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Without looking into this. I would guess the bigger thing MAGA is leaning in is all the support Lindsay is getting. Women are posting TikToks holding their own babies with the title "Same Lindsay." It's a lot like the defund the police thing. It doesn't matter what your actual message is, the way it's being conveyed is way too easy to miss represent.
Aren’t those TikTok’s expressing solidarity in that they have also struggled with postpartum depression with little help or understanding? The interpretation that those women are suggesting they want to kill their children seems like a disingenuous one.
Yes, but that's the point of the last part of my statement. It doesn't matter what the actual message was or is. The way it was conveyed was way to easily misunderstood and was an obvious target.
Misunderstood by you. I understood their point and I didn't even watch any of their TikToks.
Not me. Others. I'm not speaking from my own point of view, I'm speaking based off of how I've seen others react. I understand their message, but I also understand it's a terrible way to convey it.
I'd be concerned about someone who made a "Same Lindsay" social media post. I would not generalize it to her whole gender.
Yeah, I agree with that. That's the logical thing to think. But you know MAGA isn't based in logic.
Without looking into this…
And that’s the part where you set the phone down and fuck off.