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Semi-Weekly Discussion Thread - December 23, 2024

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/r/tuesday is a political discussion sub for the right side of the political spectrum - from the center to the traditional/standard right (but not alt-right!) However, we're going for a big tent approach and welcome anyone with nuanced and non-standard views. We encourage dissents and discourse as long as it is accompanied with facts and evidence and is done in good faith and in a polite and respectful manner.

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u/Mal5341 Conservatarian 11d ago

So anyone else to the point, after seeing all the bending over backwards some people are defending Gaetz, that the MAGA wing of the GOP is just straight up pedophilic or at least apologists for pedophiles?

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u/NonComposMentisss Left Visitor 10d ago

The media is just as bad for how they are framing things. Like this CNN headline

House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017

Matt Gaetz did not pay a 17 year old for sex. He paid a sex trafficker, who's currently in jail for sex trafficking, in exchange for raping a 17 year old.

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u/Tombot3000 Mitt Romney Republican 10d ago

The headline is inaccurate, but it's certainly not as bad as defending Gaetz.

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u/NonComposMentisss Left Visitor 10d ago

Well, you aren't wrong there.