▲ 285 ▼ 'Just don't go': Judge once again finds Texas drag ban unconstitutional (www.chron.com) submitted 18 hours ago by TRAHR@quokk.au to c/politics@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments A federal judge once again ruled that Texas' ban on some drag performances in public is "facially overbroad" and "unconstitutionally vague."
[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children) Does Texas not have strip clubs? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 child) Hey hey hey now. This is about Texas and the United States so get that fuckin logic right the fuck out of here. In all seriousness though the state of a nation's laws is a direct measure of it's stability and we're at like 17/7 on the fully cooked scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent [–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 hours ago Yes, but only the “good kind,” where cis-women are treated like property by men. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 child) Hey hey hey now. This is about Texas and the United States so get that fuckin logic right the fuck out of here. In all seriousness though the state of a nation's laws is a direct measure of it's stability and we're at like 17/7 on the fully cooked scale. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago Laws are only real if people are punished for them. The perfect law results is 100% of actual offenders being prosecuted and convicted. Unfortunately the US is incredibly hypocritical and most laws exist to uphold white male Christian land owner values, so the perfect law is more like "one with enough plausible deniability that a white guy can get away with it while a black perdon goes to jail for 10-15 years" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 1 point 8 hours ago Yes, but only the “good kind,” where cis-women are treated like property by men. permalink fedilink source parent