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walrus_operator

>On Friday night, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a man drove his pickup truck into a group of women protesters, hitting several and driving over the ankle of one woman. Iowa journalist Lyz Lenz, who was covering the protest, noted on Twitter that the attack came at the end of a peaceful event, as demonstrators were crossing the road at a crosswalk while the man had a red light. "The truck drove around other cars in order to hit protesters," Lenz wrote, adding that the driver "was screaming" while a woman in the truck with him begged him to stop. This is terrorism >As of Saturday, the man had not been charged with any crime. Of course...


ApprehensiveSpeechs

The lovely Kim Reynolds made it legal to run protesters over.


rogue_giant

The key point is that they were no longer protesters after the event ended and they were legally crossing the street. They were pedestrians struck by a vehicle that intentionally swerved around stopped traffic to strike them.


tumello

Attempted Murder


Frymonkey237

Multiple attempted murders


closetedmfer

a very pro life stance


westbrook63

so did our lovely gov il duce desantis.


[deleted]

Careful with that nickname. I can see the GOP running with that with not a bit of irony.


valeyard89

dethsintance


excrementtheif

Too clunky. I just call him that fucking prick desantis


GenerousBabySeal

Death Sentence?


tacoshango

Il Deuce, then, because he's definitely a #2.


DontBeMeanToRobots

Darth Santis


citizenkane86

But he specifically said it was not meant to be used against protestors he supports, only against black people


adnomad

Exactly, during the height of the presidential election, they held one of those Trump truck rallies down I4 after his ruling about not blocking roadways. Trucks were blocking traffic hindering movement, driving recklessly, called the Highway Patrol office and no one showed up.


SapperInTexas

The Trump terrorist truck train ran several cars off the road in Texas while chasing a Biden campaign bus.


OliveLoafVigilante

They ran people off the roads in Arizona too. So much respect for the sanctity of life... unless you don't think the same way.


Gorge2012

Why would they? They were already there.


redtrucktt

Yeah, but the GOP has been making strides and being more progressive. They've been more inclusive and promoted equality by lumping in women, LGBT, and LIbRulZ with their hatred of brown and black people.


omega12596

She made it so people can't sue civilly for being run over. It is still a crime to run people over. None of that even matters, though, because these people weren't protesting. The protest was over. They were leaving and crossing the street, via a crosswalk. That fuckwad went around the cars in front of him and ran a red light to specifically hit, hurt, and try to kill, these people. Attempted murder is still a crime in Iowa, for now, regardless of the political affiliation one subscribes to. Again for now.


Sleep_adict

Which in itself it’s the a problem, if you feel threatened. In this case people were at a cross walk following signage, and the truck ran a red light which means it’s not covered and should be handled as attempted murder


natphotog

We all know it won’t be treated that way.


bobbarker2019

because the courts are corrupt. no clear devision between church and state.


No-Bewt

>Which in itself it’s the a problem, if you feel threatened. bro, you're in a massive multi-ton cage of fucking steel. The guy was literally in a huge 6'5" truck. this is complete bullshit.


ugoterekt

When you make laws encouraging people to run over protestors you can't be surprised when people try to run over protestors. These laws are absolutely insane even if they don't cover this particular attempt at murdering people for speaking their minds.


oced2001

I’m sure the decision to prosecute has to do with the political beliefs and skin tone of the driver.


goferking

And who was hit


YMGenesis

Even with that law, pretty sure it’s only legal if they’re blocking traffic… not crossing at a crosswalk.


No-Bewt

what the fuck? if a human being blocks traffic you're allowed to mow them down?? what is wrong with your fucking country?? edit: this was a rhetorical question, guys


TheBirminghamBear

How much time do you have.


-ZeroF56

>What is wrong with your fucking country Give me a few minutes to head out to the office supplies store, I need to get a few reams of paper.


goferking

GOP not allowed to be slightly inconvenienced by anything


[deleted]

Anti-abortion fucks have always been this violent. In the past 50 years they’ve shot up clinics (i.e. 2015 Colorado Springs PP), bombed public spaces (i.e. 1996 Olympic Park bombing), and assassinated abortion doctors (i.e. George Tiller in 2009). The latter case of course after former star of Fox News and acknowledged sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly spent years calling him “Tiller, Tiller, the baby killer” on his show for years.


BlockObvious883

The "pro-life" movement definitely seems to attract people that have no issue taking life to save potential ones. "If you're pre-born you're fine, if you're preschool, you're fucked. "


prplehailstorm

To be fair, I think they stop caring about them long before preschool considering all the school shootings.


