In a contentious and misleading post on social media, JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, launched an attack on Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for LGBTQ+ inclusivity. Vance falsely accused Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif of being transgender, causing widespread condemnation and backlash from human rights advocates.

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    They don’t care about whether it’s true or not, they just care about whether it fits a certain stereotype that feels “true” or not. They are not pandering to people trying to be rational who form conclusions based on evidence, they are pandering to a cult that fabricates evidence to reach the conclusions they want to hear.