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onecaliberal

(32,826 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 01:59 PM Jun 2022

We can't regulate guns, but we can regulate a uterus. We can't provide safety for children, but we

Can for the elite people causing the danger.
We can’t lock up a serial criminal trying to rip off democracy, but we can kill a black man for selling singles on the corner.


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We can't regulate guns, but we can regulate a uterus. We can't provide safety for children, but we (Original Post) onecaliberal Jun 2022 OP
Should we just re-name rownesheck Jun 2022 #1
How about renaming it The United Flakes of America. ificandream Jun 2022 #11
welcome to the meanist place on earth. AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #16
Next up - trashing gay marriage and birth control. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2022 #2
I hope they do this way SCOTUS reform will be unstoppable. Dems gotta win seats in Senate enough Pepsidog Jun 2022 #8
Madness Mad_Machine76 Jun 2022 #3
That is where we are at, yes. Solly Mack Jun 2022 #4
Does this mean that any armed black man walking down a street who fears the next white man he sees Samrob Jun 2022 #5
Come on, only black men are scary. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #6
We can also make sure nothing gets in the way of arming those wanting to kill our kids Scalded Nun Jun 2022 #7
Moscow Mitch; Are children's lives less important than those judges? keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #9
Are children's lives less important than the right to bear a gun? Apparently so in a Repugh America. ificandream Jun 2022 #12
Uteri aren't in the Constitution. live love laugh Jun 2022 #10
I picture Eric Cartman saying that. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #13
This summarizes Nevilledog Jun 2022 #14
That about sums it up. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #15
We can't ban guns, but we can give kids bulletproof backpacks and bookcases. Initech Jun 2022 #17
We all have our priorities IronLionZion Jun 2022 #18

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
8. I hope they do this way SCOTUS reform will be unstoppable. Dems gotta win seats in Senate enough
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jun 2022

to impeach Kavenaugh and The Church Lady for lies told at their confirmation.

Mad_Machine76

(24,406 posts)
3. Madness
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 02:41 PM
Jun 2022

We are rapidly living in the alternate reality that the right wing has been living in inside their heads for years.

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
5. Does this mean that any armed black man walking down a street who fears the next white man he sees
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 02:45 PM
Jun 2022

has a right to whip out his gun and shoot the man? Fearing for your life takes on new meaning at this point in our history.

Scalded Nun

(1,236 posts)
7. We can also make sure nothing gets in the way of arming those wanting to kill our kids
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 03:10 PM
Jun 2022

To those who do not vote in EVERY single election (local, state, federal)...FUCK YOU!

To call today's court pronouncements outrageous just does not do that word justice.

Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
14. This summarizes
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 04:17 PM
Jun 2022


Tweet text:

Keith Boykin
@keithboykin
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So, as I understand the Supreme Court, the government can arrest and jail you without Miranda rights, execute you even if your lawyer screws up, force you to have a baby, and use tax dollars to support religion.

But it can't protect your right to vote or keep you safe from guns.


7:54 AM · Jun 23, 2022

Initech

(100,063 posts)
17. We can't ban guns, but we can give kids bulletproof backpacks and bookcases.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 04:57 PM
Jun 2022

And also arm teachers and put more security guards and metal detectors in schools.

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