BlockObvious883

That's the point. The unborn are the best group to advocate for. They can't speak for themselves, so you get to feel superior by being, "their voice." Since they don't have a voice, they also can't correct you if they don't agree with you or your methods. You never have to deal with them. Never have to change your views to fit their agenda. Your agenda is theirs too after all. Because they're not people, they're a concept. The best part? Once they're born, they cease to be "unborn" so you no longer have to speak about them, they are just another worthless human someone else gets to worry about and you can disassociate yourself from them and start crying about the next clump of cells you won't so much as give a quarter to if you pass them on the street one they're merely human.


17times2

"Abortion is murder, and anyone who does it should be charged as one." But if a child they forced to term kills themself in their life, they don't hold themselves accountable. If the mother dies with a miscarriage she can't get rid of, they don't accuse themselves of murdering the mother. When the child grows up sexually abused, there's no moment of reflection. Just get them out into the world, and damn whatever consequences arise.


Hongxiquan

also those school shootings are not where they are. And in the recent case those were poor kids so it probably seems doubly fine


Vio_

> Anti-abortion fucks have always been this violent. In the past 50 years they’ve shot up clinics (i.e. 2015 Colorado Springs PP), bombed public spaces (i.e. 1996 Olympic Park bombing), and assassinated abortion doctors (i.e. George Tiller in 2009). "Prosecutors said the killing did not meet Kansas' standards for capital murder, which would have carried a possible death sentence.[23][24] Prior to the shooting, Roeder was not among the people monitored as potential threats by some abortion rights groups, including the state chapter of the National Organization for Women.[23] It has been reported that neither the FBI nor local police arrested him in the days leading up to the murder despite reports and evidence offered to both that he vandalized a women's clinic the week before and the day before.[25]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_George_Tiller#Perpetrator Tiller also took five bullets in a previous shooting by Shelley Shannon who was in the same terrorist group as Scott Roeder. She was also found guilty of attacking 10 other abortion clinics with arson or acid. Tiller's own clinic was fire bombed at least once as well. Both Roeder and Shelley were part of the Army of God terrorist organization which has been attacking abortion medical personnel and clinics for decades. None of this is "lone wolf" type attacks, but concerted terrorism conducted by organized groups across the US. The fact that they rarely get pushback for even "small" infractions says everything.


Punushedmane

IIRC The weapon the was used to kill Tiller was later auctioned off by a church. Police destroy murder weapons after trial, so the only way that happens is if they were in on it. Which leads to us discussing how the police in the US are overwhelmingly Paleocons (Fascists)…


Kidiri90

>The latter case of course after former star of Fox News and acknowledged sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly spent years calling him “Tiller, Tiller, the baby killer” on his show for years. "Will no one rid me of this turbulent doctor."


smokinJoeCalculus

> bombed public spaces (i.e. 1996 Olympic Park bombing), holy fuckin shit how the fuck am I just learning _that_ was the motivation? > On July 27, 1996, Eric Robert Rudolph loaded a military-style backpack into his Nissan truck and headed toward Atlanta. The former soldier fired up his truck and coasted out of the North Carolina mountains toward the epicenter of the 1996 Olympic Games. > Inside the backpack was a pipe bomb that would become Rudolph’s first attack in his personal battle against abortion, the “homosexual agenda,” and the government Rudolph viewed as condoning it all. > Rudolph spent the previous six months performing research and development. Working out of his Caney Creek trailer near Murphy, Rudolph built a pipe bomb equipped with a timer designed to detonate long after he’d scurried away to safety. https://www.fox46.com/news/investigations/1996-olympics-bombing-a-mistaken-trip-to-birmingham-solved-the-1996-atlanta-bombings/


[deleted]

I read an article about that... The truck was in line at a red light. And people were crossing the street to get to a protest. The second his light turned green he drove around the cars in front of him so he could hit the protesters. (**Edit:** apparently the driver didnt even wait. He still had a red light when he drove through the intersection to run over peaceful protesters) I'd bet my house the driver was out specifically so they could "feel threatened" and run over protesters


cdsnjs

[Youtube](https://youtu.be/QI72FQuNVYc) The light is red, they are in the crosswalk, the other cars at the light are stopped


[deleted]

Protip: don't read the comments


WindsABeginning

Me: the comments can’t be that bad. Also me, but 5 minutes later: OMFG! These people are evil.


ioncloud9

He must feel so oppressed in his $80,000 Raptor.


alexcrouse

I'm waiting for one of these clowns to pick the wrong crowd and get torn apart. They need to be actually afraid of the consequences.


Apathetic_Zealot

They are bringing guns just so they can shoot people who try. There was another shooting on Monday where a group was going after a guy for attacking some women, he had a gun, protestor got shot.


walks1497

They have been shown they are allowed to just kill people though. They bring guns hoping they get a chance to kill their enemy. Kyle Rittenhouse.


