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[–] HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago (8 children)

This is blatantly unconstitutional.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That's pretty much the Republican party at this point. Project 2025 either convinces you the Republicans are going to far and avoid them like the plague or it speaks to all your petty fears and hates convincing you that only the Republicans are the party for you.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 62 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The real problem, in my experience, is the large number of people. from all over the political spectrum, who will say, "Oh, that's not what the party wants, that's not what the politicians will do, it's just some people saying things." and just like, NO THEY REALLY DO WANT TO LINE ME AND HALF THE PEOPLE I KNOW UP AGAINST THE WALL AND SHOOT US DEAD, really seriously truly they do.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

And even if they don’t it’s what they’ll try to do. I heard that exact statement about overturning roe for my entire life

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's "surely they won't actually do those things..." to, "well, it's still better than being a Democrat" then vote for them giddily.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 21 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much the Republican party at this point.

And then they use the very same taxpayer dollars they're supposedly so concerned about to defend the inevitable lawsuits.

In Germany we had the NPD (now we have AfD), in the USA ypu have the Republican Party!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The fact of the matter is that it's been the Republican party for decades, at least. It's just now, with donnie Bin Laden and those who now feel emboldened because of him, the mask is off.

It's now very difficult for the corporate bothsiderist "liberal media" to pretend otherwise - though they sure do continue to try...

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Brought to you by the traitor cunts who want to install fucking trump as dictator.

[–] PostmodernPythia@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That has not stopped the right before.

[–] bluestribute@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Unless it's being used to protect school shooters, why would Republicans care about the constitution?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Since when has the right ever (really) cared about that?

[–] ShadowGlider@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It somehow violates two seperate parts of the 1st amendment, which would be slightly impressive if it weren't being used to kill people

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

sorry for texting here but idk if theres another way to dm, why am i banned from atheist memes (if you know why, not sure how ban logs work)