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(Erin In The Morning)   Okay, Tennessee, you're tops in the country in gun thefts, 40th in health care, and front page news is the brutal murder of a citizen by police. What's the first bill in your new Congress?   (erininthemorn.substack.com) divider line
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ox45tallboy [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:06:35 PM  
So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.
 
Albert911emt [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:23:18 PM  
"Culture war" issues are easy, because the rubes are gullible morons.  Real issues like education or healthcare are tough, and the GOP doesn't give a damn about them anyway.
 
ox45tallboy [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:31:16 PM  

Albert911emt: "Culture war" issues are easy, because the rubes are gullible morons.  Real issues like education or healthcare are tough, and the GOP doesn't give a damn about them anyway.


I think the TN GOP does care about education, in that they're trying to take educational decisions out of the hands of elected school boards and hand them off to private corporations that don't answer to anyone except their stockholders.

https://progressive.org/public-schools-advocate/tennessee-is-about-take-school-privatization-extreme-spears-220309/

Other benefits are that they're free to discriminate against students with physical or learning disabilities, and can choose their own curriculum and ban whatever books they want.
 
enry [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:41:46 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


The parents go to prison, the kids go to conversion camp then wind up with a minimum wage job or dead from suicide.  Win/win/win

/JFC I hated writing that
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 6:50:46 PM  
The cruelty is the point.
 
Bootleg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 7:39:04 PM  
He finished with an appeal to their stated values on parental rights: "I hear a lot about parent's rights. What about the rights of parents that are trying to help their suffering children?"

Nice. Too bad they don't actually give a fark about being hypocrites.

/Or about parent's rights.
 
Benevolent Misanthrope [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 8:47:45 PM  

Bootleg: He finished with an appeal to their stated values on parental rights: "I hear a lot about parent's rights. What about the rights of parents that are trying to help their suffering children?"

Nice. Too bad they don't actually give a fark about being hypocrites.

/Or about parent's rights.


Indeed.  Parents only have rights when they're doing what those religion-addled pigf*ck-ignorant hicks do.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:08:18 PM  
The National Socialist wannabes are everywhere and the absolute worst thing about them is they believe they are nothing like the National Socialists.
 
Bith Set Me Up
2023-02-01 9:23:03 PM  

Albert911emt: "Culture war" issues are easy, because the rubes are gullible morons.  Real issues like education or healthcare are tough, and the GOP doesn't give a damn about them anyway.


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/07/virginia-new-jersey-white-working-class-critical-race-theory-democrats-republicans
 
darwinpolice [BareFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 9:23:38 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


How much do you think the legislators care about what happens to a trans kid? If they thought they could get away with it, they'd execute the kids before doing anything to punish the parents.
 
El_Dan
2023-02-01 9:28:10 PM  
Maybe they're trying to help form a progressive singularity on the internet and you all should be grateful.
 
FatherChaos [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:28:33 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


Tennessee will say the parents should have thought about that before deciding to make their children happier and have better self-esteem.
 
anuran
2023-02-01 9:29:56 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


the tennessee state orphanage system, of course
 
Excelsior
2023-02-01 9:30:59 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


I'm sure that the "conservatives" are already busy lining up church-ran gay conversion camps where they get to praise Jeebus 24/7 in an effort to brainwash them into becoming good little closeted republicans like everyone else.
 
Bungles
2023-02-01 9:31:16 PM  
Crotch shot...?

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Generation_D
2023-02-01 9:34:04 PM  

Albert911emt: because the rubes are gullible morons


And that really is the issue, isn't it.

You effing red state inbreds vote for this crap, then you expect the rest of us to keep funding you.

Get effed. Every stinking effing one of you. Get. Effed.
 
fiddlehead
2023-02-01 9:34:16 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


The children will be adopted out to Good Christian Families who will beat the transgender out of them.
 
dailygrinds
2023-02-01 9:35:26 PM  
What the fark is wrong with people?
 
mistahtom
2023-02-01 9:35:34 PM  
Headline 2045: The Neo-GOP-controlled Ohio house passes ban on educating people born on a day that ends in Y
 
Samfucious [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:35:54 PM  
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C18H27NO3
2023-02-01 9:36:04 PM  

Benevolent Misanthrope: Parents only have rights when they're doing what those religion-addled pigf*ck-ignorant hicks do.


