Lets just for a moment put the AI portion of this story aside. Let’s just look at this as a politician releasing photos, even if forged, of promoting violence against fictional holiday mascots that literally exist for the sole purpose of making kids happy.
That is what he’s done here today. Regardless of the AI element, I still find that a weird way to project your insecurities. You have to beat up a fictional character because you’re afraid anyone real would come after you.
I’m sure there are bigger losers out there…but none jump immediately to mind.
It’s really weird. The type of thing a 5 year old would think of and find funny. He said he came up with these with his kids, and I could believe that. But why didn’t his adult brain think that maybe this is something silly to keep to the family, rather than post online?
adult brain
You’re being a bit optimistic there.
`magats, rightwingers can never keep it to themselves.
Redcaps is a more subtle way to insult MAGAts. They won’t know what it means because they don’t read books.
I can’t even figure out the context
And then get mad at the pushback and call everyone: overly sensitive, intolerant, clowns and snowflakes. It’s just nothing but ass-faced dipshittery all the way down.
This is the War on Christmas I’ve been warned about?
Yes, it is always projection with Republicans.
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“When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as “Christmas cheer.” Not on my watch,” the Republican posted on his X account Thursday morning.
“We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats,” he added. “Take it back to the North Pole big guy.”
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“Lots of intolerance, swearing, and outrage on display over a few AI pics I had a blast designing with my kids,” Garten said. “Some of you clowns are just insufferable. Hopefully your negativity stays in the comments and not directed at your families.”
“Merry Christmas, snowflakes!” he added.
I don’t get it, what does Santa have to do with additional Bureaucracy?
You can’t even have unpaid immigrants doing manual labour in work camps anymore!
It’s Elf and Safety gone mad!
I don’t get it either. Doesn’t Santa work on Christmas Eve? As in evening? As in night time? How is beating him up the next morning helpful at all? Why the holy fuck did this moron not make his stupid fucking pictures set at night?
As someone who has to interact with fundies regularly, I can explain. Fundies are opposed to secular ideology, which they associate with liberal bureaucrats. “Unfunded mandates” refers to social programs, something he’s opposed to because he feels that the government can’t or shouldn’t afford them, and which he associates with the spirit of giving that is central to the secularized christmas holiday. Santa is the mascot of that secular version of christmas.
I had a blast designing with my kids
Hopefully your negativity stays in the comments and not directed at your families
Every accusation a confession LMAO
Imagine him screeching that his children are snowflakes for liking Santa Claus
The war on Christmas is coming from inside the house
I thought santa was an ICE agent…this is terrorism!
ICE turns Santa into an immigration agent to issue brutal holiday-themed message to illegal migrants
Oh good, he made them with his kids. Sounds like he is turning them in to shit stains too, great.
Yeah, but hopefully the teasing they get from the other kids over this convinces them how stupid their dad really is.
But why?
Decided to use Santa as a strawman for “beaurocratic overreach and unfunded mandates”. What that has to do with Santa, why the hell Santa was the stand-in for his weird violent fantasizing, what exactly is meant to be funny about any of it, and why he decided to post these pictures publicly? Idk. Also, the implication of this is that he is angry to the point of desiring to do violence to beaurocrats, which is to say actual people in government. And he is wondering why people think he is unhinged.
Apparently mega-fundies hate Santa because he’s too “secular” and distracts from Jesus. Nothing says “Jesus’ love” like beating someone up.
So explain to me again how it’s the Liberals who are waging war on Christmas.
Ok so war on christmas is good now?
More proof that conservatives are just not very smart.
How bad is a shred compared to a rip or a slam?
It’s at least 7 Kanyes worse.
Will “shredded” be the new “slammed”?
I guess he must’ve been on the naughty list
What? Shredded you say? Was that before or after “slammed”? Or maybe “blasted”? Or at least “facing calls”…
Politician gets a Diving Knee Drop from the top turnbuckle
is this what happens if i say happy holidays in public?
