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SoCalDavidS

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2. TX Only Cares About Your Life Until You're Born

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 01:37 PM

Sep 2021

After that, whether it's Guns, Covid, or neglectful parents, you're on your own.

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1-year-old girl dies after being left in hot car all day in Texas [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP

I can see forgetting your phone in the car, but a baby? cayugafalls Sep 2021 #1

She didn't forget that the baby was in the car. marybourg Sep 2021 #3

I've had dogs my entire life. Always more than one at a time. Treefrog Sep 2021 #17

It's not about regard for children, or attention to children. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #19

I hear you. I've read all this before. I'm ADHD too. Treefrog Sep 2021 #24

thank you Skittles Sep 2021 #36

TX Only Cares About Your Life Until You're Born SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #2

I'm a lifelong Texan. Please forgive me for this baby's death. Paladin Sep 2021 #10

I'm Sorry That They Control Your State SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #11

Thanks for the patronizing "I'm sure there are some good people there" TheProle Sep 2021 #23

Not everybody engages in the region/state hate. Treefrog Sep 2021 #25

Thanks for saying so TheProle Sep 2021 #27

Don't let it sting. Treefrog Sep 2021 #28

True TheProle Sep 2021 #29

No one has argued otherwise. LanternWaste Sep 2021 #33

Yes. Treefrog Sep 2021 #35

They're only the "majority" Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #30

This happens in every state. Treefrog Sep 2021 #18

Thank you for holding onto liberal values in a red state XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #21

Especially when you have to deal with disdain from your "fellow" Dems. Treefrog Sep 2021 #26

It sure wasn't fun being a Californian Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #31

I thought they had protocols where daycares expect the kids that are being dropped off. milestogo Sep 2021 #4

Body found on floorboard? Treefrog Sep 2021 #5

I feel sorry for this mother. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #6

I honestly wish the car manufacturers would invent something that alerts when others jimfields33 Sep 2021 #8

my car does OriginalGeek Sep 2021 #34

I don't understand MenloParque Sep 2021 #7

Because in her mind, dropping her other two kids off Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #9

Maybe she took her out of her car seat Bluesaph Sep 2021 #32

I cannot imagine the pain. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #12

This article about forgetting kids in cars, "Fatal Distraction," won a Pulitzer. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #13

I was about to post this Sympthsical Sep 2021 #14

This article fundamentally changed my thinking about what should happen to parents who forget their WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #20

This is horrific, but I don't get how you "forget" your baby when the other two had to be in phylny Sep 2021 #15

Read the article in post #13 for an explanation. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #16

I will, thank you. phylny Sep 2021 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author phylny Sep 2021 #38

... Catherine Vincent Sep 2021 #22