The highlight for me is coming up with some weird pseudoscience justification for why it’s okay to hit your kids.

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    They bought this house and the one next door for $575,000; they allow their neighbours to live in the second house rent free, in exchange for childcare.

    Seems normal !

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      This is part of a whole thing where the journalist keeps presenting their framing without question. Is it “allow their neighbours to live in the second house rent free, in exchange for childcare” or is it “they have unpaid live-in nannies in a staff apartment”? Do they “give everything they can spare to charity” or are they landlords who own property they don’t live in? Is she wearing a corset and chemise from etsy because it’s practical, or because these weirdos have put on staged cosplay performances for every journalist who’s ever interviewed them, and you’re no exception?

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      Wow, these people have not planned anything at all. They’re going to homeschool all 7+ kids? And go into politics, a job that infamously has long, unsociable hours?

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        No, they’re counting on not spending time with their children. Their worldview is all about populating, not educating.

        In fact, if you pester any of these people how they would plan to educate all these millions of new children you’ll quickly find out that either:

        • That is actually not planned for at all (hand waving).
        • They actually only want certain (White people of means) to be having lots of kids.