Not grassroots. Same way that the Tea Party wasn’t grassroots.
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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Exactly, even if there ever was a real grass roots aspect to it, which I doubt, it was quickly suborned.
Grassroots barely exists anymore. There’s no room for anything to grow organically any longer.
Is funny because planet dying!
that is exactly what i would expect from "the republicans most successful grassroots organization"
Good. Fucking die already.
Moms for Liberty will go away, however some other AstroTurf group will find a way to fleece the flock with manufactured outrage.
Not to be cliché, but evil always turns on itself. It cannot create, only destroy.
This is why I have a patch on my bag that reads "Evil is boring"
The absolute best outcome since their inception.
Good.
Unsurprising. The RepubliKarens can screech, and that's about it.
Moms For ~~Liberty~~ Threesomes
FTFY
Don't go making it sounds like an organization I'd actually support.
Don't go putting it in crazy! :-o
Since it turns out many of them are closet lesbians, maybe they're just fucking themselves over.
Idk that’s a bi story if I’ve ever seen one
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
it's no surprise when a bunch of hateful people end up being hateful all the time
oh no, the Nazis have descended upon each other! Who could have seen this coming? What a catastrophe!
I'm sure they'll splinter off into their own extremist tangents, but hopefully a few of them decide to shut the fuck up forever.
Well that's a disappointment. I wish more Nazi groups would take after their leader when it comes to self destruction.
I bet its Lisa thats tearing them apart
Good riddance
"grassroots"
Liberty biberty.
well, best speed and good luck, hope their self destruction is fast and brutal!
What good news
Libertines