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    Title suck, it’s not happening right now but rather what Republicans are gearing up for.

    The far-right wish list is part of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, laying out policy positions for the next Republican president, and led by a cadre of former Trump administration officials.

    Right wing thinkers are circulating a chilling 920 page blueprint for the next President to declare the mere existence of trans people pornographic. These are not cranks, this is the Republican policy establishment. pic.twitter.com/ZU1jqCKIgCAri Drennen (@AriDrennen) September 7, 2023
    
    
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      The title didn’t day it is happening right now. It said that is what is on their “vision board”.

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        ‘“vision board” outlaws’ is pretty unambiguously saying the board is doing the outlawing.
        They didn’t say “wants to outlaw” or “would outlaw”

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            You’re right, I’m a member of the general public who has never heard the term before.
            So I have

            • the general understanding that a “board” is usually a group of individuals with some sort of authority.
            • An unknown adjectival noun “vision”. And
            • the present tense verb “outlaws”

            The headline could have replaced “vision board” with the word “proposals” used in the first sentence of the article and been more clear. But I feel like the choice may have been a deliberate one to drive clicks. (outlaws -> propose it should be outlawed)

            If it’s supposed to be this sort of hokey motivational poster, is this really a common term now? Maybe I am too old.

            Edit: Very interesting. This term has a definite trend in January (New Year’s resolutions?) but the trend only seems to have kicked off around 2011. https://i.imgur.com/SQDyfSS.png

            Old confirmed! There are dozens of us!

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          310 months ago

          I made some vision boards back in grade school but I don’t remember them having too much political power