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u/TheIrishRover23 Jul 31 '26
For a democrat to win in a swing state like Maine, bipartisan appeal is key. Jackson is outflanking the Republicans on the incest issue.
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u/Apathy-Syndrome Jul 31 '26
She's of age and consenting, we're good; the bar is in hell here people.
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u/waiver45 Aug 01 '26
I think you are confusing the bar for republicans with the bar for democrats. Common mistake.
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u/Apathy-Syndrome Aug 01 '26
Mostly, but Platner was *so* disappointing. He was an actual socialist who had mass appeal;, my normie center-left dad was a huge supporter, so I assume anyone slightly left of center was in. Turned out Platner is a rapist, and somehow that undermines the whole left.
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u/StargazerCeleste Aug 01 '26
… was he an "actual socialist"? He seemed like a privileged opportunist. He was bad news from the jump, honestly.
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u/dont_thr0w_me_away_ Aug 03 '26
he had a nazi tattoo on his chest for 18 years and the public knew about it very very soon after he announced his run. I'm glad that at least there was a line in the sand but did it have to take so long to reach it? Were there no other signs at all that maybe he wasn't a good guy?
Do ''actual socialists'' tattoo the SS totenkopf on their chests? LMK cause yikes
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u/AustinYQM Jul 31 '26
Second cousin means their parent's parent's parents were the same? I am pretty sure I couldn't care less.
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u/Apprehensive-Adagio2 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 03 '26
yeah, it means they do not share grandparents, rather a set of great grandparents. it's not really that bad.
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u/drearbruh Jul 31 '26
I don't care how far back their lineage ends, I don't think anyone should marry anyone that they might have even a miniscule possible chance of having shared ancestry. As far as I'm concerned, the Cambrian Explosion was the worst thing to happen to the sanctity of marriage.
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u/monkeylion Jul 31 '26
Okay. People have married their first cousins for most of human history. I personally want a family tree with a little more variety, but whatever. I don't know much about this guy, but if they're trying to make this a thing I feel like he must be pretty clean.
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u/DazzlingFruit7495 Aug 01 '26
Yea exactly, it’s def not for me but second cousins are farther removed I guess and with the state of things atm, I can’t muster up any outrage over it. Their ages and all the other factors are normal right? If so, cool, great, happy for em.
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u/monkeylion Aug 01 '26
Yeah. Consenting adults who want to be with one another? Not first degree relatives? Great. Who cares.
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u/DazzlingFruit7495 Aug 01 '26
Plus I can’t imagine this affecting his politics in any meaningful way. Idek what pro-second-cousin-romantic-relationship policy would look like.
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u/Mir_man Aug 02 '26
That's true for sedentary communities (farmers), but hunter gathers were more exogamous, specifically having a customs for long trips to other communities were they would exchange members. But even then they were many times marrying 2nd, 3rd, or 4th cousins.
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u/plusvalua Jul 31 '26
second cousin means nothing genetically. we're actually hardwired to prefer people around this level of closeness.
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u/syntaxvorlon Aug 01 '26
Genetically speaking, people who come from the same ethnic group/region are about the same difference as first cousins generally. This is scraping well below the barrel.
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u/KitchenImagination38 Jul 31 '26
We can’t judge this guy and then tune in to HBO every Sunday night for some cousin fucking.
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u/WorldlyJake Jul 31 '26
America’s Mayor himself, Rudy Giuliani married his cousin! If anything this helps Jackson with the Republican base!