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AOC, The Right Wing, and Mind-Numbing Hypocrisy.
How AOC’s very existence within legislative space is a catalyst for conservative double standards and anger.
As those close to me know, I come from a very conservative family. My Dad in particular has really exposed me to a lot of right wing viewpoints and rhetoric, and I’ve unfortunately watched him grow further and further to the right over time. One thing I have noticed over the past few months in particular is the vehement hatred and smearing of freshman representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and my Trump-supporting father is one of the many conservatives who thoroughly enjoys taking part in this. In a text message debate after he sent me the link to a Piers Morgan article about her, he said:
“I will not be told how to live or ruled over by a bartender…She insults me almost every time she opens her big mouth…She’s loud, entirely self unaware and simultaneously confident in her opinions to a laughable fault.”
It was in the moment that I read this text that I realized the full extent of not just my Dad’s, but the right wing’s overall hypocrisy, projection, and mind-numbing double standards when it comes to this woman alone.
“I will not be told how to live or be ruled over by a bartender.”
