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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social

“Birthing person”: extremist, divisive “Poisoning the blood of our country”: normal, healthy

aug 24, 2025, 2:26 pm • 1,406 220

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Matt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social

Precisely — because MAGA people see difference as threatening, and they see hatred of difference as patriotic. And the ivory tower media easily go along with that and fit in.

aug 24, 2025, 4:14 pm • 4 0 • view
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Ned Wilcox @nedwilcox.bsky.social

They're both stupid. The latter also utterly evil.

aug 24, 2025, 6:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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Brkynmind @brklynmind.bsky.social

Congrats on the false equivalency

aug 24, 2025, 3:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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Matt Wood @mattfieldwood.bsky.social

How is it a false equivalency?

aug 24, 2025, 4:12 pm • 2 0 • view
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social

Nobody said that.

aug 24, 2025, 2:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brian Ragle @ragle.bsky.social

Well, the "poisoning the blood" thing was said. First by Hitler, then by Trump.

aug 24, 2025, 6:04 pm • 6 0 • view
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Moon Possum @moonunit.bsky.social

Even if Dems were saying "birthing person" all the time, half the country decided the "poisoning the blood of our country" party was better, more relatable. Seems like the bigger issue!

aug 24, 2025, 3:18 pm • 35 0 • view
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Alice Roberts @epistrophee.bsky.social

The fundamental disconnect between the right and left is found in which one of these statements sounds like a real thing to them

aug 25, 2025, 3:27 am • 0 0 • view
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Ashley Schnadhorst @ashschnad.bsky.social

Birthing person is the kind of stupid utterance that creates a backlash form angry people not totally condemned by the sane due to the initial stupidity of said utterance

aug 24, 2025, 4:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sapphire Seraphim @sapphireseraphim.bsky.social

The fact that Trump says the left is extremist and lying but will latch onto when people he calls left, provide figures he claims agree with him, while firing his own administration if they provide figures he personally dislikes 🙄

aug 24, 2025, 6:12 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sean Clarke @seanclarke81.bsky.social

Two things can be stupid, even if one is far worse.

aug 24, 2025, 3:35 pm • 8 0 • view
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oceanglider.bsky.social @oceanglider.bsky.social

The big difference is "They r poisoning the blood of our nation" is now being used to justify ethnic cleansing & rounding up without due process There is no equivalient damage on the other side

aug 31, 2025, 5:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jachra @jachra.bsky.social

Why do you think "birthing person" is stupid?

aug 24, 2025, 7:07 pm • 11 0 • view
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Brooke (she/her) @brookebee.bsky.social

The thing is in research, I think the term I’ve heard is “gestational parent”, so these Third Way morons have not even been exposed to the term in actual usage, they just think they have from hearing the GOP and centrists constantly whine about all things “woke”.

aug 24, 2025, 5:22 pm • 12 0 • view
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Julia Sheehy @jusheehy.bsky.social

Lol

aug 25, 2025, 2:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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swmark78.bsky.social @swmark78.bsky.social

IDK, what's wrong with the phrase "Rush Limbaugh spent his career poisoning the blood of our country"?

aug 24, 2025, 8:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mangotime 🥭 🌵 @mangotime.bsky.social

“Person about to give birth” is less derogatory, if you really must.

aug 24, 2025, 4:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Helaine A.🏜️🌵🌀🕊️🌞 @helainea.bsky.social

👍🏼

aug 25, 2025, 2:00 am • 1 0 • view
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You Bastard @you-bastard.bsky.social

'Rapist' is a woke, gender-neutral term. Where is the anti-woke, liberal outrage at people who don't say 'Rapist Man', because only men have a penis to rape with?

aug 25, 2025, 11:39 am • 0 0 • view
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You Bastard @you-bastard.bsky.social

'Faith leader' is far more stupid. Yet liberals have no problem with openly accepting ancient superstition in modern society.

aug 25, 2025, 11:34 am • 0 0 • view
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stevehartzler.bsky.social @stevehartzler.bsky.social

Entirely different types of stupid.

aug 24, 2025, 2:42 pm • 4 0 • view
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PhillyHead/FloridaAddress @lizmattphilly.bsky.social

🙄🥱

aug 24, 2025, 5:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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mimie11.bsky.social @mimie11.bsky.social

It’s my understanding that those two word were used once in a thousand plus paged report. Someone has way too much time on their hands.

aug 24, 2025, 5:37 pm • 5 0 • view
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Laura Henne @laurahenne.bsky.social

Agreed! And Dems don't even say "birthing person". dcinboxinsights.substack.com/p/was-it-som...

aug 24, 2025, 5:46 pm • 6 0 • view
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Heinrich @heinrichhosenossal.bsky.social

When you don't actually use the words 'Nazi' or 'Hitler', you seem less emotionally and psychologically hobbled. So, you can pat yourself on the back for that AND for your moral and intellectual superiority.

aug 24, 2025, 4:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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BoyGenius @mack70d.bsky.social

"vermin" "cockroaches" Acceptable rhetoric from the right

aug 24, 2025, 4:37 pm • 5 0 • view
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vee-she @vee-she.bsky.social

"freaks" "demons"

aug 24, 2025, 6:35 pm • 0 0 • view