A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect at midnight, but the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to act on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold.
This is good. Now the conservative pro-lifers can concentrate on other things like expanding the death penalty to more crimes and getting rid of school lunch programs for poor kids and nuking every single vaccination for everyone. Let 'er rip, MAGAs!
This is yet another example of how voting republican can literally, affect your quality of life in a negative way. The GOP is a death cult and the more lives they can sacrifice on the altar of Moloch, they happier they are. From banning measures that keep people safe from COVID, the rejecting Medicaid and EI benefits expansions, the GOP is waging war against its own citizens. And yet the hens keep voting for the fox.
"Jesus loves all the babies but you're a goddamn communist if you want the government to spend any money to give them a good quality of life after they're born". I don't even want to think about the sort of religious and ideological gymnastics someone would have to torture their own brain with to genuinely believe that way of thinking has any sort of basic or Christian morality in it.
I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
I've never understood why some conservatives, particularly Bible Belt conservatives, flip out at the idea of regulating capitalism but are more than happy to use the government's power to try and control a woman's ability to decide whether she wants to give birth or not.
"xerxes" said I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old.
"rickc" said I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old.
I think you might have it backward there rick. Minority access to abortions is what helps them choose their life and the direction it takes. Single unwed mothers have a more difficult time raising themselves out of the poverty trap. Take into account the systemic racism already faced by such groups, and then place a heavy financial burden on them, and you keep that group in the lowest income range. Then remove any financial or social support for those families once the baby is born, and you have sealed their socioeconomic status.
That is White Nationalism. You might not think racism has any part of it, because race is not specifically involved, but the groups most affected by these decisions are totally race based.
"rickc" said I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old. Not allowing them to have abortions helps keep them in poverty. They aren't so stupid to think people of colour won't have children. So instead they're going make sure that as many are kept in subservient positions as possible.
Sterilization has happened as recently as the last 10 years against prisoners, who are predominantly people of colour because of a racist justice system.
As long as the GOP continues into trump land of crazy, they will bear the white nationalist title. And anyone who votes for them should bear that title as well.
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old.
I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old.
I think you might have it backward there rick. Minority access to abortions is what helps them choose their life and the direction it takes. Single unwed mothers have a more difficult time raising themselves out of the poverty trap. Take into account the systemic racism already faced by such groups, and then place a heavy financial burden on them, and you keep that group in the lowest income range. Then remove any financial or social support for those families once the baby is born, and you have sealed their socioeconomic status.
That is White Nationalism. You might not think racism has any part of it, because race is not specifically involved, but the groups most affected by these decisions are totally race based.
https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justic ... fery-bans/
Yep, it seems like fetuses are very important, but children not so much.
I forget who said it but the quote goes something like: “If Jesus came back today, the first people to crucify him again would be the Christians.”
There’s no valid religious philosophy behind this law. It’s all about control. Control over women and other marginalized people. The real religion of the right wing in the US is white nationalism.
First off I do not want you to think that I am supporting what is going on in Texas, I don't. I think that the new law is one big steaming pile of horseshit. SCOTUS is not helping matters either by allowing this clusterfuck to continue. This should have already been nipped in the bud. That said attempting to equate the right wing in the U.S. with white nationalism is also horseshit. Blacks make up 12% of the population in Texas, yet black women having abortions represent 27% of all abortions in Texas. Hispanic women represent 39% of all abortions in Texas. If the right wing in the U.S. was all about white nationalism, they would not try to stop these abortions by minorities. Hell they would be encouraging them. They would be passing laws raising taxes to help pay for them. They would be passing laws calling for forced sterilization and euthanasia of the minorities.
If you have a problem with people forcing their own morals and beliefs on other people....fine, (I do too) call them out on it. Just call it what it really is. Racism has nothing to do with it. Nationalism has nothing to do with it. EVERYTHING being equated with racism and nazism is getting really fucking old.
Not allowing them to have abortions helps keep them in poverty. They aren't so stupid to think people of colour won't have children. So instead they're going make sure that as many are kept in subservient positions as possible.
Sterilization has happened as recently as the last 10 years against prisoners, who are predominantly people of colour because of a racist justice system.
As long as the GOP continues into trump land of crazy, they will bear the white nationalist title. And anyone who votes for them should bear that title as well.