Joe Exotic posts on instagram that his husband was deported by ICE after years of shilling for Donald Trump.

  • Captain Aggravated
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    -1211 hours ago

    You know what? No. “Husband” “Wife” and “Spouse” have a legal meaning that has ramifications in tax and contract law, so I can only assume (especially from someone of his ethical caliber) that using such language is attempted fraud.

    • @[email protected]
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      1811 hours ago

      Nah fuck that. The idea that the state needs to validate people’s relationships is absurd.

      • @AA5B
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        310 hours ago

        People can do whatever they want with their relationships, but if they want a union recognized by the government and the advantages conferred by that, then yes the state can regulate that

      • Captain Aggravated
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        -110 hours ago

        Marriage has nothing to do with relationships or love. Never has and never will. Marriage is a contract, whether the terms of that contract is who has power of attorney by default or a mutual defense pact against the Ottoman Empire is up to the betrothed.

        Let me provide an example of why this has to be in place: One cannot be compelled to testify against a spouse in court. That protection doesn’t extend to boyfriends, fucktoys or high-speed-low-passes. To prevent that system from being abused, you’re going to need to have a registry somewhere otherwise every court case is going to be “the prosecution can’t call any witnesses because everyone in the English speaking world is my spouse.”

        Boyfriend, partner, dicksheath, cumdumpster, codpiece, anklegrabber, better half or significant other, these terms have no legal meaning and thus are perfectly free to use. “Husband” “Wife” and “Spouse” mean “we are parties of a certain standardized, legally binding contract.”

        • @[email protected]
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          Ain’t nobody should have to snitch to the cops about nothing if they don’t want to. Shouldn’t require marriage at all.

          Also, if marriage isn’t about love, then how come you can’t marry your sister? I’m not advocating for sister marriage, I’m just pointing out it definitely is about love, and that’s why marrying your sister is weird.

    • @Pregnenolone
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      211 hours ago

      lol okay word police.

      I’m sure this keeps you up at night tossing and turning that someone used the word husband when it wasn’t technically correct under the strict definition of ThE lEgAl SyStEm

      • Captain Aggravated
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        -310 hours ago

        Okay so, other than “husband” and “woman” are there any other words the left don’t want to allow defining? How long is this list going to get?

        • @[email protected]
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          115 minutes ago

          “the left”, eh? You are aware that plenty of people on “the right” allege things in social media that they would never put in a court filing, yes?

        • @[email protected]
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          Hello I’m the left’s official spokesperson and I think I can clear up this confusion.

          A woman is someone who wants to be a woman.

          A husband is someone who wants to be a husband and has consent from the person they’re a husband of.

          Both of these words are identities, and letting people be who they want to be when it doesn’t affect other people is one of the values of the left. So you can go ahead and extend this reasoning to all personal identities that don’t harm others, and I think that answers your question.

          • Captain Aggravated
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            05 hours ago

            And if you look to your left, ladies and gentlemen, you can see the hill America died on.

            • @Pregnenolone
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              14 hours ago

              I mean, it’s you that’s insisting on a strict rule being followed, while the rest of us are letting people live their lives as they like.

              It is you dying on the hill my friend. Alone, by the sounds of it.

            • @[email protected]
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              05 hours ago

              That’s weird, I thought America died on the price of eggs, supporting genocide, and hating black women

              • Captain Aggravated
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                23 hours ago

                Find me anyone mentioning the price of eggs back in November. That wasn’t a thing.

                I do remember a lot of people very vocal about Palestine, and how important it was to not vote for the Democrats over it. And just how are the Palestinians enjoying their hard won Republican victory? I’m still not convinced that wasn’t a foreign psyop.

                Hating black women? Sure some of that happened. Hating black men happened in 2008 and again in 2012. Remind me who won those elections?

                Barack Obama ran on a campaign of hope and change. Kind of a charismatic JFK sort of persona, fairly young for a president, grade school age kids, projected energy and verve, inspiring speaker, etc. His campaign embraced the internet and social media in a way that hadn’t ever been done before which made a lot of young people feel seen. That simply isn’t there anymore. The official Democratic party policy is Nanci Pelosi’s stock portfolio and their official messaging is " 🏳️‍🌈 #blm #latinx" It was more important to run a woman candidate who wasn’t able to give a coherent answer to “What is a woman” because appearing to pander to the feminist and trans community was more important than winning the damn election. “At least we’re not our opponents” yeah that’s basically all you’ve been since the youngest eligible voters today were born; people can only hold their noses for so many decades.

                • Schadrach
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                  16 minutes ago

                  Let’s be honest, the Dems were hoping that being afraid of Trump was going to win them 2024 the same way it won them 2020, except that the only reason it worked in 2020 was because being under Trump was fresh in people’s minds.

        • @Pregnenolone
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          710 hours ago

          “The left”

          I’m just some dude.