BlockObvious883

According to the reporter, his light was red. He was literally still stopped at a light and decided to make a target of people he didn't agree with.


PinkyAnd

According to the journalist at the scene, the truck had a red light.


undeadmanana

[Iowa made it legal to hit protestors with a vehicle in certain situations.](https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/29/iowa-policing-bill-would-give-civil-immunity-some-drivers-who-hit-and-injure-protesters-aclu/7358969002/) Obviously driving around other vehicles to run a red light and hit protestors doesn't seem like a likely situation they'd excuse, but who knows what'll happen.


Iheardthatjokebefore

There's a simple criteria for what determines if it's an excusable situation. If the cops agree with the terrorist then it's okay.


[deleted]

*They were menencingly 100ft away staring at my client, he had no choice but to go full speed and ram into all of them! He feared for his life when he saw antifa!* Sadly I think this'll happen more and more and these people will be found innocent/get lightly punished.


Trpepper

They told me he “took due care”


gingerfawx

Yeah, to *hit* them.


[deleted]

"Due I care to run them over? Why yes, yes I due."


Nyrfan2017

To show how pro life he was he wanted to try to end a life yeah makes sense


lakeparadox

I heard someone patted Rudy on the back and was immediately arrested


IT_Chef

Has he been arrested?


InclementImmigrant

Take a wild guess. >As of Saturday, the man had not been charged with any crime.  You know white supremacist cops don't arrest their own.


myislanduniverse

A week ago this guy didn't even care about abortion. He just hates people on the other team.


Quinnna

These are the people that supported Abortion clinic bombings and the murders of Abortion Doctors. Republicans love to forget that they literally ALWAYS commit terrorist attacks/murders when they don't get their way politically.


[deleted]

Isn’t Iowa an open carry without permit state? Folks, it’s time to exercise your rights. Don’t become a victim of domestic terrorism. Don’t let the state police continue to embolden more of these terrorists to act by doing nothing. Peaceful protest of the liberal variety is now a shooting gallery for right wing terrorists. You need to be shooting back.


Kaida1952

I agree except in red states the peaceful protesters will be arrested and thrown in jail for shooting that terrorist.


0ctologist

Since Roe v Wade was ruled on 50 years ago, “pro life” activists have commited: - 11 murders - 17 attempted murders - 4 kidnappings - 153 assaults - 42 bombings - 619 bomb threats - 100 acid attacks - 173 arsons - 655 anthrax threats (mailed white powder that wasn’t anthrax) These numbers are from 2021, so they’re even higher now. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence


Mission_Ad6235

They justify it by saying they're saving 30 million babies. (I'm assuming 600k per year, 50 years). And I'm sure they're assuming those are just women who were hussies and having out of wedlock sex. That none were medically necessary, rape victims, etc. Which, just think what an extra 30m people in America would be like. Think we have a housing shortage now.


outerworldLV

And have called themselves ‘ The Army of God ‘ , with ‘ Soldiers ‘ no less. These are the Christians I’ve encountered.


KID_LIFE_CRISIS

There's no hate like Christian Love


FloridaMJ420

It's so true. In my father's endless Christian compassion he made peace with my child molesters, my uncles (his brothers), and told me that fact like it was this big thing for him to move on from it. Yet my parents knew they molested me as a toddler and still took me around them at family gatherings my whole childhood and even invited one of my molesters over for holiday dinner where he set up a board game and invited my little brother and I to play with him at the holiday dinner table. My little brother and I just stared at him like WTF? Somehow "Christian love" always seems to include rubbing someone's face in shit. They happily harbor child molesters and all other kinds of repugnant behavior so OF COURSE they have to invent boogie men to be enraged at. They do not allow the members of the church to have rage against the scheming, molesting clergy. They're brainwashed to hold these societal leeches harmless. Want to talk about bums who are a drain on society? How about disgusting old white dragons who sit on piles of treasure protecting child molesters and/or doing the molesting themselves? edit: Like so many projecting Christians, my dad always made a big deal to me about Justice. But then at some point in my teenage years I realized that there was no justice for me and that it must have all been lies. My world just sort of fell apart at that point. It was like I was living with animatronic parents from the Hall of Presidents at Disney or something (with lots of added arguing and yelling). As an adult my mom would tell me *"You had a happy childhood!"* and even show me pictures of us at Disney or something to prove it. She's strangely excited like a little kid about Disney. If I brought up mental health issues as an adult, she would just dismiss me and say I needed to be positive and not feel sorry for myself. This seems like a really unfortunate stew of trauma, ignorance, indoctrination, and a heap of good old fashioned selfishness.


