Delayed publication of Heritage president's book reflects Project 2025 shell game
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Not quite sure what kind of weirdo is against both fertility treatments and childlessness as well as dog parks. Not one I want to hold power for sure.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    78·
    3 months ago

    On page 69, Roberts targets the Swampoodle dog park in Washington, D.C., for having too much room for dogs to play and not enough for children, blaming this on “the antifamily culture shaping legislation, regulation, and enforcement throughout our sprawling government."

    What I read is that the GOP is/was about to start a culture war on dog parks. So they don’t like cat owners, dog owners, health care, child care, birth control, childless people, children, or the poor. I’m guessing that leaves roughly 1% of the population.

    The tastiest 1%

    • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world
      23·
      3 months ago

      It is such a handmaid’s tale view of the world, that all of society should be ordered around producing children. Dogs are bad because they become substitute children and distract us from having human children. IVF is bad because it gives people the option to delay having children. Contraception is bad, because duh no children. Every policy or institution or thing of any kind in society is judged solely on its impact of generating more children as often as possible.

      I just can’t get my head around what is motivating this world view. I usually try to make it a point of understanding where the other side is coming from, but Waltz is right, these people are just weird.

      • Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        3 months ago

        What else, $$$$, They want as many kids as possible especially in households that can’t support them as it leads to more poorly educated laborers and consumers to take advantage of in the future.

      • nickiwest@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 months ago

        I’m pretty sure that white supremacist ideals for maintaining a white majority in the US has more than a little bit to do with this. It’s gross.

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
        4·
        3 months ago

        I just can’t get my head around what is motivating this world view. I usually try to make it a point of understanding where the other side is coming from, but Waltz is right, these people are just weird.

        I mean it isn’t exactly hard to see their intention: they need more meat for the meat grinder. More poor workers to exploit and more soldiers for the army. More uneducated people to manipulate into voting to ensure they remain in power. Especially since their inherent racism means they want to cut immigration - and they gotta get these resources from somewhere.

    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      I’m not sure they are the tastiest, but they are the only ones I’m willing to eat.

      Well done, though. Gotta kill off those brain worms and syphilis.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
    36·
    3 months ago

    After going after cat owners first, they’re now going after the dog people demographic. Good coverage there for making literally everybody dislike them.

  • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
    20·
    3 months ago

    They would like to remind everyone that dogs are not allowed in the dog park. People are not allowed in the dog park. It is possible you will see hooded figures in the dog park. Do not approach them. Do not approach the dog park. The fence is electrified and highly dangerous. Try not to look at the dog park and especially do not look for any period of time at the hooded figures. The dog park will not harm you.

    • miak@lemmy.world
      111·
      3 months ago

      Cyrus The Virus. What a great 90s villain. Upvote for the Con Air reference.

  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    what is it about the dog parks that need to be included in a presidential election debate?

    We’re talking about parks for dogs, right? Like dog owners can go there and meet other dogs owners with their dogs? Or there’s something I don’t know?

  • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
    11·
    3 months ago

    My wife and I have dogs because we love our dogs, we don’t have children due to medical limitations. Guess we’re the scourge of society, despite our contributions to society by way of charity, being involved in our communities, and helping wherever we can, which wouldn’t be possible with kids due to time constraints.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    10·
    3 months ago

    Going after dog owners is a strategy.

    “It’s a bold move Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.”

  • Funderpants @lemmy.ca
    9·
    3 months ago

    Think about the oldest conservative Supreme Court Justice, they’ve been after this stuff for longer than that. If you’re ever tempted to rose colour the past, or think they’ve changed, remember how long ago those justices that struck down Roe were elevated.

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    61·
    3 months ago

    The more I learn about these people and project 2025 the more angry I get with our society that we are so polite and so moral that we allow them to continue to draw breath.

    I really cannot believe not one person has tried to kill these people. If anyone deserved to be put in front of a firing squad, these people do… To hell with moral high ground, to hell with being polite. We’re too tolerant of their intolerance.

    This isn’t about dogs btw… My comment is about project 2025 and the heritage foundation in it’s entirety, not just the content of this post. I’ve learned more than I care to know already today and it has left me in a blind rage.