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Irish_Dem

(80,654 posts)
27. Complete control over every aspect of life.
Mon Feb 21, 2022, 08:45 AM
Feb 2022

Healthcare, education, voting, etc.

We will be like China and Russia.

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Especially since passing legislation is basically performance art for Republicans Walleye Feb 2022 #1
The Federalist Society and ALEC writes their bills, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #2
I don't think they want laws that they can enforce. They just want red meat for their fanatics Walleye Feb 2022 #3
They could just outlaw birth control. Like the old days. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #9
They could just outlaw women or Democrats. They have no respect for laws Walleye Feb 2022 #10
For them the laws are a weapon used to control and punish. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #12
Bullies really enjoy their work Walleye Feb 2022 #13
Oh yes sadism/cruelty is very much a feature of Putin/GOP behavior. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #16
Koch Bros and John Birch Society aka today's Tea Party want American Taliban rule over CousinIT Feb 2022 #31
So true. Truth, justice and the American way defeated. Remember Superman was a reporter Walleye Feb 2022 #33
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #57
That was the old party Establishment. Today the fringe runs the show. Yoyoyo77 Feb 2022 #74
That list of decisions that "they would never try to overturn" seems to be growing. Terrifying. FM123 Feb 2022 #4
Overturning Griswold has always been the Conservative Grail; getting rid of Roe was a preliminary Tommymac Feb 2022 #19
Someone running for state AG doesn't know Griswold exboyfil Feb 2022 #5
Oh, they know Griswold. They've been groomed to overturn it. JHB Feb 2022 #28
Notice . ..... Lovie777 Feb 2022 #6
It is a white male supremacy plan, yes. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #17
Well it is what Jesus would want. No contraception means more people to put money in 3Hotdogs Feb 2022 #7
Don't blame that one on Jesus -- Some claiming to follow whathehell Feb 2022 #40
Christianity as a religion was built by political leaders NullTuples Feb 2022 #56
Lol. no. Your antipathy is obvious, but the spread of Christianity whathehell Feb 2022 #68
True, it also involved assimilating other cultures backed by the force of the Holy Roman Empire NullTuples Feb 2022 #70
Any religion allowed to spread and flourish whathehell Feb 2022 #71
It is fascinating, that relationship between the Church and a country's rulers. NullTuples Feb 2022 #72
Only after the emperor decided to make christianity the state religion. Yoyoyo77 Feb 2022 #75
Indeed. calimary Feb 2022 #69
So the plan is no birth control, no abortion. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #8
1970s Romania Wednesdays Feb 2022 #18
Romania was exactly what popped into my head. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #21
I had to look it up Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #39
I know someone who adopted 4 of those kids from Romania, and they have all suffered trauma from OnDoutside Feb 2022 #49
OMG, just reading about it was horrifying Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #62
Yes it was horrible beyond belief. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #59
Keep all women barefoot & pregnant and in the control of men. Movement Conservatism's Holy Grail Tommymac Feb 2022 #20
W/o birth control, women were pregnant for much of their fertile years. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #22
This is why Conservatives have been gunning to repeal Griswold for decades. Tommymac Feb 2022 #25
Complete control over every aspect of life. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #27
Or women will just stop having sex with men. smirkymonkey Feb 2022 #58
I'm now going to retrieve my jaw from the floor. Vinca Feb 2022 #11
Just when we think we can no longer be shocked by them, they prove us wrong. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #23
This is about subjugating and controlling women. Native Feb 2022 #14
Yes it is a white male supremacy plan. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #24
Machismo. For too many of them, kids and guns are the sole confirmation of allegorical oracle Feb 2022 #44
Toxic masculinity sop Feb 2022 #63
Along the same musclecar6 Feb 2022 #15
Of course. The real goal of these pompous, white, males is to sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #26
Soooooooo, I assume their next bright idea will be sleeping under couples' beds? Frustratedlady Feb 2022 #29
Loving has been a target all along JT45242 Feb 2022 #30
Christian Taliban orangecrush Feb 2022 #32
The Islamic world has Sharia law, Christendom has Maria law. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #46
.... orangecrush Feb 2022 #48
I have been telling people and telling people. shrike3 Feb 2022 #34
Mr. Attorney General Candidate, can you please tell citizens how you plan to deploy the Sex Police? bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #35
Birth control pills are a controlled substance. intheflow Feb 2022 #41
Birth control medications have many uses. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #47
Expect an increased homegirl Feb 2022 #64
This will be challenged and the state will spend money better spent education, etc.... AngryOldDem Feb 2022 #36
I wish I could say I'm surprised. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #37
I've been saying this for decades mercuryblues Feb 2022 #38
19 kids and counting. God's army. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2022 #42
Will DownriverDem Feb 2022 #43
Who does that appeal to? TheFarseer Feb 2022 #45
Can the 19th be far behind? CrispyQ Feb 2022 #50
These people are bat-shit crazy. And equally dangerous. Martin68 Feb 2022 #51
More subjects--more power--more money. moondust Feb 2022 #52
I saw it coming years ago, & it's still a punch in the gut. All women's gains in the past century... Hekate Feb 2022 #53
And if you're raped and impregnated, well, to them it's just Gawd's Will so suck it up whore! OMGWTF Feb 2022 #55
Funny how that works Hekate Feb 2022 #61
Why do the Rs hate women so much? Are they afraid of our power? OMGWTF Feb 2022 #54
It got really homegirl Feb 2022 #65
dangerous, dangerous llashram Feb 2022 #60
This was obvious years ago. Texaswitchy Feb 2022 #66
Bostock v. Clayton County may be a target too but don't see how they can StClone Feb 2022 #67
repukes despise the gains women have made Skittles Feb 2022 #73
Of course. Exactly what I've always predicted. Kablooie Feb 2022 #76
Fuck You Republican scum!!! YoshidaYui Feb 2022 #77
They want WHITE BABIES. That's what it is all about. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2022 #78
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