That was probably my mistake, FA. Thinking this was a serious thread about politics.
Are you actually okay hun?
Classic patronising response to women. Tut tut. I'm surprised you haven't suggested I try smiling a bit more.
This is the Trump thread.
You are presuming that we have no interest or cannot express an opinion on women's rights.
Thread mentions of Roe vs Wade = 7
Thread mentions of WH ballroom = 51
Despite it being pointed out on numerous occasions, Trump is hardly a supporter of women's rights and therefore, his demise should be of interest to you*.
My point has been that the Democrats aren't offering women much either but you guys are not interested in a wider discussion of any US issues, only in ranting about Trump.
What about the rights of the victims of Epstein and Trump and the billionaire paedophile cabal?
It's not as if we haven't discussed this at length.
There hasn't been much discussion of Epstein victims. There's been a lot of calling Trump and Andrew Windsor rapists. Again the issue is mostly of interest as a stick to beat Trump/Windsor with. If you knew anything about Epstein you'd know it wasn't just billionaires who visited his island.
*Let's dig a little bit deeper. There have been hundreds of cases of sexual assault allegations and charges and there has been a few arrests of these 'Christian' pastors. All intertwined with Christian Nationalism - Hegseth is one. In fact, the whole Christian Nationalist cult, movement, call it what you will, is very misogynistic to the point many think women should a) not have the vote and b) should not have a career but be a dutiful housewife. The Trump administration is riddled with Christian Nationalists and here you are saying that we have the wrong set of priorities.
You're accusing us of being uninterested whilst the glaring fact is that within this administration (and within the bible belt of the US), is a movement which wants to erode women's rights, yet this is irrelevant to you and you choose not to point out the threat to women's rights deep in the heart of America presided by an administration who are covering up cases of rape and abuse, potentially on a scale that's difficult to comprehend. How bizarre.
It's not irrelevant to me. I think the increasing influence of religion (and partisan voting) in politics generally is alarming, both in the US and here. Again though, there's been little serious discussion of that in this thread and what there has been is mostly just ranting.
(What sex are those Christians arrested in these 'hundreds of cases'? You're so close to getting the issues of the gender thread, but then.....you don't)
What's likely in the US imo is that the economy will be Trump's undoing and, like Starmer, the Democrats will get in on the basis of not being Trump. If they continue to offer what they're offering now they'll get one term and then it will be 5 years of JD Vance. So you can spend the next few years venting about peripheral stuff or have a serious discussion on what a way forward might be.
Edit: To be honest I should have heeded Rusty's warning. He called the thread a Doomsday internet debate. In post 4.