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Gillian Branstetter

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Absolutely enraged by this detail in Christine Blasey Ford's memoir

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MeatMechSuit's avatar MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social
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Patriarchy before all else. Civility and decorum are just tools to silence dissent.

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Will Kanyusik's avatar Will Kanyusik @willcanoesick.bsky.social
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Wow that’s awful

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dadsized's avatar dadsized @boner.dad
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what the fuck??

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Laura Ruby's avatar Laura Ruby @thatlauraruby.bsky.social
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This is obscene. Utterly obscene.

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Greg W's avatar Greg W @gdub1972.bsky.social
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Jesus Christ

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Xopher Halftongue's avatar Xopher Halftongue @halftongue.bsky.social
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She should have thrown hot tea in his face.

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Susan-keep masking, it’s not over-Lee's avatar Susan-keep masking, it’s not over-Lee @susanlee.bsky.social
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Wow. What disloyalty.

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La Wal's avatar La Wal @lawaleska.bsky.social
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This type of bullshit fucks absolutely everyone over, but especially women and BIPOC folks. We are always told not to "burn bridges" and keep decorum. But what this truly means to me is "disregard your dignity to keep the status quo". Ugh, hope he's enjoying his access to the country club 🤮🤢

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Adam Kotsko 's avatar Adam Kotsko @adamkotsko.bsky.social
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#nodads

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BearPondBoy🍦's avatar BearPondBoy🍦 @bearpondboy.bsky.social
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Obviously disgusting, but this is it, isn’t it? My sister (an ostensibly reasonable non-Trumper) thinks I’m beyond rude in harshly judging and wanting nothing to do with Trumpers. She doesn’t understand why we can’t all get along. She’s basically Susan Collins, and this attitude will doom us all.

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Afton Nelson's avatar Afton Nelson @aftonnelson.bsky.social
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This is how acceptable it was (and to a certain extent, still is) to abuse, assault and harass women than even her own father sees her experience as no big deal. How devastating.

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SPFHockeyfan, Esq.  🌺's avatar SPFHockeyfan, Esq. 🌺 @spfhockeyfan.bsky.social
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Why are men

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How fitting that the clown coffin pic is making the rounds today because I know exactly what this dude should be buried in…

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JewelofHope's avatar JewelofHope @jewelofhope.bsky.social
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This is the way of the patriarchy. 😖 I can't imagine the wound will ever heal from the knife in her back. 💔😔

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Sam Cohen's avatar Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social
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😬

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Tim Just Tim's avatar Tim Just Tim @timkrauss.bsky.social
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Jesus Christ, is there any Republican anywhere ever who isn't a complete piece of shit?

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pythiaofnox.bsky.social's avatar pythiaofnox.bsky.social @pythiaofnox.bsky.social
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Misogyny! They just don’t care.

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Searingly Aaron's avatar Searingly Aaron @searinglyaaron.bsky.social
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Same. Her father may seem an “OG gentleman”, but he’s no man, or father.

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Yohannanx's avatar Yohannanx @yohannanx.bsky.social
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The fact that he lied to her about it on top of everything else.

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MonicaGoldberg's avatar MonicaGoldberg @monicagoldberg.bsky.social
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Grooooooss 💔

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There is no going back from that. I can't imagine

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 's avatar Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
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The word “gentleman” has no meanings tbqh

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Willson's avatar Willson @rwillson.bsky.social
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Big Fail on dad’s part

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Willow, but not Vamp Willow's avatar Willow, but not Vamp Willow @salixwrosette.bsky.social
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“Why didn’t she report it at the time?” That there is why.

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Secretoriginz 's avatar Secretoriginz @secretoriginz.bsky.social
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Family, man. When family fucks you over, it just shakes the ground beneath your very feet.

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Jeremy Robinson's avatar Jeremy Robinson @shimokitajer.bsky.social
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It disgusts me but doesn't surprise me in the slightest. The whole point of privilege is that it's impossible to see out of it. Whether or not he's committed the same sins as Kavanaugh those inside will always preserve the systems that shield them from the consequences.

