My representative Ron Estes claims to be “pro life”, supposedly wants less abortions, but voted NO to allow birth control without government control. They also love guns and call helping alive-real-breathing-children “socialism”. It’s okay to pay billions to rich people but helping the poor and dying kids, nah socialism. I’ve written like 3 research papers on what actually decreases abortions and these dipshits hate it all.
I have finally fully accepted that 1. They do not actually GAF about abortions, women, babies or children. 2. They only want control and 3. They want those extra 1/2 million unwanted babies to be their future menial labor force and get paid shit. They are NOT pro-life.
I’m so mad I can’t even think straight. My anxiety manifests as frustration, being overwhelmed, rage, my brain is on fire. Gilead, here we come. Under his eye.
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It’s truly breathtaking to see the extent to which the Republican Party has been taken over over by its most extreme Christian fascist elements. It’s not that they are at odds with the general public, they’re out of sync with their own rank and file members.
Which raises another point. A lot of mainstream Democrats and commentators have been droning on about popularism. That the party should abandon any issue that seems even vaguely disturbing to white males and instead should be ready to throw unpopular minorities (trans people etc.) under the bus whenever possible. Clearly the GOP has found uncommon success by adopting the most extreme positions possible. So why is it only progressives that have to abandon their beliefs?
I can’t think of another explanation than- conservatives see women as cattle who’s “job” it is to reproduce for the state and continue to expand the labor pool for what are essentially slave wage jobs. It’s no secret that the birth rate is at a low, I think lowest in 40 years. Maybe they should ask themselves why young people don’t want to/ can’t reasonably have children. It would be too logical for them to address the publics concerns of climate change, wage stagnation, cost of living, maternity leave and healthcare . . . Easier for them to just treat women as just one more “natural resource” to mine and exploit.
It is time to terminate the Republican party. Marches and crowds standing around will not do that. We need to find much quicker ways of making them disappear. Letting the party continue will only lead to women and girls being slaves of evil people. It is time to accept the fact that Republicans are evil and evil only understands existence or nonexistence.
Disinformation runs amuck in these times. Like the harebrained woman who testified before Congress the abortion given to that poor ten year old was not really an abortion. The right always lies to make their extreme views more palatable to people who don’t pay much attention to politics.
As long as prominent voices on the left continue to attempt to placate and mollycoddle them, I don't see how in the fuck we are supposed to fight against this.
I think part of the problem is that our constitution / system of government gives advantages to conservatives at every step of the way, which means that usually the left needs moderate voters to be able to govern, while the right does not. This asymmetry has to be incorporated into strategy (although a new constitution would be preferable). I'm not sure enough people on the left are good at addressing moderate voters in a strong way that doesn't appease the right, hence the result often being what you describe. Republicans depend on this, to be able to get away with what they do. So I'm thinking maybe it's the right audience but the wrong tactics.
I remember saying to a white man in 2010: they want to enshrine fetal personhood and outlaw birth control.
With the confidence and privilege of a white man he said that wouldn't happen.
It took a little over a decade to prove that I was correct. The only people who have been downplaying this possibility are the people who won't ever have to worry about pregnancy and bodily autonomy. Women can see the writing on the wall.
I also grew up in an incredibly emotionally and physically abusive household, so the abuse tactics the GOP's been using for the last 5+ years are not unfamiliar to me. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
“ I also grew up in an incredibly emotionally and physically abusive household, so the abuse tactics the GOP's been using for the last 5+ years are not unfamiliar to me.”
That’s the thing right? Trying to convince women who have been trained since childhood to be hyper vigilant against the abuses we face on the daily, is the ultimate gaslighting. What the conservative right doesn’t realize, is that we have been educated under this system and those of us who have been paying attention, aren’t fucking buying into like our mothers and grandmothers had too.
Kansas is voting August 2nd. Won’t even be allowed in cases of incest, rape or of the life of the woman is in jeopardy. So basically the “prolife” (hahah pro life, bullshit) people are A OK with women dying, people getting raped and incest rape! Great! Thanks “pro lifers”.
My representative Ron Estes claims to be “pro life”, supposedly wants less abortions, but voted NO to allow birth control without government control. They also love guns and call helping alive-real-breathing-children “socialism”. It’s okay to pay billions to rich people but helping the poor and dying kids, nah socialism. I’ve written like 3 research papers on what actually decreases abortions and these dipshits hate it all.
