▲ 295 ▼ Proposed Missouri bill would make teachers register as sex offenders if found supporting transgender students who socially transition (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by sue_me_please@awful.systems to c/politics@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 100 points 2 years ago (2 children) The fact that anyone thinks this is sane is legitimately sad... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Cogency@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They don't want trans people to exist as anything but a porn category, so they treat us as just that, a profanity. It'd be funny because of how pathetic it is, but real people are dying because of this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hear you. Have you read Project 25? They have plans to take it to the extreme if Trump wins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it leads down a pretty dark rabbit whole of general Federalist Society plans for an overtly conservative autocratic regime, and it's terrifyingly plausible if they consolidate enough power and funding. and that's all pretty easy with the support of foreign oligarchs that need the US to be fully involved in its own libertarian implosion, so it can turn a blind eye to international war crimes. i long for the times when conspiracy theories used to be fun spooky stories about cryptids wandering the wilds, and aliens doing creepy stuff in cornfields to mess with farmers permalink fedilink source parent [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago This is a campaigning bill. The wrote it to create these headlines, to rile up their shit base. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cogency@lemmy.world 59 points 2 years ago* (1 child) They don't want trans people to exist as anything but a porn category, so they treat us as just that, a profanity. It'd be funny because of how pathetic it is, but real people are dying because of this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hear you. Have you read Project 25? They have plans to take it to the extreme if Trump wins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it leads down a pretty dark rabbit whole of general Federalist Society plans for an overtly conservative autocratic regime, and it's terrifyingly plausible if they consolidate enough power and funding. and that's all pretty easy with the support of foreign oligarchs that need the US to be fully involved in its own libertarian implosion, so it can turn a blind eye to international war crimes. i long for the times when conspiracy theories used to be fun spooky stories about cryptids wandering the wilds, and aliens doing creepy stuff in cornfields to mess with farmers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I hear you. Have you read Project 25? They have plans to take it to the extreme if Trump wins. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it leads down a pretty dark rabbit whole of general Federalist Society plans for an overtly conservative autocratic regime, and it's terrifyingly plausible if they consolidate enough power and funding. and that's all pretty easy with the support of foreign oligarchs that need the US to be fully involved in its own libertarian implosion, so it can turn a blind eye to international war crimes. i long for the times when conspiracy theories used to be fun spooky stories about cryptids wandering the wilds, and aliens doing creepy stuff in cornfields to mess with farmers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago it leads down a pretty dark rabbit whole of general Federalist Society plans for an overtly conservative autocratic regime, and it's terrifyingly plausible if they consolidate enough power and funding. and that's all pretty easy with the support of foreign oligarchs that need the US to be fully involved in its own libertarian implosion, so it can turn a blind eye to international war crimes. i long for the times when conspiracy theories used to be fun spooky stories about cryptids wandering the wilds, and aliens doing creepy stuff in cornfields to mess with farmers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago This is a campaigning bill. The wrote it to create these headlines, to rile up their shit base. permalink fedilink source parent