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hlthe2b

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4. I have to wonder about this. I'd never live in Texas or other regressive state that criminalizes
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 07:15 AM
Apr 2022

women, denying their right to their own bodies-- and I have to wonder whether big business is going to find locating/relocating operations in such states sustainable for long.

But if I were a woman living in states dehumanizing women, like Texas-- since they have criminalized the consequences of sex-- then I'd sure as hell share the pain. If that means ending certain activities many men have all but made their reason for living, well tough. Enjoy your "self-love" if you won't stand up for the women in your state, in your life.

Men who won't stand up for women in these states and join together to rid the state government of these hateful cretins are not worth it either. And gay men who don't stand up for women are only going to find that, unlike in the past, those women are nowhere to be found when increasing homophobia and hate-filled policy is directed toward THEm. Even those who want to help will have no voice remaining. First, they came for... (Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the socialists..." )

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repukes are fucking SICKENING Skittles Apr 2022 #1
The cruelty is the point. Girard442 Apr 2022 #2
+1 2naSalit Apr 2022 #6
Exactly Farmer-Rick Apr 2022 #12
Gender fallout too bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #3
I have to wonder about this. I'd never live in Texas or other regressive state that criminalizes hlthe2b Apr 2022 #4
+1 2naSalit Apr 2022 #7
This is similar to when abortion first became available. Farmer-Rick Apr 2022 #16
50% of the registered voters in Texas are women, so this might be a wake-up call. TheRickles Apr 2022 #5
They only want to control... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #8
GOTV Marthe48 Apr 2022 #9
If I was a woman I'd be denying sex to any man voting for such laws Ohioboy Apr 2022 #10
I can't believe that a majority of Texans are really that extreme Buckeyeblue Apr 2022 #11
The Texas legislators are to blame as they're the ones who created this "new law" MagickMuffin Apr 2022 #21
But Texans elected those representatives so they did get a say Buckeyeblue Apr 2022 #22
Most Texans want Roe to stay but reps in office know they wont suffer a price Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #26
This is EXACTLY what the Founding Fathers (including Jesus) intended. RedSpartan Apr 2022 #13
This is not funny in the least. Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2022 #27
Every additional birth above stasis adds $320K in state/local taxes spread over an 18yr period. TheBlackAdder Apr 2022 #14
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defends abortion law, says state will 'eliminate rape' multigraincracker Apr 2022 #15
Unexpected to who? localroger Apr 2022 #17
I hope DownriverDem Apr 2022 #18
I miss the "good old days"............. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #19
This is HORRIFIC....... secondwind Apr 2022 #20
K&R Solly Mack Apr 2022 #23
These are the kind of laws Texans voted for. Raftergirl Apr 2022 #24
Maybe to help BEAT these assholes of their own game is bluestarone Apr 2022 #25
That's the anti-choice law that Musk supports? rockfordfile Apr 2022 #28
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