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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 110 points 1 week ago

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

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 104 points 1 week 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 94 points 1 week ago

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 85 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 11 points 1 week ago

Her smile is so fake.

[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

Y'all Qaeda

[-] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago
[-] Land_Strider@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

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 18 points 1 week ago

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

[-] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

the resemblance is uncanny

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 6 points 1 week ago

Gothmog had honor

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

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

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

yeah because children are so calculating...

[-] sudneo@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago
[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago

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

[-] cheeseandrice@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

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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[-] frunch@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago
[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

She looks 14 tops and he looks like her dad.

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

That pic really puts the age difference in perspective

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

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[-] benvars@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago
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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Ewewewewewwww

[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

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

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 week ago

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 13 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not like they admitted it or anything 🙄

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[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

there is no age limit. there is an age minimum

[-] Twitches@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

🤮

Edit: something something there would be a dead Republican representativee

[-] Squiddly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Why their heads all different sizes

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[-] StarshotJohn@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
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