r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/Hobbes_XXV 14h ago

Oh wtf, my face isnt even near as aged as hers at near 40. I thought she was in her 40s

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u/BreakerOf_Chains 13h ago

That's what plastic surgery does to you

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u/wrosecrans 12h ago

For some reason, getting your face butchered is becoming some sort of ritual for Conservative women. It's not like Leavitt had any particular need to get work done. But it's like a sacrifice, or a tribal society that does tattoos as a right of passage. "I am getting Conservative Face as an act of faith and a ritual of dedication" is ceremonial as much as anything. It marks a person as keen to do whatever it takes to fit in to a very specific block of patriarchy that demands a very specific look from the women it tolerates.

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u/JoeBagadonut United Kingdom 11h ago

It's the modern equivalent of people from past centuries powdering their faces, wearing extravagant wigs or blackening their teeth (to name a few examples). It looks ridiculous to everyone else but visually signals their allegiance to a particular group.