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"The policies of the organization with a monopoly on violence matter a great deal. Socially conservative voters and activists weaponize the state as a way to pu
by paulhauggis 11y ago
"The policies of the organization with a monopoly on violence matter a great deal. Socially conservative voters and activists weaponize the state as a way to punish people for their innate characteristics and private behavior."
I'm not talking about social conservatives "weaponizing the state". You are projecting this onto everyone, which just isn't true.
"Real people are really forced to die alone, while their partners are forced to stay in waiting rooms knowing the people they love are dying alone, by people like Brendan Eich."
This is a myth, sorry to tell you this. Partners have been allowed in the waiting rooms for many years.
"you know what, it's absolutely not okay for you to use force against people because of who they love, and we're not going to respect you as leaders."
So we are calling bullying a "backlash" now? Wow, just wow. I can't believe how much you are excusing evil behavior.
"One of those things is evil."
Yes, you. For thinking that ruining the lives of innocent people in the name of a cause is somehow morally right. It's just as bad as the catholic church in their day.
"Their activism is a large part of our society saying, "you know what, it's absolutely not okay for you to love who you love, and we're going to lock your partner out of the room when you're dying.""
So, If I bully a woman after she gets an abortion and get her fired..is this just a backlash against murder? You don't see how crazy you sound?
- DanBC 11y ago> This is a myth, sorry to tell you this. Partners have been allowed in the waiting rooms for many years. Parent post was talking about gay partners being forced to stay in the waiting room, meaning they were denied access to their gay partner's hospital room. This still happens in the US. Here's one example from 2011: http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/paul_hard_plaintiff_in_marriag.html http://blog.al.com/wire/2014/02/paul_hard_plaintiff_in_marri...