Today Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would have created a federal right to contraception access
Today Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would have created a federal right to contraception access
Today was an important day to be paying attention. In many ways, we seem to be going backward. Only our votes can ultimately change that. Senate Republicans blocked a measure that would have created a federal right to contraception access today. That seems like it should have been noncontroversial. ...
This was bait. The Democrats knew this bill would not pass, now they’re gonna use it as campaign fodder all the way up to November. And, likely, beyond.
"How dare you make me look like a misogynistic monster by putting up a perfectly sensible proposal which my misogynistically monstrous views will then cause me to vote against and make me look bad"
They did it with the border bill too. The Democrats proposed a bill that gave the Republicans exactly what they wanted, and they turned it down. Made them look like goddamn idiots.
When the Democrats do stuff like this, I may not seem like much, but the Republican party is shattering, and these sorts of actions accelerate that. There is strategy to what the Democrats are doing.
Bait implies tricking them into going for something they shouldn't. But the GOP should want this, everyone should want this. This was blatantly pulling the mask off. Let's see if anyone listens.
And they'll try to pass it again when conditions are more favorable...
Right?
See this is a flawless bad-faith dig at the Democrats. I started typing up a big list of important stuff they've been doing, as counterexamples to the implication that they're only pretending to care about American women as some weird ploy to get votes, but then I just sound like some kind of overreacting after-school special.
With simple cynicism and dishonesty, this short comment actually does a pretty good job of making the Democrats trying to do something good which is only necessary in the first place because Hillary Clinton (for as much of a useless toad-lady as she was) didn't win the election, and being blocked by the Republicans, and turning all of that into a reason not to feel like electing Democrats.
Electing Democrats isn't the only answer; we need a lot better than them. But yes, electing Democrats would have prevented all these women that are suffering or dying or almost-dying right now because they need medical care (to say nothing of the ones that just need abortions), because there's a big difference between "not as good as we need" and "actively wants to kill Americans." Voting for the first one is not exclusive of working for better outcomes outside the voting booth. Refusing to vote is helping the second one.
I feel like I've already taken this bullshit too seriously by even typing up a longish comment in response, but this variety of bad faith bullshit is just getting too irritating and the outcomes in the real world are very real.
Plaster it across every single political ad
I fail to see how preventing the government from micromanaging your health, body, and bedroom is “government overreach.”
We're getting really 1984 up in here.
Preserving freedoms is anti freedom according to the party of personal freedom.
I mean duh? If you told me there is a bill in the Senate protecting reproductive Rights, my very first thought and response would be Republicans will never let it pass.
It's not too long before pulling out will be considered murder.
Looking at the thumbnail and wondered why women would take birth control backwards in the week... I'm slow. Lmao maybe I'm a good case study for why we need this stuff.
I feel like that whole diagram is the result of a long evolution of, what are all the possible ways that somebody can fuck this up and what’s literally everything possible we can do to prevent it
UI programmers! Take notes!
I still haven't understood it
Aight. I'm fine with this. Fine. But I'm going to need an excuse, anything at all will do, I'll take it.
"Nuh uh!", said Senate Republicans.
FFS, who is this to appeal to? I've met anti-abortion people, seen 'em. I've never talked to a human in life that was against all contraception, not even religious nuts.
This is what happens when loyalty to the group starts overriding good outcomes and moral judgements of what's right and wrong.
Everyone knows it's the wrong answer, but to speak on behalf of something that's been defined as an enemy viewpoint is to yourself become an enemy. And since health care for women is now an enemy position, here we are.
Once you're on the train, it's very hard to get off. Even when everyone knows it's gone too far, even when real killing starts, most of the people who defined themselves in that manner won't say a word against it. Because of course what would happen to them, if they did?
This is what happens when loyalty to the group starts overriding good outcomes and moral judgements of what’s right and wrong.
"No matter who."
Life begins before conception
Life begins billions of years ago, actually. Of course, Republicans don't believe that either.
Someone call a witcher.
Funny, mine just says Plex.
Their priority is to control sex lives of other people instead of improving lives.