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What MAGA gets painfully wrong about dads

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  • The MAGA movement and evangelical Christian nationalists, including VP JD Vance, oppose contraception and advocate for having multiple children, with Vance demeaning childless women as "childless cat ladies" and promoting a twisted view of fatherhood that prioritizes quantity over quality.
  • Salon's Amanda Marcotte criticizes far-right natalism, citing examples such as Tesla/SpaceX leader Elon Musk, who is "a terrible father," and the late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who encouraged Americans to have more kids than they can afford, disregarding the potential consequences of poverty and neglect.
  • Marcotte argues that this ideology reduces kids to a commodity, encouraging neglectful and toxic approaches to parenting, and points to far-right evangelical pastor Doug Wilson as another example of the natalist movement's misguided views on fatherhood and parenting, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing quality over quantity in raising children.

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