this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
119 points (100.0% liked)

U.S. News

2234 readers
84 users here now

News about and pertaining to the United States and its people.

Please read what's functionally the mission statement before posting for the first time. We have a narrower definition of news than you might be accustomed to.


Guidelines for submissions:

For World News, see the News community.


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What happened to the riots that were promised if Roe vs. Wade was overturned?

Honestly I'm surprised we didn't get George floyd/blm levels of protest after Dobbs was official, though a lot of it would've been moot since liberals and progressives have spent several decades disarming themselves and fostering a hatred towards guns. Christian nationalists don't give a single fuck about peaceful protests and if things come to blows, our side is the one with far less firepower and far less zealots willing to risk personal harm for this topic (not saying the second one is good or bad morally, just pointing out that the right's fostering of that kind of zealotry is an additional hurdle we'll face).

That is what overturning Roe vs. Wade is about.

I was specifically referring to extra-judicial here. If/as they understand they can't force their draconian laws on everyone through the normal channels of government, they'll switch to embracing direct, physical violence as a first resort.

[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

This is why they leaked the decision but said "it could change it's not the final decision" to slow roll the information and make it less likely people would take direct action.