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peggysueandre's avatar

Now the Republican party has now openly gone full nazis these laws are nothing but thinly dequised genocide. These Republicans must be reported to the International Court in the Hague for prosecution of crimes against humanity. Same as Hitlers minions.

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Sandra's avatar

What I wouldn’t give to go back in a time machine to, say, 20 years ago, when it was neither acceptable nor common to run this kind of hate campaign. Being Republican back then was mainly about fiscal and tax policy and to some extent foreign policy. That not to say that trans people back then were universally loved and accepted, just that this kind of hate campaign wasn’t considered acceptable, or even something the GOP necessarily wanted to do.

I don’t know if the current conflagration can be turned around. I guess our best remaining hope is that the elections next week - not only presidential, but the many congressional and local races - turn out better than expected. Regardless of that, even being in this situation in the first place is dismal and utterly deplorable. I think it can ultimately be traced ultimately to the Obergefell SCOTUS decision in 2015 and the decision by the right wing bullies that they needed a new target going forward. Also the prevalence of right wing think tanks and legal groups that have had influence on policymakers.

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