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  Once they inevitably lose the culture war against people who are trans, who do you think the far right will target next?
context: It’s amazing how these red states spend their time on this shit instead of actually improving the lives of their citizens. >
  
  The whole point is to drive out "liberal" voters & make the area "inhospitable" for everyone but Evangelical Christian Nationalists... It's kinda like "gerrymandering" except on a national level. Josh Hawley has been very open that this is the plan & that Republicans want to cause a "realignment" of voters in these states. >
  
  Could you help me out with a link here ?  I would really like to read this.  Not dissing you, my Google fu is not working today, I am being genuine >
  
  Thanks ! >
  
  If that state shifts any further right it’s going to fall into the Atlantic Ocean! >
  
  Yes but not at the cost of equality. >
  
  Because Republicans understand that the purpose of government is to bully the queer kids in school. >
  
  Missouri is governed with scientific ignorance coupled with religious bigotry, misogyny and homophobia. >
  
  You can mad lib quite a few states into that sentence and it would still be correct. >
  
  Yep. >
  
  And they distract you with a woman’s arms. >
  
  That's not a shift to the right.  That's a shift to American citizens being attacked by a state government.  The Federal government needs to weigh in on this hard.  So that the republicans think twice about continued attacks against American citizens. >
  
  It is not a shift, either .
  Fed republicans are pretty on board with this and control congress .  Not sure where you think the cavalry is coming from ?
  Mcarthy just sold out ss and the nation’s economy and all the ammendments except 2 to whomever would vote for home as speaker add acknowledged trump as the dear leader . >
  
  dems control the senate and the presidency.  The senate could open up investigations (based on 14th amendment protectiions) into republican states that are attacking citizens.  DOJ could start criminal proceedings against states attacking citizens based on 14th amendment protections. >
  
  14th amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.  Its time that amendment was challenged again vis a vis these continued attacks on American citizens by state governments. >
  
  You know that it is not even remotely possible to challenge every single law like this via the Supreme Court , and even it it were the current sitting court is just about as fascist  and would likely  hold uphold the right of states to make such laws?
  People who copy ammendments from wiki are not particularly useful to have a conversation with and people who don’t read what they are replying to even less so, so I am done with this particular conversation , thank you and have a good rest of your day >
  
  It is entirely possible to challenge the laws from republican (or democrat) states that single out Americans for special treatment. as in the curtailment of personal freedoms.  
  The 14th amendment is pretty clear.  All one needs to do is paste it into the box and it makes a great point all by itself.
  I note that it took the winds out of your sail.  You have a nice day also. >
  
  Ah, the real reason for the dress codes rules. It was to distract everyone from this. >
  
  Still reeling from covid, rampant inflation, unaffordable housing making home ownership effectively impossible for a generation, school shootings, climate change, violent extremists —- but yeah something something transgender issues are the defining political debate of our time. 
  Fuck the fuck off, republicans. >
  
  “And we made sure your girls chess club only allowed biological girls.” What AMAZING “public service”. MO has no other issues so they have to go after this Chicken Little bullshit? >
  
  All those things require time and money and being a competent legislature, much easier to bash the gays and trans kids to virtue signal to their ass-backwards supporters >
  
  My time spent working in Missouri was pretty bad. I am so glad to be out of that state.  From the year that I stayed there I was pretty disappointed with how the state was run and how the leadership acted. >
  
  MO is on a downward slide back to the 19th century. >
  
  Keep the paste eaters in a constant state of hatred and rage, and they won't even notice the Fascism until it is their turn to be the "Others". >
  
  Rural Missouri has meth, liquor, and god. Anything else throws of the balance.