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Tommy Carcetti

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32. Agreed.

Tue May 16, 2023, 06:56 AM

May 2023

Terrible policy is terrible policy, but genocide is genocide.

People made the same specious argument about cutting Social Security benefits.

Which for the record is also terrible policy. But not genocide.

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Republican genocide of their enemies has expanded beyond trans people [View all] NullTuples May 2023 OP

WHAT "genocide" of trans people? And WTF would anyone be doing here Hortensis May 2023 #1

Thank you SickOfTheOnePct May 2023 #5

I honestly wouldn't put it above the MAGA shitheads to commit crimes against humanity.... Initech May 2023 #15

Ditto. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #39

Please stop claiming this is not a "real problem" & that trans people are not dying. NullTuples May 2023 #8

I did not say that. No to strawman arguments. If there's no Hortensis May 2023 #10

You ARE saying that it's not genocide ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #18

I feel kind of like I opened and found myself staring down yet another rabbit hole. Hortensis May 2023 #19

Are you seriously comparing legislation which is on the record targeting trans individuals Ms. Toad May 2023 #28

No to strawman spins. If you can't Hortensis May 2023 #29

You created the strawman. Ms. Toad May 2023 #31

I'm sorry to see you go this way, but...the nature of the times. Hortensis May 2023 #33

And I'm sorry that you can't see that anti-trans legislation introduced at a rate of 4/day Ms. Toad May 2023 #36

Would "attempted genocide" be more palatable? OneGrassRoot May 2023 #38

Your comment is thoughtlessly, inanely cruel. yardwork May 2023 #26

I cannot get over how they keep saying this stuff obamanut2012 May 2023 #20

. WhiskeyGrinder May 2023 #9

Uhhhhhhhh try legislating us out of existence? vercetti2021 May 2023 #16

You're responding to someone who thinks it diminishes rape ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #17

Yup, if it wasn't using in a "traditional rape," then it isn't rape obamanut2012 May 2023 #21

Wooooooooow vercetti2021 May 2023 #24

Do you demand the same of people who correctly assert that abortions bans will kill? Ms. Toad May 2023 #27

Agreed. Tommy Carcetti May 2023 #32

Thank you. nt BlackSkimmer May 2023 #40

Think how many health professionals they can lay off vlyons May 2023 #2

And it in essence brings back the legality of persecutions and tortures in a medical sense. RKP5637 May 2023 #3

Well, I don't question that the intent of this legislation is persecution, Hortensis May 2023 #34

Absolutely true!!! There are many good people in medicine. I had an experience a couple of years RKP5637 May 2023 #41

Wow, what a terrible, and alarming, experience. Hortensis May 2023 #43

When I was a kid, a guy from Idaho with hair as long as I have would have had serious brewens May 2023 #4

With some of these MAGA people in FL, they just look at you and make quick decisions. Also, now RKP5637 May 2023 #6

Sure. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #14

You just described the appearance of a member of Trump's MAGA biker gang NullTuples May 2023 #25

It's the Fascist State of Florida J_William_Ryan May 2023 #7

This is intentional and it is Christian Nationalists' plan for the entire US.... CousinIT May 2023 #11

K&R!!! And this is with a democratic president and senate. Imagine with trump or desantis as pres. RKP5637 May 2023 #12

Where do you live in Florida? BlackSkimmer May 2023 #13

I felt in danger and left obamanut2012 May 2023 #22

Where? North? South? Mid? BlackSkimmer May 2023 #23

Wait, that's not what I read Tickle May 2023 #30

Yup, legal protections those for denying care based on "medical conscience." Hortensis May 2023 #35

Whether or not I would choose to use the services of one of those doctors Ms. Toad May 2023 #37

That is genocide, it's just a quieter version. NullTuples May 2023 #42

When it gets to actual genocide, that's when you start shooting republicans. BrinksHomeSexcurity May 2023 #44

I think perhaps you may be unaware of the full definition of "genocide"? NullTuples May 2023 #45