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Martin68

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23. Texas is leading the way to 1984. Or is it 1948?

Reply to ripcord (Original post)

Wed Feb 23, 2022, 10:36 PM

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Texas governor calls on citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse [View all] ripcord Feb 2022 OP

again...cruelty is the point with these assholes.... bahboo Feb 2022 #1

Go throw yourself down a flight of stairs vercetti2021 Feb 2022 #2

Abbott is trying to out satan FL gov deSatan. Comfortably_Numb Feb 2022 #3

No worries Deuxcents Feb 2022 #11

Spy on your neighbors and your family, Citizens of Texas. Every autocrat since time began... Hekate Feb 2022 #4

A tweet today said the US would classify this as a human rights violation if TX was another country. LonePirate Feb 2022 #5

Not to nitpick, I think the Biden administration has it's hands full at the moment. Ray Bruns Feb 2022 #38

This is some powerful white male evangelical christian hate. PatrickforB Feb 2022 #6

Cruelty, malice, bigotry. Solly Mack Feb 2022 #7

Glad they have the proper focus, wouldn't want to waste time on the power grid. captain queeg Feb 2022 #8

WTAF?! sakabatou Feb 2022 #9

Small government... lonely bird Feb 2022 #10

F Greg Abbott. area51 Feb 2022 #12

TX repugs are just insane. trof Feb 2022 #13

At this point... Honest Hypocrisy Feb 2022 #14

We either take to the streets & stop this... CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #15

Primary for TX Governor is right now. I earl voted yesterday for Beto. VOTE! txwhitedove Feb 2022 #16

He should be charged with practicing medicine without a license. nt Ilsa Feb 2022 #17

This could well come back to bite both Paxton and Abbott. Lonestarblue Feb 2022 #18

(you put this in far nicer and more civilized terms than i did) (post 19) nt orleans Feb 2022 #20

They wouldn't be republicans if they weren't hypocrites. Ray Bruns Feb 2022 #39

holy shit! how absolutely fucking insane! orleans Feb 2022 #19

Question cagefreesoylentgreen Feb 2022 #21

+1 orangecrush Feb 2022 #31

The prohibition on invoking Nazism is obsolete. that's the only thing you can call this kind of Martin68 Feb 2022 #22

Texas is leading the way to 1984. Or is it 1948? Martin68 Feb 2022 #23

I agree with whomever said cruelty is the point. slightlv Feb 2022 #24

Family values JudyM Feb 2022 #25

Fuck Abbott.. Fuck Paxton.. Fuck transphobes.. Fuck TERFs... IngridsLittleAngel Feb 2022 #26

The GOP Old Crank Feb 2022 #27

Nothing says freedom like spying on your neighbors' kids' sex lives bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #28

There is also post #12 in this very thread... IngridsLittleAngel Feb 2022 #29

It's time orangecrush Feb 2022 #30

Nice doesn't work... IngridsLittleAngel Feb 2022 #42

+1 orangecrush Feb 2022 #44

Citizen spies: Popular in such countries as: AZLD4Candidate Feb 2022 #32

I think that teaching children. . . Collimator Feb 2022 #33

And the evil continues here, fully embraced by the Texas loons running the show and Scalded Nun Feb 2022 #34

Would this effect teachers as they are mandatory reporters? Atmashine Feb 2022 #35

This is some straight up Nazi shit here. Initech Feb 2022 #36

I will never understand why Repukes are so obsessed with intheflow Feb 2022 #37

He is so pitiful. Sucha NastyWoman Feb 2022 #40

Well, it worked for abortions, why not try it for transgender kids? patphil Feb 2022 #41

District Attorneys in five of the largest Texas counties say they will refuse to comply with Abbott. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2022 #43