The Emperor's New Clothes: Examining American Political Myths and False Equivalencies

Introduction

Let's cut through the bullshit.

The American political landscape has become a circus of false equivalencies, misleading narratives, and straight-up lies that have managed to embed themselves so deeply in our collective consciousness that we've started accepting them as gospel. It's time to take a damn sledgehammer to these myths and examine the wreckage.

The Abortion Rights Paradox

Here's a fact that'll make your head spin: States with the strictest abortion restrictions consistently show higher rates of infant mortality and maternal deaths. The numbers tell a devastating story:

• In Texas, after implementing restrictive abortion laws, the maternal mortality rate jumped to 34.5 deaths per 100,000 live births – double the national average

• Mississippi, with some of the strictest abortion laws, has an infant mortality rate of 8.8 deaths per 1,000 l…