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Megan Dosher Hansen's avatar Megan Dosher Hansen @megateer.bsky.social
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When saying or doing nothing was a perfectly good option, he chose something else. 😒

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The Nerdy Lawyer's avatar The Nerdy Lawyer @shirenomad.bsky.social
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When the most GENEROUS interpretation is that you simply thought your own daughter was a liar, something is horribly wrong.

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OhioHawkeye's avatar OhioHawkeye @ohiohawkeye.bsky.social
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Jesus white men of that generation are just absolutely fucked.

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Sarah Darer Littman's avatar Sarah Darer Littman @sarahdarerlittman.bsky.social
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I have been experiencing rage ever since I read it. I mean heaven forbid her dad experience any awkwardness at the golf club.

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MacGrubo's avatar MacGrubo @loxy.bsky.social
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I think it’s fair to say “it never will”.

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Cersei Transnister 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🦋's avatar Cersei Transnister 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🦋 @khatunjessicabeki.org
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Republicans will always back fellow republicans, no matter what.

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gus's avatar gus @auntiesis.bsky.social
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I happened to be in DC and joined the marched to the Supreme Court the day she testified. My heart was already broken for her (and me and you and) when I got there. We are not meant to survive and recover, we’re meant to suffer and say thank you for the opportunity.

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DavidNelsonNM's avatar DavidNelsonNM @davidnelsonnm.bsky.social
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The painkillers oughta be locked up and he should be nut punched repeatedly.

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Armando Bayolo 's avatar Armando Bayolo @armandobayolo.bsky.social
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Jesus!

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Wagatwe Wanjuki's avatar Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com
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I think those actions would be devastating in *any* political climate. anything is fair game to undermine survivors. always has been.

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amdiamanti's avatar amdiamanti @amdiamanti.bsky.social
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Cannot say it hard enuogh: There is no such thing as a "good Republican."

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Michelle Lamb's avatar Michelle Lamb @mlamb.bsky.social
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There are No words for this kind of betrayal.

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B.Carreiro's avatar B.Carreiro @bcarreiro.bsky.social
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Was this really a thing? Did these types of actions happen "way back when"? I can't imagine being so entrenched in my political ideology that it would supersede everything else in my life, especially my personal life.

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proud rebel scum ⚛️'s avatar proud rebel scum ⚛️ @proudrebelscum.bsky.social
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I would expect my daughter to never forgive this - she would be justified.

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AmyAlexCA's avatar AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social
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Whew. Terrible betrayal— if also not surprising. Lots of similar crappy, cowardly stuff like this occurs in Official DC on the regular. 🫤

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Rebecca Bodenheimer's avatar Rebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social
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there are no words - what a fucking betrayal

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Justin's avatar Justin @convivialjustin.bsky.social
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And these are supposed to be the "decent" Republicans. JFC this is bleak.

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Caryn Rose's avatar Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social
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i am just quietly weeping on her behalf. yet again.

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Socialism for All / S4A ☭ Intensify Class Struggle's avatar Socialism for All / S4A ☭ Intensify Class Struggle @socialismforall.bsky.social
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"All this tricky business with his daughter"

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GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸's avatar GenXJamerican🇯🇲🇺🇸 @genxjamerican.com
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Christ Almighty, what a failure of a father. Some goon assaulted your daughter your and not only got away with it but now sits on the highest court in the land taking away the rights of every other woman in this country and “you’re glad it’s over”. He’s lucky she hasn’t erased him from her life.

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Prestidigitator John 🇵🇸🇺🇦 's avatar Prestidigitator John 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @tomscud.bsky.social
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kind of reminds me of some anecdotes i've read about post-civil-war lebanon and people being quietly removed from parties because they couldn't keep it together when in the direct presence of someone who literally murdered their family members

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Pemberley Intern's avatar Pemberley Intern @hallie.bsky.social
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And how many women would excuse this behavior from the men in their lives because they have been beaten down again and again when they point out the hypocrisy? I know I was raised to "suck it up" and "don't rock the boat" and I am so tired of this BS.

