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In reply to the discussion: Rand Paul Ridiculed After Accusing Dems of 'Stealing' Elections by Persuading People to Vote for The [View all]LaMouffette
(2,528 posts)31. Oddly enough, they use "harvesting" with a negative connotation when describing Dems collecting
absentee ballots.
But they use the word as a pleasant euphemism for "killing" when it comes to deer hunting. They don't kill the deer. They "harvest" it. Interesting how they use the word to degrade and cast suspicion on one action (collecting ballots), then turn around and use it to sanitize and excuse another action (killing deer).
Full disclosure, my husband hunts deer for food and I eat the deer he kills (guess that makes me a scavenger). But we never says he "harvested" the deer. He killed it, and we ate it.
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Rand Paul Ridiculed After Accusing Dems of 'Stealing' Elections by Persuading People to Vote for The [View all]
babylonsister
Dec 2021
OP
Rand Paul really is demented. No wonder he had trouble with his next door neighbor. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2021
#1
sure it is, taking advantage of absentee ballot laws is offensive to the GoP. They lose...
Thomas Hurt
Dec 2021
#5
I've never understood why someone would vote for a candidate who disdains government.
CrispyQ
Dec 2021
#23
I don't think he has anything against government, per se. Just the democratic kind!
ShazzieB
Dec 2021
#33
The right wing loves the word "harvesting" -- that's the word they're trained to use
greenjar_01
Dec 2021
#19
Oddly enough, they use "harvesting" with a negative connotation when describing Dems collecting
LaMouffette
Dec 2021
#31
Yup. Totally human-centric point of view that sees the earth and everything in it as belonging
LaMouffette
Dec 2021
#43