#politcal

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Obviously true. And not to forget: Republican state legislators are pretty much off the charts when it comes to being charged and convicted of abuse of minors.   [Scott Horton]

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Does America have a severe problem with Drag Queens molesting children? No. Does America have a severe problem with Republican elected officials molesting children? Yes. In fact, it's epidemic.

[monoman1c]

Warning: Political shit ahead.

As a fervent transgender, gay anarchist, I think that it’s time we, as the LGBTQIA+ people in the United States of America, after the disgusting and vile decision made by the SCOTUS to legalize discrimination against us, take action and fight back. Again.

First off, from my own personal experience and stuff, I don’t think we should just sit around and frankly, I’m a little bit tired of watching this country go to shit against my fellow transgender brothers, sisters, and siblings. Knowing that states like Florida and Texas are allowed to exist, which their blatant pushes towards genocide, underneath the United States Constitution in which “All men (meaning humans) are created equally”. In the country that’s supposed to be the “land of the free” and the “home of the brave”. When all I see are people who are locking down rights against their fellow people, and for what? Because you’re terrified of two men or two women holding hands? Doesn’t sound very free to me. Or very brave.

This country has disappointed me massively and has done nothing but let me down. I was told when I was younger to be proud of being American, but why should I be proud of such a terrible, awful country?

But back to my main point, I think we should take action. A little more than just a protest. A riot? Maybe. I know I’d be on-board if my local community planned one.

This has probably been a lot of rambling and nonsense and shit, but my main point is, we have to do something big here. Before it gets even worse than it already is. I don’t feel like letting my comrades just get wiped out so quietly.

… p.s. It’s the American people’s constitutional right to overthrow leaders that are deemed unfit to rule. Keep that in mind.

[thewesternpolitics]

Elon Musk called out German government for importing millions of illegals and funding their travel. German government officials responded with “It’s called saving lives.”

[mattydemise]

An IRA political poster from the 1980s, featuring a quote from Bobby Sands written on the first day of the 1981 hunger strike.

[sophieinwonderland]

Do you think anti-endos are a hate group?

Some hate group definitions: https://cof.org/page/definitions-hate-and-extremism

Practically, yes. I feel like most of the arguments against them being a hate group are boiling down to semantics.

American Library Association A hate group is a social group that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, nation, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other designated sector of society.

Anti-endos definitely advocate and practice hatred and hostility towards endogenic systems. There's no doubt about it. They have their own communities and constitute a social group.

I don't think there's any doubt that anti-endos would meet this particular definition.

Anti-Defamation League Hate Group: An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members in a group or organization is typically not enough to qualify it as a hate group; the group itself must have some hate-based orientation/purpose.

Again, there is no doubt that the anti-endo community's goals are based primarily on a shared antipathy towards endogenic systems.

There are two semantic arguments you could make against this. One is that they're not an "organization." In other words, they don't qualify as the "group" part of the hate group.

And I guess that might not technically be wrong by this definition, but if your argument is "we're not a hate group because we're not enough of a group" without addressing the hate, I feel like you need to re-evaluate your priorities.

The HATE is the bad part about being a hate group.

The second argument here would be that it's okay to hate endogenic systems because they aren't in the list of traits above. Although I would point out that anti-endo sentiment includes broad antipathy towards religious any metaphysical beliefs that fall under the plural umbrella.

Additionally, I think most would think it fair to expand this list to include neurodivergences under this umbrella.

If a group was anti-autistic people, you wouldn't say it can't constitute a hate group because ASD isn't a race, religion, gender or sexual identity.

So yes, as social groups formed around a shared antipathy towards religions and neurodivergences, which practice hatred and hostility towards those religions and neurodivergences, I firmly believe anti-endos constitute a hate group.

[maleficusbonum]

Now's a good time to remind everyone that basically, Roe v Wade was overturned because the right to abortion isn't actually in the constitution in those words. So, the Supreme Court was able to deem it "unconstitutional".

But that's not all. Basically, everyone that is not a straight, white male is unprotected by the constitution. The only saftey the rest of us have is that they can't make slaves again. Everything else is literally, not explicitly in the constitution: gay marriage/relationships, interracial marriage/relationships, access to contraception, having segragation be illegal, women having equal rights. NONE OF IT is directly worded in the constitution. Which means, if they wanted to, the Supreme Court could go after ALL OF IT by deeming it "unconstitutional".

Not saying they will. Not saying the cases would get overturned if they did. But it's the fact that THEY CAN.

That should TERRIFY you.

[superstupendoussims]

one of the easiest career paths in this game

[samus-arans-sweaty-pits]

[moron-rights]

imagine writing a draft to overturn roe v. wade for the “sanctity of life” and then in the same document, referring to children as “domestic supply.” Pick a lane, Alito. 

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Sure, @flgovrondesantis might be a small, potato-faced fascist with a crippling fear of history accurately taught, and he might have less charisma than a shit-sweating Rudy Giuliani. But he’s also a deeply gross loser who eats pudding with his fingers like a toddler at a birthday party. [The Daily Don]

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What Ron DeSantis doesn't understand about America

STEVE SCHMIDT

The state of Florida is going to teach its middle schoolers that some enslaved Blacks benefitted from slavery because the slaves learned important vocational skills. The new African American history standards were approved by the Florida State Board of Education yesterday.

What is happening in Florida is a disgrace. It is appalling and shameful. In fact, it should be considered a form of child abuse because it is. Governor Ron DeSantis is currently and deservedly being humiliated across America. His failing and flailing campaign is bankrupt and sputtering.  It is an out-of-touch debacle that will ensure he never becomes president.  The good news is that his political career is almost over.

Ron DeSantis has a lot of defects as a national candidate, but the main one is how estranged he is from the basic decency of the country and her people. He is a champion of cruelty and abuse, who is simultaneously aloof, off-putting, transgressive and extreme. His culture war insanity is appalling to the overall majority of Americans who work hard, play by the rules and want to pursue happiness and joy.

DeSantis is as profoundly estranged from the people he seeks to lead as any candidate I have ever seen. He is an alien, detached from the rhythms of American life. As I often say, it is impossible to love your country if you hate half the people living in it.

The United States is a beautiful country filled with amazing people. Somewhere along the line, Ron DeSantis lost touch with that reality — or more likely never understood it in the first place. He doesn’t really seem to understand the country. It is a big place after all.

I’ve driven across America six times in my lifetime, and I’m getting ready for my 7th. This time, it will be with my 17-year-old son. We are going to go explore some beautiful places neither of us have been before. Along the way, I’ll finally visit my 50th and last state: North Dakota. I’m excited for the trip and the open road ahead.

Optimism towards the future is an elemental value in America that DeSantis and his fellow extremists don’t understand. Anger, grievance and resentment are fuels on Twitter and Fox News, but not in real life. It’s too bad that Ron DeSantis can’t see the good out there. His blindness is disqualifying. He can’t see America, but America can see him with perfect clarity.

After the crash maybe Ron can throw some puddings in the cooler, wet wipes in the glove compartment, and hit the open road. He might learn something along the way. This is a decent country. Maybe he’d come to understand that.

[therileyandkimmyshow]

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[jahtarlifestyles]

My opinion:

I think a lot of you democrats are fake ass undercover republicans. You are just as anti woman, lgbtq, immigration (ladder stealers) as a far right-wing Trump supporter. You can see facism and nazi rhetoric staring right at you, but instead will vote out of emotional engagement. Hurt feelings and I politics instead of 'We".

And then the loudest shit be coming from people who do not vote anyway. 😒

[sittinwithyou]

It's so cool when I get to nerd out about smart things and geeky things all in one sentence.

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