Pamphlet called for gun reform and shared the story of victim Maite Rodriguez
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1171·
    2 years ago

    I don’t want to jump to conclusions. Has anyone confirmed that she doesn’t live in that trashcan?

  • spencerwi@lemm.eeEnglish
    591·
    2 years ago

    I don’t get why this is a headline.

    There are two pieces of non-new information from this headline:

    1. People throw away pamphlets that they don’t care about (and also pamphlets that they do care about, but that’s not what’s happening here).
    2. Boebert doesn’t care about school shootings.

    …like…I get that this gives someone their outrage fix for the day, but we’ve learned nothing new from it, and it has no long-term impact. If Boebert took this pamphlet to her house and then ignored it, nothing would be different. She’d still be callous and uncaring towards the victims of school shootings.

    • effingjoe@kbin.social
      181·
      2 years ago

      Every day, new people start actually paying attention to politics. Don’t assume that because we know that Boebert is a terrible person, that everyone knows that she’s a terrible person.

      Not to mention, people halfheartedly paying attention to politics seem to require near-constant reminders, or they forget when it comes time to cast a vote.

      Long story short, this woman has real power over some people’s lives, by the fact that she is their representative. We should never stop shining a light on the actions of people with real power. In my opinion, anyway.

    • kava@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 years ago

      Yeah such a strange thing to fixate on. I’d probably read it and then throw it away too. Like ok - very sad. I get it. But am I supposed to save every sad pamphlet people give me?

      I guess she needs to learn some PR basics but besides that I think this is a non-issue. Criticize her on actual policy

    • kobra@lemm.eeEnglish
      71·
      2 years ago

      It’s a headline because we’re all hoping this is a moment that will wake one of the crazies up and be like “nah can’t follow this anymore, that crossed the line”

      It’s very unlikely but the odds are not 0

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      It’s like someone who watches The Muppet Christmas Carol every year, and every time is filled with rage whenever Scrooge is mean to Bob Crachet (aka Kermit the Frog).

      At this point we all know how the story goes. We know who the “bad guy” is and that the bad guy is gonna do bad guy shit.

      The 24 hour news cycle is and always has been a massive waste of space that serves no purpose other than attention seeking.

    • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      531·
      2 years ago

      Bobby, some things are like a tire fire, trying to put it out only makes it worse. You just gotta grab a beer and let it burn.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      You don’t need to be on anyone’s side, just watch the fight and hope for some good hits and lost teeth.

    • TheHighRoad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Somehow I find MTG more palatable than Boobert. Only in that I want her to be the victor in the celebrity deathmatch.

      • Techmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        2 years ago

        Bobert is way better looking, so at least you have something to look at while you try to tune her out. With MTG I have to close my eyes too. MTG is a multi sensory assault. She looks like she probably smells bad too.

        • TheHighRoad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          It’s like choosing between constipation and diarrhea. Boob seems very full of herself and I won’t be surprised if she suicides once finally booted from office. MTG is just a geyser of absurdity and likely far smarter than her act suggests. Both are unpleasant, but I’d take the diarrhea with the hope that it can’t possibly last forever.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Marge would kill her in a real fight. She’s built like a fucking silver back gorilla.

      • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Didn’t Marge have an affair with her workout trainer? If that’s true we know for a fact she works out. Boob looks like if she works out at all, it’s purely cardio

  • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.comEnglish
    19·
    2 years ago

    Anyone remember Michele Bachmann? Aside from the fact that she was from my state I wouldn’t either. These kind of over the top reactionary people tend to burn out once the novelty wears off, or someone like MTG manages to out-crazy them.

    • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Marge scares me. She looks neolithic. Boob is just a dumb parrot doing what she’s told by her handlers, but Marge appears to believe what she’s spewing.

      • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        MTG reminds me of the scene in The Office when Dwight wears the CPR mannequins face. Like she’s wearing a badly fitted fake plastic face over her real face.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    When 9/11 happened, we didn’t ban planes. We secured the cockpit

    Says Boebert, an automatic opponent of any attempt to secure the guns she’s comparing to planes.

    • BaroqueInMind@kbin.social
      6·
      2 years ago

      That’s silly, she probably meant the principal’s office since they are the pilot of the school they are in charge of; she said forget the kids, protect the highest paid useless person there.