DSantis in treating Disney like a punching bag proves one thing

to corporations: they can promote democracy and maybe pay some level of taxes (probably under 30%); they can promote authoritarianism and have no freedom of thought or action or money (because authoritarianism corrupts). You choose.

Parents aren't as conservative as the right likes to think

Parents aren’t as conservative as the right likes to think

Analysis by Philip Bump
National columnist
July 3, 2023 at 1:47 p.m. EDT

Donald Trump speaks Friday at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia. (Hannah Beier for The Washington Post)



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/03/elon-moms-for-liberty-gop/

"SNIP.........

The past few months have not done much to dissuade Elon Musk from the idea that he knows more about everything than everyone. So those who managed to use the crumbling Twitter ecosystem this weekend would probably not have been surprised to see the jack of all trades weigh in on who he thinks should help guide civilization forward.

“The childless,” he wrote in response to a tweet, “have little stake in the future.”

Another user, one with a check mark next to their username, picked up the idea.

“Democracy is probably unworkable long term without limiting suffrage to parents,” they wrote, earning a “Yup” from Musk.

.........SNIP"


Applegrove:

So Musk is trying to fluff up astroturf parents movement by love-bombing parents into thinking they are more special Americans whose vote is more important?

My point was that gun crime is rising in red states and that is killing people in the Democratic

voting cities mostly. I did not see you refute that.

So Maryland has seen gun crime rise like the red states? Outlier eh?

Red states have loosened gun laws. They have more crime now.

But the crime is taking place in cities (loose gun laws + cities= more gun crime deaths). Cities vote Democratic.