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If I ever sell out my daughter like this, please end me.

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IronicPollyana's avatar IronicPollyana @ironicpollyana.bsky.social
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The old boys hang together.

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Frickin Dude..'s avatar Frickin Dude.. @frickin-dude.bsky.social
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You're supposed to curb stomp the guy who touches your children, not make kissy faces to their families.

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Elf M. Sternberg's avatar Elf M. Sternberg @elfsternberg.bsky.social
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It's hard to tell, in that second paragraph, if the writer agrees with the father's approach to the whole situation or not. They seem to. The language is almost tongue-in-cheek, but only "almost," and in the era of the Poe, dammit, the whole thing is a little gross.

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N. K. Jemisin's avatar N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social
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My God. "Family values."

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Green Plastic Watering Can's avatar Green Plastic Watering Can @fakeplastictrees.bsky.social
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I bet her dad is fond of saying things like “what happened to family values?” And “nothing is more important than family”.

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Engels in the Outfield's avatar Engels in the Outfield @nostaticatall.bsky.social
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Average republican behavior

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Chillbo Hangins's avatar Chillbo Hangins @woskethoughts.bsky.social
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Yo this was disgusting!! A betrayal of epic proportions and to find out like this?? I don’t know how that misogynist piece of shit sleeps at night

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Gillian Branstetter's avatar Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social
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Selling out your daughter to her rapist because you what? Want to make small talk at La Diplomate? Get wrecked.

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My Chihuahua has seen things's avatar My Chihuahua has seen things @bkbirge.bsky.social
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Fathers, don't be like this.

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Nathan K. Hensley's avatar Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social
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the literal definition of patriarchy; this is gutting

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Adam Serwer's avatar Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social
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At this point I think as a father you should respectfully be removed from the birth certificate (respectfully)

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Asian Cajun Socialist's avatar Asian Cajun Socialist @dissidentelizabeth.bsky.social
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No excuses. My grandfather was a self-made man who rose to mayor. He sent waterfront heavies to teach a “gentleman” manners on behalf of my aunt. Later my aunt married a good man who raised her son as his own. This was in the 50s.

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kentropic's avatar kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social
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"It wasn't a letter, it was an email" is the weakest weaselly non-excuse I've ever heard - especially in this context. Unforgivable.

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afternoon birder 's avatar afternoon birder @kathnwy.bsky.social
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betrayed by your own dad, enraging and heart-sickening

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Quangle-Wangle's avatar Quangle-Wangle @maryaed.bsky.social
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What is that bit towards the end about emails being weaponized in the current political climate? I don't understand why that is relevant. Presumably this betrayal would devastate her even if it was delivered in person and never became public at all. Maybe I'm missing something.

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Hare 🍉's avatar Hare 🍉 @haredurer.bsky.social
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Jesus Christ

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derek's avatar derek @derek.bsky.social
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As a father of a daughter, this is 100% not how it should be done. What a fucking asshole.

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Nekrởtzar's avatar Nekrởtzar @nekrotzar.bsky.social
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Now the phrase “just gentleman to gentleman” is indelible in the hippocampus. Ford deserves so much better.

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Faith Merino's avatar Faith Merino @faithmerino.bsky.social
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Just thinking about how she basically had to go into hiding after the hearing. But this guy wanted to make sure he could still hang with his chums on the golf course.

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Sage 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social
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Tall Alf's avatar Tall Alf @homunculusdick.bsky.social
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"gentleman to gentleman" eat shit you old rooster

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Skelekate's avatar Skelekate @skelekate.bsky.social
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Fellow daughters, who else has had to have “are you fucking kidding me” conversations with “but decorum takes precedent” parents? 😀 🙃🫠

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Blake Mitchell's avatar Blake Mitchell @blake.bsky.social
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Keep in mind that Ann Richards won the Texas gubernatorial race in 1990 thanks to her opponent’s misogynistic rape joke. Clearly things are worse now, not better.

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ₚᴀɴᴺᴼᴺɪᴄₐ's avatar ₚᴀɴᴺᴼᴺɪᴄₐ @acinonnap.bsky.social
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ conservative old white dudes

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Unwieldy 's avatar Unwieldy @unwieldy.bsky.social
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What father does that?

