The alleged republican concern for the unborn has led to the strictest abortion ban in the country in Oklahoma, which bans abortion from the moment of fertilization. It will be implemented the moment the supreme court overturns Roe v Wade. Many other states have similar laws that will be triggered when the supremes rob us of a right that has existed for 49 years.
But given the republican indifference to mass shootings of children in schools, the republican refusal to take even rudimentary measures about assault weapons, open carry guns, and their obsession with the 2nd amendment, it strikes me that their concern for the unborn isn’t the real issue.
Their solutions to mass shootings are nuts: – arm teachers, more armed cops on school grounds, more guns everywhere. As far as republicans are concerned, once an And, let’s face it, once an infant is born, well, you’re on your own. No guaranteed day care, no guaranteed health insurance, no parental leave like Norway and more civilized countries have. Nope, sorry.
Their concern for the unborn is bullshit.
It’s about control of women.
It’s about control of gay marriage, about controlling transgender kids, it’s about a deeply rooted racism against anyone who isn’t a white male.
Notice that most of the 19 kids killed in the mass shooting in Texas were Latinos. You know, those people who stream across the border and who, according to ex-prez trump, are thieves, rapists, and it’s all Biden’s fault that they’re still getting into the U.S.
That’s the issue. Not the unborn. Gotta stay in bed with the NRA.
Today, someone sent me this, which pretty much defines the whole thing. It was found on Facebook..
“How about we treat every young man who
wants to buy a gun like every woman who wants
to get an abortion – mandatory 48-hr waiting
period, parental permission, a note from his
doctor proving he understands what he’s about
to do, a video he has to watch about the effects
of gun violence, and an ultrasound wand up the
ass (just because). Let’s close down all but one
gun shop in every state and make him travel
hundreds of miles, take time off work, and stay
overnight in a strange town to get a gun. Make
him walk through a gauntlet of people holding
photos of loved ones who were shot to death,
people who call him a murderer and beg him not
to buy a gun.
It makes more sense to do this with young men
and guns than with women and health care,
right? I mean, no woman getting an abortion
has killed a room full of people in seconds,
right?”
The republican party these days doesn’t stand for anything. It’s a cult of death – guns and more guns, death of the 14th amendment, death of a woman’s right to make decisions about her own body, and, depending on the November elections, maybe the death of democracy, as well.
The regression into medievil authoritarianism, along with a celebration of ignorance, found in this country is more than sad, it’s a tragedy.
It certainly is. It’s also scary. The country is marching toward Gilead.
This at a time when we face the global crisis of climate change, and the evolution of a planetary society. For the sake of future generations we need to GROW UP now. Sadly, I think America is growing down.
I think the US is headed toward disaster,
Well said, Trish.
Such horror!