""Sexual anarchy": New House Speaker Mike Johnson showcases the incel-ization of the modern GOP

The Louisiana congressman's career has been centered around his bitter obsession with other people's sex lives"

"Ahead of his sudden ascension to House speaker late last week, the media had little time to vet Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., thoroughly. And because he sucks in so many ways, it's been hard for his critics to settle on one of his many evil inclinations to
focus on. He's a Christian nationalist. He's an election denier. He wants to destroy Medicare and Social Security. He's a fan of neo-Nazi conspiracy theories. As Brian Beutler of Off Message writes, "typecasting an opposition leader" may be tedious, but
it's politically necessary. Democrats have benefited from the fact that the most famous Republican villains have one standout trait that defines their personality: Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio is a pugnacious bully. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is a
loudmouthed Karen. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California is a spineless suck-up.

But so far, no single narrative about Johnson has emerged. Which of the many flavors of "right-wing radical" is best to focus on? As I offered my newsletter Friday, what stands out to me about Johnson — and I suspect will be compelling to most people â
€” is what a sinister little creep he is. The man gives off strong incel energy, and his elevation really showcases how much the politics of bitter sexual obsession have come to dominate the Republican Party.

Journalists and Democratic researchers have been carefully compiling a couple decades worth of quotes from Johnson, who flat-out rejects the First Amendment prohibition against government-imposed religion. Instead, he falsely claims the Founders wished
to impose his deeply fundamentalist faith on the public on the grounds that we "depend upon religious and moral virtue" to "prevent political corruption and the abuse of power."

Johnson is lying, of course, as demonstrated by the fact that he helped lead the effort to steal an election for Donald Trump, which was a corrupt abuse of power on behalf of a man lacking all moral virtue. As usual with these right-wing freaks, the
Jesus chatter is just a thin cover for the real fixation: Fury at other people for having all the sexy fun times. "
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https://www.salon.com/2023/10/30/sexual-anarchy-new-speaker-mike-johnson-showcases-the-incel-ization-of-the-modern/

Yeah, maga-mike pretty well sums up the retrumplican party's platform. He might be a possible contender for the VP slot, except that I expect he'll be beaten out by someone even more loyal to orange jesus. That reminds me. Speaking of groomers:

"Ex-North Dakota lawmaker charged with flying to Prague with intent to rape a minor"

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/federal-charge-says-former-north-dakota-lawmaker-traveled-to-prague-with-intent-to-rape-minor/

For the Catholics the list just keeps growing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases

"Sex Scandals and the Evangelical Mind"

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2022/september-web-only/matt-chandler-scandal-sex-abuse-church-evangelical-mind.html

"Top 10 Evangelical Sex Scandals of 2022
This year, the religion even horrified itself"

https://medium.com/belover/top-10-evangelical-sex-scandals-of-2022-d018d7c00500

TB

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