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And of course... It's only February.
I would end up having to quit my job because i would never out a minor. I grew up in a Mormon family that was very transphopic and anti gay i saw first hand how cruel and mean families can be. >

I'm not saying you did the wrong thing (especially since I believe you didn't), but I think it's a sign of an adverse effect that's taking place in education in all red states right now. They're suffering brain drain because of their harsh, draconian laws, and it's all part of the GOP strategy to make a social institution non-functional so that they can privatise it and make money off of it. They're doing this in a concerted effort to replace public schooling with private schooling, and as we all know, attacking education and the educated is one of the first things all fascist regimes do. It scares me how many of my countrymen can't see the glaringly obvious signs going on in the GOP. >

If it weren't the school's, they'd find another lever to pull. The red states are on a path to theocratic rule and the best all sane people can do is get out of those states while they can. Unfortunately, all we can really do is batten down the hatches and let the fascist shit burn out. >

A better plan would be organized blue immigration into red states to tip the vote to Democrats there. If the nut jobs keep adding more states to their control, they not only have the senate and presidency but can do a constitutional convention... >

If money weren't an object, I would fund a nonprofit to encourage remote tech workers to move to Wyoming and the Dakotas. It would take around 400K people to flip all 3 states. 9 electoral votes and 6 Senate seats (this is the real prize). >

Why don't liberal tech company owners do this? It seems so easy and relatively cheap. >

To be fair, how is the infrastructure in Wyoming for remote work? My guess is that it'll need to be developed to support the higher bandwidth usage of a large remote workforce before this is really viable, and it seems like the impetus for that would fall on the ISPs and/or companies wanting to move their people since the state government would likely be hostile to such a plan. >

There isn't any. It helps keep the liberals out. >


Critics of North Carolina's Parents Bill of Rights say it's harmful to LGBT students and could be used to ban books or put students in harm at home. Supporters say it's needed to stop inappropriate discussions of sexuality or gender at school, and to stop children from keeping secrets from their parents.

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So, they are admitting they are trying to forcefully make kids comply and forbid them from being actual persons, with autonomy?
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This is something the Westboro Baptist Church would co-sign. What the hell? >

I hate that last fucking line. If parents are fucking abusers, kids should keep secrets from them. Fuck these assholes. They just want more Matthew Shepards. They can't beat and kill gay kids, so they want there to be no safety or privacy so that other people will do the dirty work for them. >

If parents are abusers, Republicans are hoping they will punish their children for being gay. The cruelty is the point with Republicans >

Not to mention the risk of getting outed in a place where accessibility to guns is rampant Republicans have the added benefit of an increased risk of suicide >

It drives me crazy that the same folks dual wielding ARs from the back of a jacked up Dodge 3500 compensator, screaming about their freedoms while dumping the mag fail to see any freedom that doesnt apply to them >

Republicans scream freedom, but what they really want is Christian nationalism. >

They say freedom, but they mean freedom to take your freedom.
Fundamental to their religion is the requirement to demand everyone else follow it or else >

More accurate name: Alliance Attacking Freedom. >

The Party of Small Government sure doesn’t like a right to privacy. >

we keep trying to gotcha them by pointing out this hypocrisy. Thing is, they're just using the English language completely differently. When they say 'party of small government' what they mean is 'the government doesn't interfere in anything I want to do and keeps me on top of the pecking order.'
They don't use words the way the rest of the world does, and we are wasting our time pretending they mean anything they say. >


Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

— Frank Wilhoit, CrookedTimber blog

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

― Jean-Paul Sartre >

Yup, both of those. I'd toss in Umberto Eco's list of fascist actions. >

anti abortion to 'protect' children but also passing laws to kill children. fuckin assholes >

Not all that different from Nazi's outing Jews in WWII Germany. >

Yes. "Degenerates" were also targeted as a guilty minority by the Nazis. A long-time bogeyman of the right. Reagan knew, and Hitler before him. Now Putin and Orban. Evil doesn't end. >

Pink Triangle. >

How do you do something like this and still think you are a good person? >

Church people do hideous things all the time and still claim they are a good person. >

A lot of people go to church because they seriously believe it excuses their bad behavior and not an attempt to improve themselves. It's about getting forgiven without asking permission. >

Which is hilariously the EXACT type of behaviour Jesus rails against ad nauseam in the Bible. >

The Republic of Gilead draws closer every day and half the country is fine with it. Because they think "Oh, it won't hurt ME". They'll tolerate any evil if they think they won't be the target of it. >

The majority opposes all of this shit.
The problem is that our system allows for minority controls at state and federal level. >

There's a tremendous amount of blame to be laid at the feet of passive centrists who superficially oppose it but think we're overreacting. They're still more concerned about their taxes and the portfolio savings they'll use for their Bora Bora vacation.
If you're not plugged in, nothing is changing. >

What next, a bill to force teachers to report girls who might not be virgins? I don’t think discussing students sex lives is a necessary part of the education system. >

Maybe they’ll take a page out of the Florida athletic regulations and require girls to regularly report on their menstrual cycles. >

Dont forget them demanding to see every girl naked before entering bathrooms to ensure they arent trans.. >

Florida wants to track girls menstruation, while NC wants teachers to spy and snitch on any 'suspected' LGBTQ+ students... Every ultra conservative county/state is up for book banning; Texas held #1 spot last year.... And that's just a couple things on the list 
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