Fascism wins through the ballot box.

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Texans affirm that our freedoms come from God and that the government should have no control over the conscience of individuals.

    What does this even mean? I'm sure it's a dog whistle for something nasty, but for what?

    • asustamepanteon [comrade/them, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      what happens if it's a NO? like does Texas simply implode or sink into the gulf? or do they crank out a yeeeeeehaaaaaa'd to reclaim Texas?

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I live in Texas and it's a dog-whistle for ending any sort of formal legal rights for protected classes. Protected classes like race, age, ethnicity, national origin, LGBTQ folk, etc. The proposition is saying there shouldn't be any protections because that's government intervention into basic morality, with the assumption that basic morality is a individual's strong Christian faith rather than any formal, legislative aspect of society.

      The reality of it is just bigotry and stripping away even the bare minimums of protections against white supremacist, heteronormative hegemony. That proposition would make it easier to do things like kick trans people out of shelters or schools, fire people on the basis of race, or even something like reintroducing segregation. It's hiding behind Christianity to both be incredibly craven racists and also to strip away the public coffers. 2 for the price of 1 for conservatives.

    • effervescent [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Texans affirm that our freedoms come from God Jesus and that the government should have no control over the conscience of individuals Christians.

      That’s what it means

        • effervescent [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Christian reactionaries in the US want nothing more than to legislate their own morality, but saying that outright isn’t popular enough yet, so they vouch everything in terms of freedom. Want to ban abortion? No, I just want the freedom to not fund it. Want to ban homosexuality? No, I just want the freedom to exist in pubic spaces without seeing it. Want to ban teaching kids evolution? No, I just want the freedom to choose a school that doesn’t expose my kids to it.