For months, I have been posting that "Moms For Liberty" was neither composed of "moms" nor "for liberty". It turns out that I was right. The founder of "Moms for Liberty" is (a) a guy, (b) who is a registered sex offender, and (c) claims that he was framed. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/imagi... - ThreadSky

mitchellepner.bsky.social • 469 days ago

For months, I have been posting that "Moms For Liberty" was neither composed of "moms" nor "for liberty".

It turns out that I was right. The founder of "Moms for Liberty" is (a) a guy, (b) who is a registered sex offender, and (c) claims that he was framed.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/imagine-that-5

Comments

aizak.bsky.social•469 days ago

So is it just that everyone on the far right is a sex criminal or that sex criminals for some reason are disproportionately driven to found hypocritical political activist groups

yoboseiyo.bsky.social•469 days ago

the criminals want power without accountability.

the right wing fascist machine provides that.

400trix.bsky.social•469 days ago

LaRouche alumni? That tracks.

mitchellepner.bsky.social•469 days ago

If I had more than 300 characters, I was going to add that.

mithras.bsky.social•469 days ago

Framed by a Lyndon LaRouche group.

That's a special kind of wingnut all on its own.

notwit.bsky.social•469 days ago

Framed but pleaded guilty. That's an interesting combination.

oweniverson.bsky.social•469 days ago

"Liberty" as an economic model began with folks that believed 100% that any taxation on their wealth was theft - that anything built from taxes (i.e. the public good) was a waste.

Not only that, but the only people that should be allowed to vote were those that owned land.

spinny.bsky.social•469 days ago

oh yikes

dwhanna.bsky.social•468 days ago

Like I know dunks are fun but spreading misinformation is a bad look

jbminn.bsky.social•469 days ago

well, Dudes for Sex Crimes isn't nearly as catchy tbh

caezar.io•468 days ago

They shortened it to just X.

bilal.gobirds.online•469 days ago

overheard

empowlr.bsky.social•469 days ago

I dunno, I imagine it appeals to a certain audience.

ywfyf.com•469 days ago

Sadly, dudes for sex crimes is extant
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Man/Boy_Love_Association

jbminn.bsky.social•469 days ago

hfs, i'd forgotten abt that. ummmm

ywfyf.com•469 days ago

So outrageous that most people just assumed South Park made it up

innerpartisan.bsky.social•469 days ago

you know, i unironically think that support groups for people who feel attracted to children (it's not just men) can get help *before* they become perpetrators, but i SOMEHOW doubt that's what these guys had in mind 😬

reuning.bsky.social•469 days ago

Where does it say that the he founded Moms for Liberty? He i a leader in the Philly chapter, but the article doesn't even say he is a founder of that chapter.

fempath.bsky.social•469 days ago

Just like the LGB alliance is in fact not composed of mostly gay or bi ppl but actually straight bigots hiding behind the rainbow to spread hate of division within the community. The right wing is chock full of psy-ops and falsehoods.

fempath.bsky.social•469 days ago

hate and* division

waterwalkindancer.bsky.social•469 days ago

LaRouchite sex offender (but I repeat myself)

shepgo.bsky.social•469 days ago

…and was originally a Larouchie.

salvagni.org•469 days ago

Reposted this with all the JFC that I can muster.

joegordon.bsky.social•469 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/tsalmoth.bsky.social/post/3ken6wiz6372x

sugarcubedog.bsky.social•468 days ago

He’s not though. He’s a pastor in Philly that just helps send people their way.

stoopcat.bsky.social•469 days ago

wait, he's the founder of the whole group? I thought he was just the Philly rep?

lunalore.bsky.social•469 days ago

shocked, shocked, not that shocked, etc

walkerbragman.bsky.social•469 days ago

You should have clarified this refers to one chapter of Moms for Liberty.

The founders of the national organization have their own problems.

fieldmontgomery.bsky.social•469 days ago

AstroTurfs gonna AstroTurf.

pinkpetal.bsky.social•101 days ago

When reviewing Jan 6 videos Proud Boy Eddie Block said a lot of women wanted to be Proud Boys and were starting something he thought might be called Liberty Belles. I wondered if that moms for liberty was that.

eriemom.bsky.social•469 days ago

The Casserole Crew were high school diva and are still looking for attention.

ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social•469 days ago

This post is just incorrect. It should not be up.

socialdopamine.bsky.social•469 days ago

Beyond a small group of cult-like extremists, it feels like nothing about the American right wing is grassroots or authentic.

malfunctioning.bsky.social•469 days ago

You think we would learn by now, this keeps happening.
So many so god dam many people shouting wouldn't somebody thing of kids turn out to be biggest harm

kenraining.bsky.social•469 days ago

Imagine that indeed.

thespinner.bsky.social•469 days ago

The leader of the Moms for Liberty chapter in my area is definitely a mom and she has kids in our school system . . . and she is absolutely a demented fascist.

mattcramer.bsky.social•469 days ago

Even more damning that he used to be a LaRouchian

crowpotkin.bsky.social•469 days ago

Of course it's a LaRouchite.

jeff-notheotherone.bsky.social•469 days ago

If he wasn’t part of the Grafton experiment, he probably would have been, given the chance

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

childlessgambino.bsky.social•468 days ago

shocking

anoosh100.bsky.social•469 days ago

Clarification: this is the leader of Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia, NOT the founder of the Moms for Liberty organization.

thomaus.bsky.social•469 days ago

He was just ‘Mother’s Little Helper’

richardabrooks.bsky.social•469 days ago

It calls into question the whole sign up & registration of ALL Moms for Liberty members & leadership though!

Either he is there by deception which means the organisation is piss poor

Or

They know he is a he & are covering for a convicted criminal who should not be within 10 miles of a child?

anoosh100.bsky.social•469 days ago

Absolutely erodes their claim to any high ground of “protecting children.”

borderlinecool.bsky.social•469 days ago

Moms stands for "Mainly Older Male Sex-Offenders

cowboyinbrla.bsky.social•425 days ago

In fairness' sake, he's the founder of *one chapter* of M4L, as I understand it - not the parent organization (assuming one exists). Doesn't make anything he's done less awful, but it means he's not responsible for all of M4L (the FL chapter has its own sex scandal problems).

marco.jard.im•469 days ago

I think that everyone with a grain of common sense should assume, as a default position, that the more patriotic an organization, law act, or motion by a sitting President, is, that the worse is actually is and the least it represents the subject of its namesake.