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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 109 points 4 months ago

That looks like a picture of a dad, his daughter, and his grandson.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 101 points 4 months ago

"Nu-uh! It's only grooming when my kid realizes they're gay, not when I trade her like a brood mare to an influential political old fart in exchange for financial favors and political sponsorship of my relatives!"

[–] 242@lemmy.cafe 92 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I bet you this guy, without a shred of irony, screams "groomer" every time it's brought to his attention that drag queens exist. Screams until he's hyperventilating and blue in the face. And 100% believes he's the good guy fighting the good fight.

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[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 84 points 4 months ago

That's really unfair to paint all Republicans with that brush. Some of them are married to groomers.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 62 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

The body language in the photo makes me want to vomit. GIRL, GET OUT OF THERE.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago

Not to mention her 'hide the pain Harold' eyes.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 4 months ago

Her smile is so fake.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

0% chance you would have any problem with the "body language" if you had seen this image with no context, lol. There is literally nothing odd about the body language, at all.

People don't even realize how deeply bias affects their interpretation.

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[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago

Y'all Qaeda

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Her: if I marry this old fucker I'll collect so much life insurance some day.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

yeah because children are so calculating...

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Someone else in the thread has posted an article. They married in 2011, she completed highschool in 2007. She must have been 21-22 when she married. Not really a child (but also nothing tells us she is in for the money, obviously!).

Edit:

https://prospect.org/politics/how-republican-rep-john-rose-found-his-wife/ The article above reports she is from 1989, apparently.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (11 children)

if you've been groomed from childhood it doesn't really matter at what age you get married. you've still been manipulated and one can hardly assume real agency is involved. mind that people usually don't say "let's get married" and do it that year. the idea of marriage was likely discussed and decided on way earlier.

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[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

He was in his 40s, not 70s, lmao, wtf are you talking about? Zero chance that was the reason she married him.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 40 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Don't do Gothmog dirty like this. A disfigured and crippled orc being able to command a marching army and dodge half a house thrown at him is definitely in better shape than these pedophiles that can't even sit on a chair straight.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gothmog was based on Harvey Weinstein, so the comparison is perfectly apt.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

the resemblance is uncanny

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 6 points 4 months ago

Gothmog had honor

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Okay let's not have fun on this innocent kid whose dad is an idiot

[–] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Simply pointing out that this guy and his kid have been in the news lately. You may infer that this kid has a bright future ahead of him despite his idiot dad, but can we agree that you came to this conclusion on your own?

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[–] benvars@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago
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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

She looks 14 tops and he looks like her dad.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

That pic really puts the age difference in perspective

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck....

Also, where were the parents of that girl to stop this shit? Also, where were the friends of that girl to stop thta shit?

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This child has no friends, her parents married her off to him. He probably gave them money.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And the GOP wants her not to be able to divorce him unlike the Democrats.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Ewewewewewwww

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That picture looks off. Like the heads don't match the bodies or something.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I thought so too, but the story checks out. Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:

http://eaglevilletnhistory.com/print/Jan_2011.pdf

You have to read between the lines a bit: she was involved in FFA as a high schooler and graduated in 2007. He appears to have been involved in FFA extensively. It doesn't mean for sure that they first met at an event where she was a student participant, but it seems likely. And of course, the age gap is the same either way.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Their engagement announcement was on page 7 of this local newspaper:

Looks like a nice father-daughter pic without any context.

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Not like they admitted it or anything 🙄

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[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's because whatever department store he went to didn't have a shirt off the rack that fit both his neck and his belly.

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[–] Sorgan71@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

there is no age limit. there is an age minimum

[–] Squiddly@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why their heads all different sizes

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[–] Twitches@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

🤮

Edit: something something there would be a dead Republican representativee

[–] StarshotJohn@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago
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