Gun rights for white supremacists, you mean.
This is all about certain people have rights and certain people having none at all. That's the only consistency.
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Gun rights for white supremacists, you mean.
This is all about certain people have rights and certain people having none at all. That's the only consistency.
Because in 2016 enough Republicans successfully voted in a congress and a president with the ability to select the judges that are allowed to make this decision
the public image is:
republican: conservative (stay the same)
democrat: progressive (move forward)
when it's actually
republican: regressive (move backward)
democrat: conservative (stay the same)
the status quo is holy to the democratic party. even when that status quo changes. when they take a big loss the immediately go "Well i guess that's it. we'll win next time!!!" and when they do win they just fight to keep things the same.
republican: conservative (stay the same)
democrat: progressive (move forward)
when it's actually
republican: regressive (move backward)
democrat: conservative (stay the same)
the status quo is holy to the democratic party. even when that status quo changes. when they take a big loss the immediately go "Well i guess that's it. we'll win next time!!!" and when they do win they just fight to keep things the same.
I have a message to everyone who's hearing/seeing/repeating criticism of Democractic politicians right now:
Follow the threads of whatever you hear back to their sources. Examine those sources. And ditch those sources. Unfollow the next person who says Democrats could have codified Roe. Unfriend or mute that casual acquaintance who wants to point out how Democrats didn't act or "didn't earn their vote." Because you follow that to its roots and I guarantee it's bad faith actors who want to tear down the one party of our two that actually stands against this GOP fuckery in any meaningful way. Democrats have issues? Sure. Sowing this shit *at this moment* when we're on the precipice of an election which would hand massive power back to the GOP? That's actively harmful. It depresses turnout, slims majorities in ways that give moderate Dems like Machin and Sinema outsized influence, and keeps shit from being done.
If there was ever a time for unity, it is now. The time for inward criticism is after we win the fight in November. Unfollow the shit that wants to tank any forward moment with "both sides" garbage.
Follow the threads of whatever you hear back to their sources. Examine those sources. And ditch those sources. Unfollow the next person who says Democrats could have codified Roe. Unfriend or mute that casual acquaintance who wants to point out how Democrats didn't act or "didn't earn their vote." Because you follow that to its roots and I guarantee it's bad faith actors who want to tear down the one party of our two that actually stands against this GOP fuckery in any meaningful way. Democrats have issues? Sure. Sowing this shit *at this moment* when we're on the precipice of an election which would hand massive power back to the GOP? That's actively harmful. It depresses turnout, slims majorities in ways that give moderate Dems like Machin and Sinema outsized influence, and keeps shit from being done.
If there was ever a time for unity, it is now. The time for inward criticism is after we win the fight in November. Unfollow the shit that wants to tank any forward moment with "both sides" garbage.
As someone from Latin America it's a crazy feeling watching the US regress so quickly on human rights while our region inches forward little by little thanks to all the people who've fought and are fighting for progress. I feel for all the women who will suffer because of this evil decision and fuck the asshole politicians behind it.
oh i thought "for white supremacists" was a prerequisite for human rights anyway.
I wholeheartedly agree with you but I can also understand why many people who do vote tirelessly do feel frustrated and helpless when stuff like this happen even when they have done their damnedest.
This is ignoring any progress this country has eeked out in the last 100 years. It is so hard to move the needle forward that it can be perceived as staying the same, but it's just not true.
The Court isn't making a law. They're reversing a former Court decision from the 70s made by a more liberal Court.
I understand that they need more Democrats in seats. That's not what I'm arguing.
It's their messaging that's all out of whack. Just saying "go vote" when they've made promises going into the 2020 election and also said "go vote" then makes their messaging and stance look weak. Biden looks ineffectual. They need to attempt to pass things and then turn and say "hey, we tried to do something, but we don't have enough people, go vote." The fact that they read poems and sing songs and say "go vote" doesn't help get the people who are angry and disappointed in them on their side. They need to promise action NOW even if they know it won't pass, because they NEED to make the Republicans the bad guys instead of this bipartisanship bullshit.
Truly the most milk toast thing I've ever read here.
Read me another poem Nancy.
They are doing this though! And for the following sentence, stop digesting the messaging from 20 second tweets.
