Because republicans only speak in terms that evoke fear from their voters. Doesn't matter if what they say is actually true or not, they have no moral compass.
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
119 points (92.8% liked)
News
22891 readers
4175 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
A cynic might say they are lying to stir up their voter base. I'm sure that's not true though...
Oh that’s certainly true. Why does the “migrant caravan” arrive every four years, and mysteriously disappear from rage bait news after the election?
When you can’t win actual arguments, you make up things the other side doesn’t believe in, and then you simply debate your own straw-men. This has been the leading Republican debate strategy for the last decade(s).
The only thing that has been stirred up is the #GOP losing consistently at the ballot box since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
I mean it's easier to just say "they make shit up scare voters to vote in their favor"
This isn't the first or only completely made up line of attack.
They'll also go on about gender surgeries and "protect the children" as though any of that is related.
I'm in Ohio - already got a mailer saying if this passes, your child will be able to trans their gender without your consent!
and then the mailer told me about jesus
it made for fun confetti :)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/health/transgender-adults-treatment-bans.html It's to protect the kids!!!!1!! /s
"Health care should be between you and your doctor, otherwise we'll have federal government death panels." - These same lying assholes
The ban itself is just another Cruelty Is The Point dog whistle. There are alternative procedures to use in the same situations, such as when they basically dismember the fetus in utero and extract the pieces, but they're more dangerous to the patient. So the ban doesn't actually prevent an abortion from taking place, just more likely to have complications.
Wait. So the Republicans want to bring back a method of federally banned abortion just to ban it again?
If I understand correctly, there is going to be a constitutional amendment in the Ohio election to protect abortion rights (Michigan did the same last year).
Republicans are lying about the amendment (just like what happened in Michigan) to make it sound worse than it is to fire up their base and to make any idiots sitting on the fence think it’s extreme and evil. They’re hoping to defeat it by lying about it.