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Ep 40 — Conservative Judges, Drunk On Power, Take The Wheel (feat. Amanda Marcotte)

Law and Chaos

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Exploring Emotions and Anxieties Around Education, Gender, and Youth

This chapter explores the sensitive subjects of education, gender, and sexuality, examining how right-wing strategies may attempt to manage fears around youth, mortality, and personal liberties. It also discusses personal encounters with children, such as accommodating partners staying overnight and grappling with the nuances of non-binary identities.

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I think it's more that they realized in the decades of demagoguing around title 9 that the issues of education and gender are like very Emotionally salient for people and you can rile people up thinking about school age kids and college kids and their sexuality their gender identity their gender relations and like the school setting because it gets to the core of I think what causes a lot of people anxiety, which is you know very and ugly feelings in people. Young people make us remember that we're old and we're dying. Thanks,
Speaker 3
Amanda.
Speaker 1
Can you
Speaker 3
come back on every episode? I
Speaker 1
know that sounds a little nuts, but I think it's true like they love to just sort of go after stuff that draws up sort of fears and and anxieties and people so that they can Pretend that right -wing policies or politics are somehow going to sort of squelch that fear of mortality That reminder that you're never gonna be young again That reminder that your kids are gonna grow up and they're to start having sex and they're going to start making their own decisions and you can't control that. And other things that give people, you know, a lot of anxiety.
Speaker 2
college -age children and I mean not to like delve into our children's personal lives, but it's it's such an interesting thing It's such a it's such an interesting divide. I remember once having a conversation with a friend of mine who said well Now that they've been away we let them have you know, you know, let the girlfriend sleep over because they're not having any extra sex Like I don't even understand what those words mean, but it is a hard thing to understand your kids. Try having a non -binary child.

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