Republicans in Ohio want to undermine the will of voters who approved a measure enshrining reproductive freedom into the state’s constitution

  • @jerome
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    2261 year ago

    Republicans went against their own rules and held a special election in August to stop abortion; they lost. Republicans then lost in November and abortion rights were enshrined in Ohio’s constitution. Now Republicans are saying no to democracy and laws.

    Our problem here is all the Republicans. They’re anti-American. Ship them off to a place that fits them better.

    • Veraxus
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      1391 year ago

      “If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        See also the “We’re a republic, not a democracy” talking point that swelled a year or two ago (and was even repeated by a senator). It’s patently stupid to anyone who knows the meaning of those words, but it was also testing the water for overt anti-democracy rhetoric.

        • @CharlesDarwin
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          41 year ago

          Honestly, they’ve been well-actually-splaining that for quite a while now. Usually it goes along with a lecture about how “kids these days” are not forced to take a Civics class, and therefore, all these scholars have to step into the breach…

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Very true. Subjectively, it just seemed to have a bit of a peak not too long ago. It was one of those right-wing talking points that got popular before they realized it was embarrassing and didn’t work.

            And yeah, I’m real sick of reactionary armchair “experts” who think they know more than people who actually study (and experience) the things they talk about with such confidence.

    • FuglyDuck
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      281 year ago

      deserted island in… hmm. lets go with the south china sea.

        • FuglyDuck
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          161 year ago

          Putin’s propaganda machine would love that. They even have a nice little village all ready to go,

        • be_excellent_to_each_other
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          91 year ago

          Here is uniform, Comrade, here is Z decal for your car, here is Chinese-made AK-47, here is map to Ukraine border, now go or you will be shot.

      • @CADmonkey
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        11 year ago

        Let them build their perfect society on (spins globe) Marion Island.

        • FuglyDuck
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          21 year ago

          I was thinking south china sea so that they get into trouble with china and wind up in one of their detention camps.

          But that works, too.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      If all the conservatives consented to moving to the same new location uninhabitabed before yet the land provided all the basic needs, how would it work out?

        • @CharlesDarwin
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          11 year ago

          See for example the GOP in the House right now. Qbert vs. Marge, Kevin vs. Groomer Gaetz and so on…

      • @BradleyUffner
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        41 year ago

        It probably wouldn’t change anything. They have some kind of biological imperative to force their beliefs on other people that disagree with them.

      • @Olhonestjim
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        31 year ago

        They’d genocide themselves in ever increasing purity purges.