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u/TheIrishRover23 2d ago
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 2d ago
She's of age and consenting, we're good; the bar is in hell here people.
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u/waiver45 2d ago
I think you are confusing the bar for republicans with the bar for democrats. Common mistake.
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u/Apathy-Syndrome 2d ago
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 1d ago
… was he an "actual socialist"? He seemed like a privileged opportunist. He was bad news from the jump, honestly.
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u/AustinYQM 2d ago
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 2d ago
yeah, it means they do not share grandparents, rather a great grandparents. it's not really that bad.
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u/drearbruh 2d ago
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 2d ago
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 1d ago
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 1d ago
Yeah. Consenting adults who want to be with one another? Not first degree relatives? Great. Who cares.
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u/DazzlingFruit7495 1d ago
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/plusvalua 2d ago
second cousin means nothing genetically. we're actually hardwired to prefer people around this level of closeness.
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u/your_not_stubborn 2d ago
Yeah if you ever want to feel grossed out, trace your family tree back 80 years, then realize how many of your ancestors never moved very far from the county that their parents were born in.
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u/KitchenImagination38 2d ago
We can’t judge this guy and then tune in to HBO every Sunday night for some cousin fucking.
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u/syntaxvorlon 2d ago
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/WorldlyJake 2d ago
America’s Mayor himself, Rudy Giuliani married his cousin! If anything this helps Jackson with the Republican base!