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People are so short sighted when it comes to imposing these types of laws. Sure, they get what they want so long as their side is in power. What happens when th

People are so short sighted when it comes to imposing these types of laws. Sure, they get what they want so long as their side is in power. What happens when the Republicans get voted out? Would they be okay with the Democrats having these tools at their disposal?

klyrs 4y ago
Efforts towards gerrymandering, and the tendency of people to move out of states with laws that oppress them, make such actions future-proof.
- Avshalom 4y ago
  Also the extraordinary difficulty of voting in Florida if you have a felony charge.
  - throwawaywu 4y ago
    I'm ok with convicted rapists having to sit elections out. Judicial overreach of felonies is a different discussion.
    - Avshalom 4y ago
      Maybe the headline of this article is a clue as to which of those things is relevant here.
- throwawayacc3 4y ago
  >and the tendency of people to move out of states with laws that oppress them This is categorically false. More people are moving to states like Texas, Florida, and Georgia than states like California and New York. Blacks are moving in droves back to the South. https://archive.is/O426q https://archive.is/O426q
spamuel 4y ago
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- dumpsterlid 4y ago
  Don't you dare come out with a both sides issue here, your position would be laughable if it wasn't so hateful. "People who want to be left alone will be trounced by" You, people like you feel the need to tell trans and queer people who they can and can't be because you are such snowflakes that you feel threatened by people being different. The politicians people like you vote into office actively promote stochastic terrorism against queer and trans people, there is no analog to compare to on the left because violence IS the platform for the republican party at this point. People like you will go so far as to forego voting into office politicians that would actually improve your lives and instead choose a dumpsterfire of a politician to vote for. You fragile idiots will ACTIVELY make your life harder because said dumpsterfires always cut social safety nets and services, just so yall can own the libs and punish some minority that you feel threatened by.
  - vpengyey 4y ago
    Yet despite your complaints, you're happy to post a comment using a homophobic slur, twice in the same comment. And support an ideology that erases homosexuality. Sort yourself out first, before casting stones.
- AlexandrB 4y ago
  > Democrats are doing their worst, while Republicans have been capitulating in their responses for years. What? Republicans have been embarking on a multi-generational campaign to remove reproductive rights from women (see The Federalist Society), empower corporations over individuals, and make voting harder. How are they "capitulating for years"?
- woodruffw 4y ago
  None of the things you've enumerated are policy positions of the DNC, at either the state or the federal levels. This comes off more as a laundry list of grievances than a reasoned political position.

klyrs 4y ago

Efforts towards gerrymandering, and the tendency of people to move out of states with laws that oppress them, make such actions future-proof.

Avshalom 4y ago
Also the extraordinary difficulty of voting in Florida if you have a felony charge.
- throwawaywu 4y ago
  I'm ok with convicted rapists having to sit elections out. Judicial overreach of felonies is a different discussion.
  - Avshalom 4y ago
    Maybe the headline of this article is a clue as to which of those things is relevant here.
throwawayacc3 4y ago
>and the tendency of people to move out of states with laws that oppress them This is categorically false. More people are moving to states like Texas, Florida, and Georgia than states like California and New York. Blacks are moving in droves back to the South. https://archive.is/O426q https://archive.is/O426q

spamuel 4y ago

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dumpsterlid 4y ago
Don't you dare come out with a both sides issue here, your position would be laughable if it wasn't so hateful. "People who want to be left alone will be trounced by" You, people like you feel the need to tell trans and queer people who they can and can't be because you are such snowflakes that you feel threatened by people being different. The politicians people like you vote into office actively promote stochastic terrorism against queer and trans people, there is no analog to compare to on the left because violence IS the platform for the republican party at this point. People like you will go so far as to forego voting into office politicians that would actually improve your lives and instead choose a dumpsterfire of a politician to vote for. You fragile idiots will ACTIVELY make your life harder because said dumpsterfires always cut social safety nets and services, just so yall can own the libs and punish some minority that you feel threatened by.
- vpengyey 4y ago
  Yet despite your complaints, you're happy to post a comment using a homophobic slur, twice in the same comment. And support an ideology that erases homosexuality. Sort yourself out first, before casting stones.
AlexandrB 4y ago
> Democrats are doing their worst, while Republicans have been capitulating in their responses for years. What? Republicans have been embarking on a multi-generational campaign to remove reproductive rights from women (see The Federalist Society), empower corporations over individuals, and make voting harder. How are they "capitulating for years"?
woodruffw 4y ago
None of the things you've enumerated are policy positions of the DNC, at either the state or the federal levels. This comes off more as a laundry list of grievances than a reasoned political position.