Wow I did see the map earlier but missed the article, this goes into detail for every state, thanks.
Looks like there's job to be done in each and everyone of those states labeled as "Uncertain", for example mobilizing people for the Kansas referendum, making sure key officials in other states are elected in November etc
Trying to send a positive message to my brethren across the pond, there's work to be done in the next few months that can result in some positive outcomes that can affect quite a bit of people for good
Oh I get that, but as someone who manages people and approves expense reports I'd be horrified to be involved in any step of this process for someone. It's none of my business!
I have yet to see such an astute summary of the Real Shit advice I give my family and friends.
Mind who you let whisper in your ear. Mind your sources. Be wary of anyone who only seems to want to keep you in a combined state of angry and inactive.
The Supreme Court can over-ride any law passed, and it will be conservative for decades if nothing is done.
Voting for a few more Democratic Senators also doesn't change the fact that the math constantly changes depending on the conditions. Manchin and Sinema are the face of it now, but there are more people who will come along and sit in those seats if the Dems somehow gain seats rather than lose them.
Telling people to use their voice or vote more when they are unwilling to lift a finger is a big "fuck you." That is really no surprise. They are who we thought they were.
Voting for a few more Democratic Senators also doesn't change the fact that the math constantly changes depending on the conditions. Manchin and Sinema are the face of it now, but there are more people who will come along and sit in those seats if the Dems somehow gain seats rather than lose them.
Telling people to use their voice or vote more when they are unwilling to lift a finger is a big "fuck you." That is really no surprise. They are who we thought they were.
It won't. Not even being pessimistic just realistic. This is just the beginning, the court is set for years, it's done. The damage to our Democracy and civil rights will be felt for decades at this point.
seeing the kinda shit we are seeing now, I doubt that's gonna happen anytime soon
The Democratic House passed the Women's Health Protection Act last year.
Schumer forced a vote on it in the Senate in May after the decision leaked. They did what you asked.
I have a friend who is telling me that past abortions will now also be considered felonies in some states. Is there any validity to this?
There is just so much terrible crap to navigate through that I can tell what's real and what's not in these trigger laws.
There is just so much terrible crap to navigate through that I can tell what's real and what's not in these trigger laws.
Did they abolish the filibuster and pass it with 51 votes (VP included)?The Democratic House passed the Women's Health Protection Act last year.
Schumer forced a vote on it in the Senate in May after the decision leaked. They did what you asked.
I largely agree with this, but we should always self scout. Constant active criticism is healthy and needed. But the bad faith actors and arguments need to be rooted out and synthesized, because it actively supports conservative momentum.
The people that need to be reassured by the messaging ARE getting it from 20 second tweets, though. Maybe that's the fault of the people reporting what they're saying, but it's the younger demographic that needs to not feel despair at how ineffectual Democrats are now. And if that's how they process news and information, Democrats need to learn how to get their point across better no matter how it gets reported on.
I am at an all time high level of anger right now. I want nothing to do with anyone who supports a party that helped make this happen. That is it. Line drawn.
I think you mean Sinema and Manchin.
And Sinema has put a statement on twitter that she supports women rights!
It's like announcing you are against crime and does just as much good. She doesn't give a shit.
yeah it's hard to make progress when there are many solutions to the same goal. much easier to roll shit back or stand your ground on certain "liberties." but with that said, it's so damn frustrating seeing this country take so many steps back and a few steps forward.
Thank you! I'm so tired of so many ignorant people coming into this thread with so little understanding of how the United States government works while justifying that they can't be bothered to do more because they don't like manchin or some other lame excuse
Manchin and Sinema didn't. Did voters in other states elect enough senators to make them irrelevant?
Sorry if its another dumb question but can Biden just put more Democrats in the court than Republicans also fuck all conservatives
White people are on track to becoming a minority in America. No, seriously that's what it is all about as dumb as it fucking sound.
This isn't true. There's a specific code against retroactivity, ex post facto.
Ehhh it's move forward as much as is possible in a big tent party
ACA was forward just not forward forward
I really, really hope that you haven't staked actual money on that.
Yes, if we want to codify the case under the new case we would need a SCOTUS ruling applying strict scrutiny like Roe did.
No validity to it whatsoever. It's a law that wasn't in effect, and thus impossible to violate.