Yeah. It’s definitely the part of the bit that didn’t age well so I wanted to give context. You nailed it. I think comedians of that time were leaning into to “libertarianism” since there was no real leftist movement in that time.
Before we all realized libertarians were all just “age of consent” law pedophiles.
I think it’s important that Americans realize that this is the same type of militarism that we have been doing abroad for decades. The difference with this administration is that that tactics of state terrorism have come home.
Fascism is imperialism turned inward. This is what Koreans, Vietnamese, Iraqis, Afgans, basically all of latin America, and many more countries have experienced through the use of our military for decades.
It’s important to recognize this. Because the same narratives they have manufactured, the same methods they use for control, all of it, is being used to enact and justify this violence here.
We will not defeat it by only fighting it when it hits our neighborhood. It’s being done in Venezuela now in the same way it was done in the past. We have always been monsters.
The reason for them being anti abortion is because they are anti women. They are not “pro life”. Remember this. Them beating the shit out of a pregnant women and forcing women to carry a child are both the same goal.
I’m saying this because it’s important to not waste your time trying to convince a reactionary that there is a contradiction. There is no contradiction when you remove the mask of their true ideology. It’s better to point out the truth that these are both awful forms of state violence that serve the same purpose.
Sorry. Not directly a reply to your comment. Just something related I wanted to say.
This is literally a Doug Stanhope bit from decades ago. Still true today. Though given the state of America today; I think I’d side with the Lincoln Log lady.
This news story existing a decade ago would have broke the minds of most Americans. Even those that support Trump now. It’s amazing how the slow trickle of Fascism is normalized in society.
From my understanding it happens because decades of injections have essentially ruined their face right? And they basically can’t stop getting them because they would look like a monster. So the only solution is to keep getting injections on a regular basis. It’s worse in people that started getting injections in their 20s because by the time they are 40 it’s just unrecoverable.
I could be totally wrong if someone has a better explanation. But I don’t think they are actually wanting to look like that. Its just “the best that can be done” at that point.