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Childless GOP candidate borrows family for weird photo shoot
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The perpetuation of the myth that you are less of a person for not having a family or children is absolutely fucking disgusting
But it is hilarious when the person perpetrating it does not have a family or children
Not when those who need to hear it don’t hear it and/or don’t care to hear it
Every single life adds value to the world. Splitting people into groups then discounting those groups as less than or useless is a recipe for failure. Anyone who does not see that is not qualified for a leadership position.
Tim Scott gave up the ruse as soon as his Presidential campaign ended. These guys are so stupid and obvious it’s painful.
Quiverfull movement.
I should preface this by saying this whole idea of renting a family for a photoshoot is just nuts and wrong and wtf on many levels, I'm not defending that.
I will say though this isn't necessarily about being "less of a person", I think that's kind of reductive and may not really describe the guy's intention.
I recently started a family at 42, so I've lived 20 some years as an adult without a partner and children and it's true that I've felt somewhat excluded in some ways not having a partner and children. More-so than anything social, in 2024 it seems like it's very very expensive to be single. Like there's a very very narrow line you have to walk if you want to navigate life and be able to retire above the poverty line, and having a spouse is a requirement.
Another aspect is simply that my priorities have changed since having children. I mean I always knew logically or understood academically the issues relevant to families, but now I grok them, I really feel them in a way that I just couldn't before. That doesn't make me better or "more of a person", it just makes my experience different.
Maybe it's a bit like, as a white hetero male I can imagine what it might be like to belong to a minority, or understand the relevant issues logically, but I can never feel how that would feel.
With all that in mind I can understand how a childless person trying to get elected might think that being perceived as "childful" might make them more electable, but aside from being just weird and wrong it's unethical and manipulative and naive.
Why are you being downvoted?
You must be new here 🤩
Someone said "people treat childless people as less-than", and I rebutted them. It doesn't matter that I may have made some valid points, I didn't explicitly and breathlessly agree that childless people are treated unfairly, so it's going to be unpopular.
Seriously though, almost all of my posts get at least 2 downvotes within 5 minutes. I've often wondered if I have a bot following.
You too?!?! Mine is only one downvote, but it’s on like 75% of my stuff. I thought someone had a vendetta against me, and a lot of free time. Then again, I am a childless cat man, so what do I know? 😂