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VoteBlue4ever 's avatar VoteBlue4ever @voteblue4vr.bsky.social
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This is how Merrick Garland is operating, just like her dad, as though the old rules still apply.

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Test dot user's avatar Test dot user @lameguy76.bsky.social
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I thought this would be something like, "Amy was upset her dad ONLY threatened to kick Brett's scrawny ass, and never went through w his threats". Cause ..if this happened to my kid, call 911

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Morfy's avatar Morfy @morfy.bsky.social
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The new political climate where congratulating your daughter's rapist could potentially be used to form a wedge between you and your daughter Who wrote this?

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The Lady of the Manor's avatar The Lady of the Manor @scpnyc.bsky.social
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OMG

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Blue corn pancakes 's avatar Blue corn pancakes @bluecornpancakes.bsky.social
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Wow. Just wow

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Kyle Climans's avatar Kyle Climans @kclimans.bsky.social
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How can that man look his daughter in the face after doing that? Utterly shameless and infuriating.

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Another Friggin Dave's avatar Another Friggin Dave @anotherfriggindave.bsky.social
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Fire them all into the actual sun.

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the legend in his own mind's avatar the legend in his own mind @legendinmyownmind.bsky.social
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I just don't understand how a father could do this to his daughter. I would be enraged by what he did, and congratulating that asshole would be the last thing on my mind. Cutting off his balls would be the first. You support your kids. Period.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails's avatar Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social
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Jesus mother fucking Christ. How AWFUL.

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The Shrimpening 🎩🦐☕️🫖🪸🐚's avatar The Shrimpening 🎩🦐☕️🫖🪸🐚 @theshrimpening.bsky.social
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disgusting wasp

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Max’s Dad's avatar Max’s Dad @djwyszynski.bsky.social
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Some fathers are just shit. I’ve met a lot of them. Selfish and dumb.

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molly 🍄🌿 looking for work!!🌻's avatar molly 🍄🌿 looking for work!!🌻 @lilachysteria.bsky.social
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ah yes nothing like destroying your relationship with your daughter by sucking off the guy who SA’d her. the Good Ol’ Boys Club in a nutshell.

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Michael 's avatar Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social
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Oh my god FUCK that guy

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Vieuxtemps's avatar Vieuxtemps @vieuxtemps.bsky.social
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I don't know she or anyone else could be surprised - don't they know that it's "I got mine, fuck you!" all the way down?

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Ken Yee's avatar Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social
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That’s from the Washington Post review of the book, yeah? I just googled her father, & I must have missed the articles that came out in September 2018 about this. I feel gutted for her again, & super disappointed in her father. Unfuckingbelievable to me any father would do this, but here we are.

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This doesn't surprise me. This is how rape culture works. Families don't support rape victims/survivors.

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Raven Onthill's avatar Raven Onthill @ravenonthill.bsky.social
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What else did he do to her life?

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Accountabilabuddy's avatar Accountabilabuddy @accountabilabuddy.bsky.social
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Just being around DC seems to cause some sort of brain damage to some people.

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Paulie in the act of existing 's avatar Paulie in the act of existing @yopauliefl.bsky.social
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Matthew Cramer's avatar Matthew Cramer @mattcramer.bsky.social
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Wow this guy seems like a real piece of shit. He also apparently apologized and shared a “manly handshake” with Kav’s dad on the greens of the all-male golf course he’s the president of

www.jezebel.com/christine-bl...

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HelenAbomination Carter's avatar HelenAbomination Carter @secretlentil.bsky.social
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"gentlemen to gentleman" says it all, doesn't it? *boiling with rage*

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Murph 's avatar Murph @murph612.bsky.social
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Party and privilege over his own daughter 😖🤬

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Raea 🦋💕🏳️‍⚧️🏴's avatar Raea 🦋💕🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raeaa.bsky.social
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now i am too. there truly is no lower bound on the behavior of Men

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Hexagonal's avatar Hexagonal @hexagonal.bsky.social
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That's why it's very naive any time somebody's like "Oh, the Republicans would never let *terrible thing they want to do to women* happen to their daughters". They see their own daughters are property.

