The 30-second spot, entitled āRepublicans In Your Bathroom,ā targets the GOP over its fixation on restricting trans peopleās access to restrooms and locker rooms. The ad, which The Hill reports is part of a larger buy worth over $1 million per The Hill, begins with a young girl entering a bathroom and to her horror, encountering an older white-haired man sitting in the stall waiting for her. He greets her with a short hello. Immediately, the girl presses the man for answers, āWhat are you doing? Who are you?ā
āIām your Republican congressman. Now that weāre in charge, Iām checking to make sure that thereās no trans people in the wrong bathroom,ā he says.
Her response: āBathrooms are private. Donāt you have anything better to do?ā
āI won the last election, and this is my priority,ā he says, āNow letās make sure youāre really a girl,ā ending with an ominous smirk.
That was astoundingly creepy, well done.
Gotta give that actor some recognition. He really nailed āRepublicanā with that performance.
Actor?? This is AI through and through.
Nope
Yes? Itās very clearly AI
ā¦ because itās based in reality.
tf is actually wrong with Republicans? Obsessed with the weirdest stuff, into hurting others and suffering, itās basically the worst possible people you could elect to run a government.
Itās not always because they believe the bible, but it is often because they believe the bible. It describes a rapey abuser who can and will torture you to death if you donāt blindly obey him, and they call that āloveā. They do completely backwards, wrong, harmful things while genuinely believing they are in the right.
You know that vague āmandateā they keep talking about? Spoilers, itās from god. That divine being which we have no actual evidence for, no reason to believe its existence, no way of contacting it to verify what it wants. It gives them a blank check to do whatever they want regardless of how many people they hurt.
Itās possible to read the entire history of western colonialism and rise of capitalism as parallel to the spread and growth of Christianity around the globe. The two have been inextricably entangled for centuries
The colonizers and the religious leaders had difgerent but overlapping interests and used each other to help push their own agenda.
But itās not that they believe in the bible either. Itās claiming to adhere to a religion mostly based on the New Testament but remembering that one creepy passage from the Old Testament.
You canāt just copy-paste a few regressive thoughts from the entire compendium and say the āthe bible says ā¦.ā. Thatās kind of missing the point
But we canāt ignore them, either. That would be cherry-picking, which is a necessary aspect of ābelievingā the bible because it contradicts itself.
God never once condemns slavery, even when heās incarnated as Jesus. The new testament has a handful of pretty lines that fall apart when you remember the abusive foundation of āobey me or die.ā
This is just perfect framing.
Especially the ādonāt you have anything better to doā?
I was watching donnie supporters (on the Good Liars) claiming that trans is a major concern. They get asked how many trans athletes do they think there are (in NCAA), out of 500K+ athletes.
The answer is less than 10. We are supposed to pretend this is a major concern? Something we need to have all of our policies revolve around? Something that should decide the makeup of Congress? We have to endorse an entire other nexus of fascist bullshit because < 10 trans in something like NCAA??
I know a lot of conservatives seem to struggle with things like literacy and numeracy, but less than 10 divided by greater than 500000 is a vanishingly small percentage.
Also, how many people really cared about womenās sports in this country before this became an issue?
It literally used to be a joke among men. āOh, why are you watching womenās sports, is nothing else onā or āhaha boobiesā (volleyball and swimming were the worst by far for this). Outside of friends and family of the competitors, former players, and a lot of lesbians there was virtually no interest in it.
It must be a nightmare to suddenly be a forced political issue and it result in everything being worse for everyone.
Of the population now clutching their pearls over it, Iād guess itās maybe dozens.
Thatās generous
The show that keeps on giving. It was just this year that I learned that there was a fan theory that Tobias was actually black.
The genius of this show is appreciated by many, but not nearly enough. I try to spread the gospel of AD far and wideā¦
Iāve made a huge mistake
I love all the memes that have went even beyond the show. The cost of a banana, for example. The one that makes me LOL every time is:
https://tenor.com/view/arrested-development-donald-trump-gif-24255260
I love that so much. Thank you for sharing!
Althoughā¦ Iād prefer the president have dealings with Saddam decoys instead of the real Putin/Xi/Kim/Netanyahu.
I actually really enjoy womenās curling in the winter Olympics, although it wouldnāt matter to me if a trans woman was one of them. It was just the first curling I ever saw. I donāt even know why they divide sports that way anyway. It should all be divided by weight classes, like boxing, and sex/gender shouldnāt play a role.
If you divide only by weight class women will never win in most sports
Donāt you see, republican congressmen need to care about womenās sports now, because how else will they manufacture outrage about Jack Smith watching a game?
Senile old senator: āYou know, I really like womenās basketball! I couldnāt tell you when or where a single game happened if you held my feet to the fire, but itās a big interest of mine! Itās just my job to ask questions, you know.ā
You donāt understand the mind of conservatives. To a rational person, this might read as a non-issue, but to a conservative itās just confirmation bias.
