Yeah, it didn't sound good at all. They're definitely keeping the Mississippi law and that's going to lead to more laws pushing it further. The South wants its return to the 1890s.
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Yeah, it didn't sound good at all. They're definitely keeping the Mississippi law and that's going to lead to more laws pushing it further. The South wants its return to the 1890s.
I don't think they can actually do that but I wouldn't be surprised if they try something like the fugitive slave law.
That’s probably already in the fever dreams of the Southern state legislatures.
That is the best they could come up with? Just say you want to own the Democrats and damage their chances in the midterms.
How dare the democrats tell people what they can and can’t do with their body.
in defence of the abortion arguers even though I lean pro-choice ultimately, they'd probably categorise it as more "you must do" vs "you must not do"
I think that's spot on.
And I don't think they will stop at abortion.
Said it in the Abortion thread, we are one step closer to Gilead.
Democrats: "Nothing will fundamentally change"
GOP in legislative minority:
GOP in legislative minority:
The easy retort to that is: not if the Democrats controlled the White House (and SCOTUS nominations) between 2016 and 2020.
the democrats could simply pass a law legalizing abortion
Doing that would be a "compromise" since that law only bans it after 15 weeks. By all accounts they want to overturn Roe.
How would that work with state passing counter laws against federal one? Won't it just go back to courts with the question of state rights vs federal ones? Essentially if Roe is overturned then Dems need to pass a constitutional amendment to enshrine rights over one's body as a literal right.
federal laws override state laws.
Vessels...
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He used some religious verbiage referring to babies as kingdoms of heaven housed in earthen vessels while sitting on the House floor giving a speech.
Cuomo sacked by CNN
So when they’re born they stop being kingdoms of heaven and become earthen vessels themselves? Or is it when they become adults?
Conservatives love the fetus, they hate the baby & the mother.
That's actually fascism.
Banning The Handmaid's Tale whilst trying to enforce totalitarian patriarchal theocracy via the Supreme Court.
I mean....they are openly telling us what they want.
it's as jordan peterson and ted cruz said, twitter leftist mob cancel culture will be the end of free speech 
They should love V for vendetta, an anti-state guy trying to bring the whole thing down, isn't that what they fantasize about?
No, that is their fantasy when a democrat/liberal/progressive runs the state. When THEY run the state....well just see this thread.
combine that with criminalising abortions and they’ll ensure the army is fully stocked for generations to come!
And it was just the other day people on here took exception to the notion the US was on their way to fascism as well.
But it's the land of the free! The shining example of freedom to the whole world!
What a fecking joke
Do people in America not see that this is actual fascism? All the Nazi Germany comments that are made about this and that, this actually happened there.
Here's a sample of how far-right Americans think...
For reasons I'm not willing to explain, after years of reporting on protests in and around the DC Baltimore area and throughout the world, I gave up on 'fighting the good fight' by providing a clear picture of protesters of all perspectives.
Anyhow, I'm living far into the mountains in Upstate NY and had a neighbor by my house, yesterday for a few beers. He's an admitted member of a far-right militia group.
The conversation went something like this:
Him: It's Antifa that are the real threat
Me: You do know that Antifa means, anti fascist, right?
Him: Yeah, I know
Me: Ya know we have a greater threat from black bears, wolves and fishers up hear than Antifa?
Him: Yeah but you never know with these basement dwellers
Me: I've reported on Antifa in depth and most of them are educated people with professions such as professors in Economics at Columbia Uni. and the like.
Him: Well that's probably how they fund themselves
My head was about to explode with the scale of nonsense. I tried to explain how Steve Bannon has exploited the far right with insanely inaccurate propaganda. He claimed he had no idea as to who Bannon was... Honestly, I don't know what to do with this sorta thinking.
All I know is, America is likely minutes away from civil war over nonsense. But hey, that's how lot's of national violent conflicts kick off.
As someone that was a strong advocate of free speech and fought against censorship, in fact my twitter account with 7,000+ followers was banned last October 2020, I understand why censorship is necessary nowadays. Most of us in America all get it after Jan 6th - but the voices of my group can no longer promote the message of non-violence within the protest arena. It's a mess and getting worse because of poor decisions on all sides in DC
The next chapter...