This is essentially the summation of it all.
 
tinderfitles
2023-02-01 9:36:08 PM  

anuran: ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.

the tennessee state orphanage system, of course


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The children get separated in either "House McCoy" or "House Hatfields" and then every year they are forced to compete for the Tri-toothed Cup.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 9:38:32 PM  
It's a shame that we continue to lack the political will to enshrine queer rights into federal law. What a damning indictment of our congressional political landscape.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 9:38:48 PM  

dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?


They hate us and they want us dead.

That's it.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 9:39:39 PM  
And every single one of you so-called "liberals" who has "concerns" about trans girls playing sports is carrying water for these Nazis. Every single one of you. You are helping cart the queer community off to the gas chambers. F*ck you all.
 
mcsiegs
2023-02-01 9:40:11 PM  
This will definitely bring down the suicide rate of trans people.
 
shinji3i
2023-02-01 9:40:38 PM  

ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.


republicans in 2023 when asked if they're aware their actions will deliberately violate the Constitution while hurting innocent children/parents who are listening to a consensus of medical professionals instead of republican media.

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Bondith
2023-02-01 9:42:38 PM  

tinderfitles: anuran: ox45tallboy: So they're going to put parents in prison who seek medical care outside the state.

I mean, interstate commerce clause aside, who's going to take care of the kids with the parents in prison? Tennessee really does not have a good track record with kids in state custody.

the tennessee state orphanage system, of course

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The children get separated in either "House McCoy" or "House Hatfields" and then every year they are forced to compete for the Tri-toothed Cup.


Whoever wins gets drinking water for the next year.
 
Xaxor
2023-02-01 9:44:22 PM  
Maybe we should buy some nice armbands for these "legislators".
 
Samfucious [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:45:21 PM  

Xaxor: Maybe we should buy some nice armbands for these "legislators".


I'm th
 
Samfucious [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:45:58 PM  

Samfucious: Xaxor: Maybe we should buy some nice armbands for these "legislators".

I'm th


Dammit! Anyway ...

I'm thinking something in a nice red.
 
Be polite walk on the right
2023-02-01 9:47:06 PM  
How to Cook for 40 Humans
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 9:47:31 PM  
Everyone should watch Strangio's brief testimony. He doesn't say "This is wrong"--as an active litigator against these bills in other states, he leads with how courts have already ruled against these laws and how much money the state stands to lose funding these lawsuits. He also points out the many ways in which the claims in the bill are completely false. I also like how he points out that this is a form of government overreach that is trying to dictate to parents what choices they can make in terms of their minor children's medical needs.

Chase Strangio Delivers Powerful Testimony In Tennessee Trans Ban And Child Abuse Bill
Youtube sWX9laUI8nk
 
mcsiegs
2023-02-01 9:49:23 PM  

austerity101: And every single one of you so-called "liberals" who has "concerns" about trans girls playing sports is carrying water for these Nazis. Every single one of you. You are helping cart the queer community off to the gas chambers. F*ck you all.


It's also the media's way of scaring everyone into thinking that every trans person is Bruce Jenner athletic and they are out to steal Olivia's scholarship
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:49:59 PM  

dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?


They were 'Up'-ed one too many times:
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I was today years old when I learned that Glenn Close was a member of "Up With People".
 
rzrwiresunrise
2023-02-01 9:52:36 PM  
The point to being Republican isn't helping to solve problems to make constituents' lives better; it's ensuring that ppl your constituents don't like are living worse than they are.
 
austerity101
2023-02-01 9:53:39 PM  
At around 4 minutes in, a Republican lawmaker asks Strangio what changes to the bill he would recommend they make in order for it to stay within legal boundaries.

As if Strangio is gonna sit there and tell you how to make you Nazi bill pass muster.

I bet he thought his question was so clever, too. Of course Strangio is like, "I'm transgender and this treatment saved my life, so I recommend scrapping the whole thing."
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 9:56:54 PM  

austerity101: Everyone should watch Strangio's brief testimony. He doesn't say "This is wrong"--as an active litigator against these bills in other states, he leads with how courts have already ruled against these laws and how much money the state stands to lose funding these lawsuits. He also points out the many ways in which the claims in the bill are completely false. I also like how he points out that this is a form of government overreach that is trying to dictate to parents what choices they can make in terms of their minor children's medical needs.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/sWX9laUI8nk]


Whenever I see his name, I think of a Rush from 1978 (that they stole parts of from Raymond Scott).
 
