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I wonder how many people would even have known that Hobby Lobby paid for the spots if not for her bringing it up? AOC doesn't hate Christianity, but she does love attention. Which isn't a crime, but I just can't buy that she's sooooo abhorred by Hobby Lobby that she just now felt she had to weigh in.
I'm not sure exactly the best way to put it but it seems like AOC's alleged issue is "Hey the message is fine but can we really look at who the message is coming from because they don't seem to practice what they preach." (Or something similar). The irony is that by being the one to bring this up publicly as someone with a huge platform, she's by default implying that as a public servant this "shedding light" or "exposing the truth" (or however we want to word it) is another way for her to serve her constituents or enlighten America or whatever. Yet she pulls dishonest idiocy like faking being handcuffed to try to dupe everyone into thinking she's some sort of martyr.
So if we've got a bunch of people now gonna look at these commercials (because of her bringing it up) as "Good message but the people paying for it don't adhere to the teachings they profess to endorse"...then we'd also apply it to her? "Maybe Hobby Lobby isn't in fact doing a good job themselves following the teachings of Jesus, but the one who wanted the truth about them brought into the spotlight herself has a history of being dishonest to the public..."
TLDR: Hard to take her seriously when she's calling others hypocrites given her track record.
You're setting up an impossible standard where no one can say anything about anything if you are able to dig up any real or perceived instance of hypocrisy from them.
And if you're starting point with AOC is always "she just wants attention and isn't genuine" then there's nothing she can say or do that will ever be correct or genuine.
I wonder how many people would even have known that Hobby Lobby paid for the spots if not for her bringing it up? AOC doesn't hate Christianity, but she does love attention. Which isn't a crime, but I just can't buy that she's sooooo abhorred by Hobby Lobby that she just now felt she had to weigh in.
As a politician that is representing the people, isn't it her duty to let people know about groups like Hobby Lobby?
Can we just look at the facts and add them up here: * One of the main issues that AOC specifically and often talks about is the harm that money in politics does. She talks about this every time she speaks.
*Now, we're seeing Republicans attacking abortion rights. * Hobby Lobby is currently funding legal cases to fight abortion. * They have a history of funding stuff like this. * They fund an add on the biggest day for ads preaching a message about unity that they aren't following.
All of these things put together, and you guys are acting as if she just randomly picked on a random Christian company that wasn't doing anything political. With all of these facts at play you've reduced her position down to her just wanting attention.
I'm not sure exactly the best way to put it but it seems like AOC's alleged issue is "Hey the message is fine but can we really look at who the message is coming from because they don't seem to practice what they preach."
But obviously the message is fine. The fact that we have to always start conversations with "Now, AOC is not okay with eating babies/doesn't want to see puppies curb stomped/isn't against kindness" is absurd and it taints the whole discussion because the starting point is always bad faith.
This isn't a matter of pointing out hypocrisy for the sake of pointing out hypocrisy. This isn't a "Who is the better Christian" contest. The point here is that what Hobby Lobby is saying is bullshit. AOC is saying that this group right here is trying to portray itself as moral and loving in a fluffy ad, while simulatenously funding discrimination. Don't be fooled by them. Pay attention to the messenger and why they're doing what they're doing because they're not honest actors.
And you're further proving my point with your example of AOC's so-called hypocrisy. You don't like AOC from the jump, so you believe whatever negative narrative you hear about her and ignore everything else.
AOC was arrested and fined. What is fake about the picture? When you get arrested, you put your hands behind your back. AOC explained this when questioned. It's best practice to put your hands behind your back so the police know where they're at and you don't get some BS charge of resisting arrest added on. Pretty simple. But you guys spin this into nonsense.
In order for your narrative to make sense, AOC has to be so stupid that she thought the only person that would take and post her photo was one of her staffers.
She is at a protest in broad daylight with tons of other people. Why would she think she could "trick" people into thinking she was handcuffed when we clearly see that she isn't? There are eyewitnesses, cameras, police, and the press all there. You're position is that she was simply too stupid to account for this?
This whole narrative was built on nothing but bad will.
You guys say that AOC is an attention whore as if she is some random Tik Tok college girl. Her literal job is to bring ATTENTION to issues for her constituents.
The act of just putting up a Tweet is seeking personal attention to you guys. If AOC was as much of an attention whore as you guys made her out to be, we would see and hear her so much more because there is no shortage of TV shows and new outlets that would love to have her on. How often do you see her on TV, doing press conferences, or other events? She doesn't even come on left wing shows.
She's not seeking attention, you guys give it to her no matter what she says or does.
To my original point, what you guys perceive AOC to be is often not accurate and then it results in making a bunch of false and inaccurate conclusions.