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  One barred committee chairs from enforcing “a speech code that restricts the use of biologically correct pronouns.” Another prohibited the legislature’s members or employees from declaring their pronouns in their email signatures. In addition, the duo tried to keep the House from taking up measures dealing with the highway system before first voting on proposals to ban child gender modification and to make it illegal to perform drag shows in front of minors.
  
  This is why there’s no such thing as “moderate” Republicans. At the end of the day, if you’re voting for this, you’re an extremist.
context: TEXAS, leave those kids alone! 
  Republicans can't be happy if they're not harming someone. >
  
  
  Republicans can't be happy if they're not harming someone.
  
  Particularly if that someone can't really harm them back. >
  
  Cruelty is a win? Children being miserable and frightened is a win? Increased S attempts or families losing children is a win? >
  
  The way Republicans see it, if parents won't take their kids to church to have them traumatized with threats of hellfire and damnation, then the state will show them what hell is. >
  
  This is the real answer.  Don’t toe the line, we’ll remember next time you absolutely NEED something to live.  Texas, I am ashamed you are my state right now >
  
  It's why the same people are now attacking HIV treatments and preventative measures like PrEP.
  They want the dark days of AIDS to come back, because they believe that virus kills the "right" people. >
  
  Pointing out a minority group of humans to attack politically is fascist. 
  We are on a very dangerous slope. 
  If you didn’t vote or if you voted Republican in the last election, this is what you supported. >
  
  Yea it has gotten ugly. What scares me the most is they’ve crunched the numbers and found this is politically safe or advantageous. They’re pushing the needle further and further while the rest of us sit on our hands and watch to see what crazy thing they do next. >
  
  I live in Florida. 
  Affirmative action and fetal personhood are probably happening this spring. 
  I expect Desantis is pushing girls to report their periods to the state so parents will file a lawsuit. That lawsuit could lead to the end of Title 9. >
  
  When it comes down to it, it's a group of grown-ass adults attacking children because they know they can't fight back. >
  
  Attacking "others" is what conservative do. Trans is just an easy group to go after >
  
  Trans people* not trans >
  
  And yet Texans will still continue to vote these asshats in. >
  
  Texas Republicans and Republicans in general see attacking anybody as a political win. >
  
  That kind of downplays what they are doing to trans people. They aren't trying to make other people's existence illegal. >
  
  Gay people, women who have abortions, ...