Archie Goodwin
2023-02-01 9:59:44 PM  
CONSERVATIVES ARE A F#CKING DISEASE.
 
Murkanen
2023-02-01 10:00:43 PM  

dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?


Not people, conservatives.

And they're being helped by bile pushers like Maher, Chappelle, etc in media who amplify the lies and hate mongering by regurgitating it blindly with little challenge from equivalent voices and/or people brushing off the hate as "It's just jokes".
 
Super Chronic
2023-02-01 10:01:18 PM  
Oh hey, Chase Strangio. I've met him. Incredibly bright. He was last seen in Idaho a couple of weeks ago, fighting a transgender athlete bill. Good on him. I admire his energy.
 
Olthoi
2023-02-01 10:04:48 PM  
Just three years ago the "debate" was over trans kids playing sports. Now every red state in the US is at war with the trans community, with hundreds of bills pending. Most are trying to make it illegal for those under 18 to transition, but a growing number raising it to age 26, or banning transgender care and other elements of the LGBTQ+ community entirely. This is nothing short of coordinated attempt at genocide by the GOP.
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-01 10:06:50 PM  

dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?


They know they are way out of their depth trying to solve actual problems, but they've come to realize it's way easier to get votes and donations with bullshiat culture war crap.
 
God_Almighty_Himself
2023-02-01 10:07:17 PM  

Murkanen: dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?

Not people, conservatives.

And they're being helped by bile pushers like Maher, Chappelle, etc in media who amplify the lies and hate mongering by regurgitating it blindly with little challenge from equivalent voices and/or people brushing off the hate as "It's just jokes".


Both of them should be in jail.
 
Generation_D
2023-02-01 10:08:30 PM  

ZMugg: dailygrinds: What the fark is wrong with people?

They were 'Up'-ed one too many times:
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I was today years old when I learned that Glenn Close was a member of "Up With People".


I knew a gal who was in Up With People. She said it was total slut-mania among the members when they went on tour, including quite a few gay kids. Just hookups galore. All in the name of Jesus.

Which makes 100% sense, performing for the plasterbrains in the audience while you act like normal theater kids backstage.
 
PlaidJaguar
2023-02-01 10:10:09 PM  

austerity101: It's a shame that we continue to lack the political will to enshrine queer rights into federal law. What a damning indictment of our congressional political landscape.


There is only ever the political will to crush the working class and further enrich the owners.

Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress and the White House.  They couldn't enshrine voting rights, or abortion rights, or the rights of non-hetero citizens.

But at least they managed to crush the rail workers unions and protect corporate profits.

Did you hear?  One of those rail companies is spending another billion dollars on stock buybacks with all the money they saved thanks to the Federal Government crushing the workers for them, and that's generating even higher profits for the shareholders!
 
firefly212
2023-02-01 10:10:48 PM  
They want cops to murder LGBTQ people too, they're just trying to find ways to give cops legal cover to pretend they're entitled to qualified immunity because they were enforcing some sort of laws when they do it.
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-01 10:10:49 PM  

austerity101: And every single one of you so-called "liberals" who has "concerns" about trans girls playing sports is carrying water for these Nazis. Every single one of you. You are helping cart the queer community off to the gas chambers. F*ck you all.


*looks around*

Who??  Literally nobody here is saying that.
 
PlaidJaguar
2023-02-01 10:13:24 PM  

Olthoi: Just three years ago the "debate" was over trans kids playing sports. Now every red state in the US is at war with the trans community, with hundreds of bills pending. Most are trying to make it illegal for those under 18 to transition, but a growing number raising it to age 26, or banning transgender care and other elements of the LGBTQ+ community entirely. This is nothing short of coordinated attempt at genocide by the GOP.


The GOP have been actively attempting genocide for years.

Don't you remember all the forced transfer of children that Trump ordered, US government agents carried out, and no one ever faced repercussions for?
 
PlaidJaguar
2023-02-01 10:14:27 PM  

Archie Goodwin: CONSERVATIVES ARE A F#CKING DISEASE.


Stop calling them conservatives.  They don't want to "conserve" anything.

They're extremist regressive authoritarian bigots.
 
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