Far-right House Republicans are now using the budget process for anti-LGBTQ+ attacks
Far-right House Republicans are now using the budget process for anti-LGBTQ+ attacks
Radicals keep bringing amendments to defund anything LGBTQ+, and the rest of the party goes along to avoid rocking the boat...
Lots of people have been saying that this would happen.
They want to attack trans folks so they can attack the gay folks so they can attack the coloured folks....
44Now to be fair, have minorities even really tried not to be victims? From what doctors say, if it’s legitimate bigotry, the minority body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. Link for the uninitiated
16Given that they think gay and trans people could just, you know, choose to not be, I'm surprised none of them have said that before.
"If you don't like being discriminated against for being non-white, just choose to be white!"
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3You almost had me there. 😅
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It’s all about getting votes from their ignorant base. I guarantee you they don’t care about any of those things.
1My god yes. Liberals have this borderline conspiracy theory that the right has some master plan to enact fascism, kill their "enemies". Ahhh!
No. They don't. They simply going with what works to get votes. That's all that ever has, or ever will, count. Why else this GOP war on voters? They're not looking to take over the country in some masterful coup. They're just trying to hang in, by hook or by crook, because they so goddamned always lose, and their future looks bleaker by the second.
But the left HAS to believe that there's some sort of plan, someone calling the shots. Same reason the COVID nuts arose. They can't face the horror that this is random, organic, unplanned history. "Someone must be controlling all this!"
They're not drilling down trans -> gay -> black -> all-liberals on purpose. That's simply the natural outcome. Go for the smallest, therefore weakest, demographic. Score some wins? Go after the next demographic. Fascism is where it ends, but they're not planning it, it's just the natural outcome of hate and desperation. (I'd argue fascism is already here.)
Imagine a pride of lions with a limited pool of prey. They start with the weak, sick, elderly. Once those targets are gone, move up to the next weakest. Not like the lions have some PLAN, they're merely doing what they have to do to survive.
Let's see who we all think is saying this: "My opponent is weak and stupid, but also powerful and wily!"
Look, the left is nowhere near as shameless in their hypocrisy as the right. Especially not the politicians. But the voters? They're singing the same tune about the opposition.
"Desantis is an idiot, running his own state into the ground! Can't govern a potato factory!"
"Desantis is far smarter than Trump, a truly dangerous man! Hitler 2.0!"
Someone will come along to explain how he's BOTH at once, but I think everyone gets my drift. The default take should be, "Dangerous as hell because they're in a corner trying to survive and, like a lion, they have no morals."
Sorry /u/Pratai@lemmy.ca, didn't mean to unload on your post. Needed it off my chest. It's just all so frustrating when it's all so obvious.
And BTW, y'all are as distracted by the GOPs culture war as their voters are. Nothing matters, NOTHING, when they're actively taking our votes away. We slam-dunk win ALL of these battles if we're allowed to vote.
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The military not flying the pride flag isn't an attack.
The government should fly the american flag, and maybe their state flags. They shouldn't be waving some government endorsed religious symbols. If the pride flag can be waved, what's to stop MAGA flags from being waved at the white house and in military bases?
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They have been using budget shenanigans to get their way for years, so this is only surprising if they are just getting to anti LGBTQ+ funding now.
13Shocking literally no one.
Let me be very clear—Republicans will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to hold the swamp accountable.
-- Kevin McCarthy (Jan 15th, 2023 during his Speaker acceptance speech.)
The Speaker of the House literally said he was going to do this very thing. Why would anyone be surprised for him to do the thing he said he was going to do?
11When The Cons tell you who they are we should listen.
3They haven't done shit about "the swamp", look at GOP net worth in their first term. DNC too but not quite as across the board
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Conservative cowardice in action. How much more can they do to prove to their voting base that they’re generating votes using fear?
8Under the amendments, the military will no longer pay for gender-affirming medical care for transgender troops, allow the pride flag to fly at military installations, or pay for personnel to travel for abortions if they live in a state that restricts them. None of these social issues have anything to do with Defense spending
Although I hate these alt-right house members, I'm confused at this statement.
They claim that the right is amending the bill so the military will no longer provide funding for the stated procedures and disallowing the pride flag, but then they say none of these issues have anything to do with defense spending. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it seems if the military is providing those things, it would come out of their budget?
1They're saying, "These are social issues that the military has no business paying for."
They would have a point, except medical care isn't a social issue.
1Tax payers and their representatives can choose how their money is spent, yes.
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