A fitting rejoinder
Monday, Jan 6, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* As subscribers know, all three of the Illinois Family Institute’s Statehouse lobbyists resigned in March after the group’s political wing published this and doubled-down when criticised…
* So, some House Democrats decided on a joint reply to the latest IFI candidate questionnaire…
Dear Illinois Family Institute,
Please accept this as our response to your candidate survey.
Yours Truly,
Representative Jonathan Carroll (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Kelly Cassidy (Pronouns she/hers)
Representative Daniel Didech (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Kelly Cassidy (Pronouns she/hers)
Representative Sara Feigenholtz (Pronouns she/she/moi)
Representative Ann Williams (Pronouns she/hers)
Representative Will Guzzardi (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Bob Morgan (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Sam Yingling (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (Pronouns she/hers)
Representative Aaron Ortiz (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Delia Ramirez (Pronouns she/her/hers)
Representative Anna Moeller (Pronouns she/her)
Representative Maurice West II (Pronouns he/him/his)
Representative Lamont Robinson
Representative Emanuel “Chris” Welch
Representative Robyn Gabel
- Lil Squeezy - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:25 pm:
Do not engage the trolls
- Commissar Gritty - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:32 pm:
Those trolls are major Republican donors, check them out on Illinois Sunshine.
Link below:
https://illinoissunshine.org/search/?term=illinois+family+institute&table_name=candidates&table_name=committees&table_name=officers&table_name=receipts&table_name=expenditures
They have 5 pages of donations to conservative candidates. I’m not a finance attorney, but aren’t 501c3’s and non-for-profits supposed to avoid politicking? Especially campaign contributions? Genuinely believe this is a form of tax fraud.
Considering the ramp up in anti-semetism of the last few years, is this responsible rhetoric to be engaging in?
- Cap'n obvious - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:33 pm:
i hope the pronoun inclusion triggers the righty snowflakes at ifi
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:33 pm:
Anyone who thinks that the certain German party referenced above paid anything but lip service to left wing Socialism while actually governing as ultra right wing genocidal Fascists is hung up on one misleading word they adopted in their name and is just proving they don’t know their history.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:40 pm:
Let’s be very clear;
The Trumpkins, be they “family” driven or “look at our economy”… “conservatives”
This is projecting that Trump himself is a racist, and folks think they can either parse “oh, I agree with Trump, but… “ or they do this now, project that the “Democrat Party” is the party of national socialism… AND… wait for it… socialism.
It’s truly amazing how these “family” groups, or “evangelical” groups claim the high ground and project, like here, but ignore that *they* support a POTUS who is a “both sides” apologist to give cover to the racism and bigotry.
All that said, this sickens and saddens me that a group felt the need to have a stance, then double down in this manner.
- TominChicago - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:43 pm:
Ron Burgundy. You are soooooo correct. It drives me crazy when the ahistoric maintain that the Nazis were socialists. The German economy was corporate capitalism but the largest consumer was the state’s defense complex. In other words, like the the modern day USA
- Steve Rogers - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:51 pm:
Does anyone realize that socialism and fascism are two completely opposite ends of the political spectrum. Fascism is far right nationalist authoritarianism. Socialism is the far left government owned production. Please know your history before posting stupid things Illinois Family Institute.
- Norseman - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:57 pm:
=== … the Illinois Family Institute’s Statehouse lobbyists resigned … ===
I hope this was an act of Integrity. We need folks who have enough integrity to call out and take action when groups lie and create phony conspiracy theories.
- Interested - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 3:58 pm:
I don’t get it.
- Steve - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:01 pm:
The pronouns reply is quite interesting. It shows great moral authority.
- Demoralized - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:02 pm:
Hillarious
- Kyle Hillman - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:07 pm:
Rep. Cassidy supported it so much she signed it twice?
- Rich Hill - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:09 pm:
Art Jones is confused.
- Powdered Whig - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:14 pm:
=== What is the deal with the pronouns? I am not familiar with this kind of usage. ===
Never mind. I used the Google.
- Chicago Cynic - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:22 pm:
I’m confused. Didn’t you just post the same graphic under both?
- Commisar Gritty - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:25 pm:
@ Chicago Cynic
Rich included IFI’s graphic at the top of his post for context. Below the dividing line, the response from the HDems also included the graphic as their response. That’s why its listed twice
- Nick Name - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:39 pm:
===Rich included IFI’s graphic at the top of his post for context. Below the dividing line, the response from the HDems also included the graphic as their response. That’s why its listed twice===
I get that. I just don’t get why the Dems would include it in their candidate survey response.
- Nick Name - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:41 pm:
In any case…
===Socialism===
The Nazis were socialist in the same way that North Korea is a Democratic People’s Republic.
- RIJ - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:41 pm:
Disappointed that Mike Halpin didn’t sign. This is great; I only wish more had signed.
- RIJ - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:43 pm:
Nick, they are saying that it doesn’t matter if they complete the survey. It’s not like it would change IFI’s rhetoric. So they just sent the propaganda back as their reply.
- Nick Name - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:49 pm:
Ah, ok, thanks.
- RIJ - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 4:53 pm:
I was confused at first, too. 🙂
- Blue Dog Dem - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 6:50 pm:
I can’t believe there aren’t more co-signers from the Dem side.
- Steve - Monday, Jan 6, 20 @ 7:46 pm:
- Steve Rogers-
Consider reading this book from Princeton University Press.
https://tinyurl.com/yh4tjen3
- lost in the weeds - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 1:43 am:
this might help
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Family_Institute
- @misterjayem - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 7:33 am:
Fun fact: English speakers who bemoan the use of they/them pronouns have already used an English plural pronoun as a singular pronoun every day of their adult lives.
The English language changes over time.
That’s a feature not a bug.
– MrJM
- Monadnock Pigeon - Tuesday, Jan 7, 20 @ 8:42 am:
== Fun fact: ==
Now, now, let’s not bring facts into this…