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Perfect date to reveal you were stabbed in the back by someone you might have thought you could trust.

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Only_Fans's avatar Only_Fans @only-fans.bsky.social
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If he’d caught the little punk in the act, he would have followed up a stern lecture by offering Brett’s parents his daughter’s hand in marriage. Real father of the year.

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Did he ask her what she was wearing? What a complete failure he is.

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Rea's avatar Rea @papadontpreach.bsky.social
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Much of Maganizm is peer pressure, or you stand alone.

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Tagger's avatar Tagger @tgscenic.bsky.social
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Sad that a country club lifestyle is more important than his daughter. Such a disappointment of a father

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jgles's avatar jgles @jaygles.bsky.social
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Respectability politics has a higher body count than rudeness ever will

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Man, I hate Illinois Nazis's avatar Man, I hate Illinois Nazis @someone-somewhere.bsky.social
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With the dramatic "every email is a gotcha." Yeah, that's the problem with kids these days. They ceaselessly police your speech for when you congratulate the people that hurt them.

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Claudia Putnam's avatar Claudia Putnam @claudiaputnam.bsky.social
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Confused by 3rd person POV in a memoir, though sharing rage re the detail here.

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Nick Garcia 's avatar Nick Garcia @nwgarcia.bsky.social
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For me, "Your kid raped my kid and now she and her family get constant death threats which totally upended her life" is the start of a generations-long vendetta, not the continuation of a cordial country club acquaintance.

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Annie down South's avatar Annie down South @southernspring.bsky.social
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Can’t help wondering if in his drunken predatory haze, teenaged Kavanaugh understood her status as child of a dad trying to rise in the DC social order and so picked her to victimize, expecting she’d get little or no help from them

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AJL's avatar AJL @guiltypanacea.bsky.social
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Grossssss

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Shmoe's avatar Shmoe @shmoe.me
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Holy shit. This enrages me as a father.

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bibliotequetress's avatar bibliotequetress @bibliotequetress.bsky.social
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Same. In a different social class but could totally imagine my late father doing similar & utterly not understanding the betrayal

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weather and noise's avatar weather and noise @notthattherese.bsky.social
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JESUS. What the actual FUCK.

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MK Ne Plus Ultra's avatar MK Ne Plus Ultra @chrismac4u.bsky.social
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I’m just heartbroken for her. What a betrayal.

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KB's avatar KB @sorrykb.bsky.social
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“Her father’s actions were utterly devastating in the new political climate” I’m pretty sure her father’s actions being devastating had nothing to do with the “new political climate” and everything to do with his selling her out so he could stay on polite terms with her rapist.

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LurkyMcLurk's avatar LurkyMcLurk @lurkymclurk.bsky.social
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It’s very DC but also very southern. “Sorry about the little lady, go dawgs”

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autogynephagia's avatar autogynephagia @cas.bsky.social
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That is disown-level. Good god.

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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎's avatar Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎 @earhart.bsky.social
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Interesting.

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LabKixx's avatar LabKixx @labkixx.bsky.social
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Wow, that’s absolutely devastating!!! WTAF?! Why wouldn’t he speak to her first?

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Mr Dr Bae's avatar Mr Dr Bae @dallas-taylor.bsky.social
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Just read about that. Fucking heartbreaking.

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Anna Lind-Guzik's avatar Anna Lind-Guzik @alindguzik.bsky.social
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I can’t imagine a political climate in which her dad’s betrayal wouldn’t be utterly devastating. Men selling out the women in their lives to reinforce bonds with other men is the least new thing

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Kevo's avatar Kevo @psgamer92.bsky.social
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And people wonder where the sexism and misogyny in our culture comes from. As they trumpet their supposed care of human trafficking they conveniently look the other way when a jury finds Trump liable for SA.

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Silly Goose's avatar Silly Goose @lunardruid.bsky.social
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I hate that I relate to her. I hate it so much.

