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In reply to the discussion: The false link between Amy Coney Barrett and The Handmaid's Tale, explained: vox.com [View all]DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)I'm a person of color, and I found your ridiculous and totally baseless claim that I "dream" of a government of white male supremacist theocrats deeply offensive. As I said elsewhere, you (and me) are not the only champion of civil rights.
You should read things more carefully that were posted here. After you posted your unprovoked attack, you should now read the quotes from the author herself that have been added by me and another poster.
My limited point all along has been that the OP questioned the factual basis as to whether Barrett's cult is the inspiration for the novel/tv show. I said nothing more than that. You and a few other posters flew off the handle on issues I never raised or don't even disagree with. My point in all the posts is the need to be accurate and stick to the facts during Barrett's confirmation hearing.
Equating the two cults is a separate issue and the one you wish to make. And indeed the novel's author makes the same point. But, the thing is I never disputed that or even raised it.
If you want folks like Kamala Harris to spend her time on the Senate Judiciary Committee nailing Barrett to the wall as to whether her cult is like the cult in the novel....well...I just don't know what to say. There is so much more to go after her on than this, that is factually incorrect.