• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Ladies and gentlemen: I give you the party of “small governemt”… who apparently feel we’re all so incapable of managing our affairs that we need a court appointed magistrate to weigh in on if we should get life-saving medical care… (* golfclap *)

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    The fun part about these cases challenging abortion is, if the courts delay them long enough they can dismiss them for lack of standing.

    The cruelty is the point.

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    I can’t fathom how my relatives under 50 still remain in texas.

    They basically hate women, and want to push vindictive bullshit - even if this woman is afforded agency over her own body, Paxton has said he’ll sue the docs nurses and medical center.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/08/ken-paxton-texas-abortion-kate-cox?fbclid=IwAR2Api0ssTqcPh9G-I1FxVEFA17zwK4AK9Yya_xOIKa8mkOa1o57GtED0gM

    They took books about slavery out of the plantation gift shop. https://lemm.ee/post/17334830

    I remember Ann Richards, what the fuck, Texas… what the actual fuck.

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      If people who disagree with the Republicans always leave, then the Republicans will be unopposed and will always win. This is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

      Children growing up in Texas can see first-hand the intentional cruelty of the ruling party, and I believe that is why the GOP will eventually lose, and their only chance for the near future is unlawfully seizing power.

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        In a vacuum you’re not wrong, but the real-world implication is that you’re asking parents to willingly subject their children to the cruelty of the GOP to maybe have a chance of changing it in the future.

        Do children have to be in a school shooting to know that they shouldn’t happen? Do they have to see their classmate forced to carry their rapist’s baby to know that abortion should be allowed in at least some circumstances? Do they have to freeze with no power to learn that a privatized power grid will always prioritize its profits over their health?

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        11 months ago

        sorry ain’t sticking around in shittsville so I can help Ted Cruz get reelected again, not my fucking hobby eh?

        you do you.

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    running out the clock, denying this woman justice and forcing her to suffer just for suffering’s sake. remember this in november. they’ll try to pretend they’ve softened their position, they’ll talk about reasonable exceptions, they’ll pretend they’re just here to defend a little life but at the end of the day the republican party platform is to identify people they consider substandard and cause them as much pain and suffering a possible. it’s the common thread behind everything they try to do.

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    Hey conservatives…. Remember this when you are trying to argue that your shit political party has any compassion at all.

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        11 months ago

        They’ve been busy doubling down lately. Pretty sure their latest slogan is Under His Eye.

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          11 months ago

          “but mama under whose eye?”

          “Never you mind that Jimmy, now eat your oatmeal and finish cleaning your sidearm, we got to go to the mall today”

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    11 months ago

    Another stunning example of personal freedom from The Greatest Country on Earth (Trade mark. Not to be used in comparison to any other nation)