You might view 10 out of 500K as ā0.002%ā
A conservative views it as ā1000% of ātoo manyāā
Donāt try to reason with them, itās a snakepit full of hydras. Just stomp them down at the first available opportunity. Back to tartarus, or wherever fascists hide while they wait for the world to forget
They just need someone to blame and one part of voters need someone to hate. Itās much easier to pin everything wrong in the world on preferably a small minority, then promise to get rid of that minority. Itās better than have people really looking at the policies they bring and who actually benefits from those.
Youād think that with how big of a deal theyāre making and all their campaign ads revolving around it that half of athletes on womenās sports are trans and kids are being dragged out of classes and having sex change surgeries forced on them.
Thatās the point. They blow things out of proportion to scare their bigoted idiots
Thank fuck someone with money finally figured out the right messaging.
In South Carolina the Democrats are doing the opposite messaging and talking about bipartisan politics, āprotecting girls sports,ā and āsecuring the border.ā
Itās time for America to grow from anti-trans to anti-conservative.
Conservatives are the single greatest threat to all life on earth. If not for conservatives, the normal people would be permitted to address climate change, wealth inequality, healthcare, housing, food scarcity and other existential crises caused by conservatives.
MAGA is a Domestic Terrorist Organization, and a genuine enthusiastic, ongoing National Security Threat. As such, it should be prohibited from existing. We wouldnāt allow Al-Qaeda or ISIS to hold office, and MAGA is no different.
Unfortunately a lot of democrats are giving in and joining this bigotry.
Josh Turek is the latest to join the list, platforming on banning trans people in sports and ending federal funding for trans healthcare nationwide.
Because heās running as a center republican not a dem against a maga republican.
The Dem party is infested with a breed of conservative called neoliberals.
Do not vote for neoliberals unless you want neoliberals to continue running the party. Make sure the person who earns your vote is a progressive.
Do not vote for neoliberals unless you want neoliberals to continue running the party. Make sure the person who earns your vote is a progressive.
Sadly doesnāt work when thatās the only option
There is no peaceful solution to an infestation of conservatism. But, step one is proving that we tried the peaceful option first.
It is immoral to vote for a conservative. It is not immoral to overthrow conservatives by force or to remove them from functional society. They are a threat to the safety and welfare of everyone around them. Fixing this kind of mess has historically involved a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Mostly blood.
Iām pointing out that in a lot of races itās conservative vs conservative with a lot of propagandized people who will blame those on the left no matter what happens as the dems do everything they can to kill any movement leftwards/towards progress
Voting only works if people get involved long before election day. In many places, your vote literally doesnāt matter
But even if youāre just chipping away at a mountain, getting involved will only increase the influence you have over the process
We will primary them next time, we canāt do it all at once
No peoples health and safety isnāt something you can sacrifice
Maybe we can do your rights next.
They are my rights
Fair enough, but itās not reasonable to expect other trans people to vote for someone campaigning on curtailing their own rights.
Itās fucking shameful
This is what Democrats SHOULD be doing, not turning their backs on us.
There are probably republicans watching this ad and thinking itās pro-republican
Those people are already so far gone that theyāre not worth trying to sway. As long as the ad makes independents grossed out by the Redpublicans its done its job
The independents and the unmotivated non-voters.
There are as many non-voters as there were people who intentionally voted for Trumpās shitshow.
Yeah, the old idea that the Dems have to attract MAGA to their side is stupid, because MAGA is stupid. Nobody needs them on their side. Just focus on the Independents, they can read, have critical thinking skills (thatās why theyāre independent), and they decide EVERY election. Independents are the target.
āHow do I get that job?ā
Video is question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt_IZoM9KuQ
āBut but but! If GOP canāt distract you with sexuality and religion, how will they keep critics away from unchecked O&G drilling?ā
Ohh donāt worry, the Dems will allow drilling too. Is the non-corporate issues theyāll roll back to reasonable non-religious values.
Well Dems promote renewables much more than GOP.
More that renewable donors promote Democrats, and Democrats are receptive to these donors in a way Republicans are not
But pop down to Texas, the national leader in Solar and Wind power. Even that doesnāt hold up against close inspection
Entirely too much money in renewable and battery tech for either party to ignore
as long as they donāt get conflicted with a corporate sponsor. yes.
Dems will allow drilling too
Hey, not if itās on land required for virtual data center infrastructure
Thatās it, all we need to do is go past that paper thin veneer that paints the gop as good and decent people and display them for the ghoulish monsters that they really are.
I wouldnāt even say this is exaggerated in the slightest. Theyāre vile.
Government so small it can fit in a uterus.
Creepy ad. Iām getting AI vibes though.
This is 100% AI
Yeah honestly the same
Could also do for some more with these ads in your bedroom and doctors office among other places
Yah make a series out of it. Itās absurd that the blue ties donāt do this as a national strategy/ad buy
The Dems should be running ads like this constantly, outside of the campaign season. Make people see how perverse these MAGA weirdos are at ALL times.
Well done.
