate when it comes to political affiliation. Whether you are on the far left or far right of the political spectrum, the social media echo chamber will eat your brain just the same.
We wrote earlier this week about Republicans (again) refusing to support legislation about improving access to mental health treatments — nevermind that Republicans always say that “mental health” is the real issue in mass shootings and thus gun violence prevention is unnecessary. Weirdo Rep. Brandi Bradley (R-Littleton) explained her vote against funding the “I Matter” youth mental health program — which has been proven to be effective — by making this ridiculous claim:
“Schools want to tell you that they are providing mental health for your children behind your backs, to help them, when, in all actuality, they are trying to transgender your children.”
Um…what?
As we wrote on Wednesday:
Social media and the right-wing echo chamber have so thoroughly melted the brains of many Republicans that they believe everything is a secret effort to turn kids into a different sex (or even a different species). They are using that rationale here to oppose a common sense, successful mental health intervention program that — by their own words — is exactly the kind of thing that we should be talking about instead of gun violence prevention.
We thought about this after seeing the following social media post from Rep. Elisabeth Epps, a Denver Democrat who is so far on the left of the political spectrum that she’s practically neighbors with Bradley (who sits at the far-right extreme of this theoretical circle).
In this post on the social media network formerly known as Twitter, Epps endorses the idea that Democrats are planning on INTENTIONALLY losing the White House in 2024 so that Republicans can help Israel…something, something.
We know that Epps is a staunch supporter of Palestine, particularly as it pertains to the current Israel-Gaza war (and regardless of the situation), but suggesting that Democrats are trying to lose the Presidency in 2024 — by any rationale — is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
Epps’s 2024 conspiracy theory and Bradley’s belief that the government is secretly trying to “transgender” your kids are obviously two completely different arguments, but it would be tough to build a case that either subterfuge is any less absurd than the other. Perhaps that’s as far as “bipartisanship” gets these days: Realizing that both major political parties have their share of nuttery as you come around the bend of the ideological circle.
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This song by Judas Priest feels appropriate:
Ceasefire now?
Just like the last one that Hamas ignored?
Thorntonite, while I agree with you, now you're just taunting the Hamas sympathizers who post on this site.
Epps is the Colorado left’s version of MTG sans the Jewish Space Laser.
Epps was wrong to promote an obvious conspiracy theory about Dems "intentionally" losing the election. Nuff said on that.
But there is no moral or intellectual equivalency between far left and far right politicians or policies.Pols is wrong to generalize that Epps and Bradley are doing " different marketing, same soda".
Pop quiz: which politicians support
* expanding the social safety net,
* more housing and opportunity for poor / working class people.?
* more equality and safety for all regardless of race/ gender/ ethnicity?
Which politicians reject, lie about, and undermine all of the above?
One of these things is not like the others.
New Jersey's Green Party's US Senate candidate apparently blamed the NJ earthquake on climate change, so, yeah. (No link, because the only news outlets reporting it are right-wing shills. Guesx that says how little other orgs think of the candidate or Green Party…)
Not a huge Epps fan, but it's been fun for a person with no life watching her go at it on twitter with Bradley. Latest salvo from Epps to Bradley – "And unlike you, I'm sober at work."