I have finally fully accepted that 1. They do not actually GAF about abortions, women, babies or children. 2. They only want control and 3. They want those extra 1/2 million unwanted babies to be their future menial labor force and get paid shit. They are NOT pro-life.
I’m so mad I can’t even think straight. My anxiety manifests as frustration, being overwhelmed, rage, my brain is on fire. Gilead, here we come. Under his eye.
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Plus aren’t republicans supposed to NOT LIKE big government and government control? But clearly they want to CONTROL women.
It’s truly breathtaking to see the extent to which the Republican Party has been taken over over by its most extreme Christian fascist elements. It’s not that they are at odds with the general public, they’re out of sync with their own rank and file members.
Which raises another point. A lot of mainstream Democrats and commentators have been droning on about popularism. That the party should abandon any issue that seems even vaguely disturbing to white males and instead should be ready to throw unpopular minorities (trans people etc.) under the bus whenever possible. Clearly the GOP has found uncommon success by adopting the most extreme positions possible. So why is it only progressives that have to abandon their beliefs?
I can’t think of another explanation than- conservatives see women as cattle who’s “job” it is to reproduce for the state and continue to expand the labor pool for what are essentially slave wage jobs. It’s no secret that the birth rate is at a low, I think lowest in 40 years. Maybe they should ask themselves why young people don’t want to/ can’t reasonably have children. It would be too logical for them to address the publics concerns of climate change, wage stagnation, cost of living, maternity leave and healthcare . . . Easier for them to just treat women as just one more “natural resource” to mine and exploit.
They do see us as cattle. That is 100% accurate. They don’t GAF about women, babies, fetuses or kids. All about control.
THIS.
It is time to terminate the Republican party. Marches and crowds standing around will not do that. We need to find much quicker ways of making them disappear. Letting the party continue will only lead to women and girls being slaves of evil people. It is time to accept the fact that Republicans are evil and evil only understands existence or nonexistence.
100% agree
Disinformation runs amuck in these times. Like the harebrained woman who testified before Congress the abortion given to that poor ten year old was not really an abortion. The right always lies to make their extreme views more palatable to people who don’t pay much attention to politics.
As long as prominent voices on the left continue to attempt to placate and mollycoddle them, I don't see how in the fuck we are supposed to fight against this.
Amy, I am right there with you
I think part of the problem is that our constitution / system of government gives advantages to conservatives at every step of the way, which means that usually the left needs moderate voters to be able to govern, while the right does not. This asymmetry has to be incorporated into strategy (although a new constitution would be preferable). I'm not sure enough people on the left are good at addressing moderate voters in a strong way that doesn't appease the right, hence the result often being what you describe. Republicans depend on this, to be able to get away with what they do. So I'm thinking maybe it's the right audience but the wrong tactics.
I remember saying to a white man in 2010: they want to enshrine fetal personhood and outlaw birth control.
With the confidence and privilege of a white man he said that wouldn't happen.
It took a little over a decade to prove that I was correct. The only people who have been downplaying this possibility are the people who won't ever have to worry about pregnancy and bodily autonomy. Women can see the writing on the wall.
I also grew up in an incredibly emotionally and physically abusive household, so the abuse tactics the GOP's been using for the last 5+ years are not unfamiliar to me. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
YUP. They gaslit us for a *long* time
“ I also grew up in an incredibly emotionally and physically abusive household, so the abuse tactics the GOP's been using for the last 5+ years are not unfamiliar to me.”
That’s the thing right? Trying to convince women who have been trained since childhood to be hyper vigilant against the abuses we face on the daily, is the ultimate gaslighting. What the conservative right doesn’t realize, is that we have been educated under this system and those of us who have been paying attention, aren’t fucking buying into like our mothers and grandmothers had too.
The Idaho Republican Party voting on an abortion ban with absolutely no exceptions shows exactly who they are. They do not care about women one bit.
Kansas is voting August 2nd. Won’t even be allowed in cases of incest, rape or of the life of the woman is in jeopardy. So basically the “prolife” (hahah pro life, bullshit) people are A OK with women dying, people getting raped and incest rape! Great! Thanks “pro lifers”.
exactly