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Ellz's avatar Ellz @ellz.bsky.social
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What a garbage move by her father. It's good to be king guy

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Malaclypse the Fetus's avatar Malaclypse the Fetus @omfproductions.bsky.social
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I wonder why she may not have told him when it happened... 🤔

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Jeff (no, the other one)'s avatar Jeff (no, the other one) @jeff-notheotherone.bsky.social
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“All this tricky business” yeah… that’s a phrase

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Dee, but not THAT Dee, the other one.'s avatar Dee, but not THAT Dee, the other one. @deetoriadee.bsky.social
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Oh wow. Dad choosing the country club over his own daughter. I can't imagine the hurt this caused her

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Alicia O’Hare's avatar Alicia O’Hare @aliciaohare.bsky.social
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As though this memoir wasn’t going to be infuriating enough. Jesus Christ, I cannot even imagine what her life has been like.

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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staying in good standing at the country club is more important than your relationship with your daughter? fuck you, dude this is really gross

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Nolan Zugernat's avatar Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social
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Jesus

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's avatar @cliffoh.bsky.social
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The best lawyering I’ve ever done was saying nothing; just let the situation resolve itself. But he couldn’t even do that. Silence is golden. Washington is toxic.

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Peggy's avatar Peggy @peggyamm.bsky.social
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haven't received mine yet, but hell yes --

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HadesDogWalker's avatar HadesDogWalker @hadesdogwalker.bsky.social
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Hope he dies alone in a home like my dad did. Truly unforgivable.

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Wendel's avatar Wendel @wendelschwab.bsky.social
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Betrayed by her own father.

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===dan's avatar ===dan @ddaann.bsky.social
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"I, for one, welcome our new .... overlords"

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Dr. Amy, PsyD's avatar Dr. Amy, PsyD @dramypsyd.bsky.social
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"That's ridiculous! How dare you! I did NOT send him a letter! ...I did email him though. Maybe that's what you're referring to?"

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Coventry Supertax's avatar Coventry Supertax @speedlimit9.bsky.social
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This is incredibly nasty.

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Shoeflyin 's avatar Shoeflyin @shoeflyin.bsky.social
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Reading this and the replies, maybe it's a lot more common than we think, for parents to not really care about their kids.😣

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🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🏳️‍🌈's avatar 🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social
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well. fuck him.

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FakeAndres's avatar FakeAndres @andres.rive.ro
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Small pp energy

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Dan Udwary's avatar Dan Udwary @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com
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Jesus. The kind of thing that makes you go "political partisanship is fine"

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Tommy's avatar Tommy @tommyg.bsky.social
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There are people for whom golf club memberships are the most important thing in their lives. Horrifying.

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Charles King's avatar Charles King @cfk1.bsky.social
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"Thanks for sticking in the knife, Dad. Feel like twisting it a bit?"

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Taco Bell's Cannon's avatar Taco Bell's Cannon @jamtoday.bsky.social
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Betrayed to her last extremity. I don't like the framing of the last sentence. Its not devastating in this "new political climate" -- its was always devastating, its just now people acknowledge it and condemn it.

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HenryHill1's avatar HenryHill1 @henryhill1.bsky.social
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Really great guy.

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Audrey (midlife identity crisis) Ashes 's avatar Audrey (midlife identity crisis) Ashes @audreyashes.bsky.social
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Men don’t stand up for women. Nothing is more important than maintaining the relationships THEY built “FOR US”.

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LabGrrl 🍉's avatar LabGrrl 🍉 @labgrrl.bsky.social
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A lot of us have had to face some hard truths about our Boomer dads

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Elisabeth #StillMasking's avatar Elisabeth #StillMasking @ej5049a.bsky.social
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Absolutely enraging, and glad to have a break from the ongoing sensation of absolute despair. Thanks for that. I think.

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Santa Erik Riese's avatar Santa Erik Riese @santaerik.bsky.social
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Our Republican Leaders are rapists. This will never be alright with me.
So many kakistocrats in the GOP.
#NinthAmendment

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