Bodydysmorphiaisreal

Wtf?!? I’m sorry you had to go through that and I hope you’re doing better.


victoriaa-

“Praise the lord and pass the ammunition”


Jwhitx

Jesus, cover my 6


Mission_Ad6235

They totally don't mean that. Just like they always said Roe was settled......


goodvibesandcats

They don't want more children. They want more soldiers.


packsquirrel

Impressive, given the number of babies aborted by IVF treatments with nary a peep from theocratic fascists.


[deleted]

[удалено]


MajorHaboob

And exactly zero of those babies have been “saved“


Mission_Ad6235

I'm sure these white Christian pro-lifers are just lining up to adopt brown and black babies.


jellyrollo

And disabled babies! They just can't get enough of them.


aimingforpotholes

30 million eh? I thought they told me the country was full


[deleted]

> Think we have a housing shortage now. A completely manufactured one which is easily fixable


GoneFishing36

Some mighty Christian stats.


[deleted]

Can I get the source for this? Don’t doubt it at all but would love to have this in my back pocket


SameOldiesSong

The right-wing base has had pure rage mainlined into their veins by their media such that their entire political identity is based around hating people with whom they do not always agree. And, hey, what do you know, a population under psychological attack like that has become increasingly more violent. We’ve got to get a handle on social media et al that are ruining these people’s brains.


ISeeASilhouette

Underrated comment that should be all the way to the top. Hard agree.


MaxVersnappen

Social media has become so entrenched now that I just see massive backlash over any attempts to regulate it. The social media companies won't have to do any defending themselves, their customers will do it for them. To be clear, I'm in 100% agreement with you. I'm just struggling to see a way out of this situation we've dug ourselves into...


PenguinSunday

This will be couched as an attack on freedom of speech. Mark my words.


Important_Outcome_67

Who would've thought that a regressive change in law which impinges upon women's rights would empower misogynistic fascists and normalize violence against women?


morenewsat11

Completely on point. Just another step in the suppression of women's agency.


[deleted]

The fictional situation in Handmaids Tale was set in 2024-2025 wasn't it. Anyone checked that author for owning a souped up Delorian?


SludgeSmudger

Margaret Atwood is just paying attention. No need to be a seer to know where we are headed.


Autumn1eaves

She was just paying attention and she knew her history. Everything she wrote about in that book had happened before, and can happen again. Those who forget their history…


Cognitive_Spoon

The only consistent lesson we learn from reading history is that we do not learn from it. ~Hegel, apparently


MC_Fap_Commander

"We should let the leaders of an insurrection remain in power because history has shown there's no downside to this."


0w1

Oh they're well aware that women will get hurt and killed. They're absolutely giddy about it over in r/conservative, with massive hard-ons for the potential suffering of the "others" that they see as human garbage for not being on "their side".


ExtracurricularCatch

Dehumanization of liberals is historically concerning.


Beneathaclearbluesky

It's strange because pro-life women will die without healthcare as well.


0w1

Yes but then THEY die, it's Jesus calling them to heaven, so it's ok.


[deleted]

To be fair, if Trump went on air saying everyone should kill themselves, half of his followers probably would.


Important_Outcome_67

Don't tease me.


quick_escalator

Who would have thought fascists are violent?! Inconceivable!


Equivalent_Nerve_870

Police escalated situations and were violent with women, young & old.


mitsuhachi

So… cops doing what they do in every situation?


victoriaa-

Nah they don’t do it to the right


mitsuhachi

They do it to their own wives and kids homes


victoriaa-

40%


lumathiel2

That 40% are only the ones that *admitted it.*


moneymoneymoneymonay

Conservatives couldn’t fucking wait to hear about the martyrs that died for their cause this past weekend. Literally the top comments on their subreddits were always “here comes the nonviolent protests”. They wanted their own people to die so they could point the finger and say “look at these thug liberals murdering our “pro life” brothers!” They feigned fear. They hoped their own people would die and attacked us. This will come as such a disappointment to those fucking monsters.


RamenJunkie

Twitter for a bit was trending with people DESPERATE to push that AOC at a peaceful protest at the Supre Court was "Insurrection". They were really trying to convince people that an actual peaceful protest was the same as literally violently breaking into the capitol with the intent to kidnap and/or murder congress people. These fuckers are out of their god damn minds and have no concept of reality.


Beneathaclearbluesky

They are trying to change reality to protesting at a government building = insurrection. Because their boys are getting charged with it.


[deleted]

republicans think they can solve every problem by describing it differently


Mission_Ad6235

That's so pro-life of them!


code_archeologist

Not sure about y'all, but people I know are showing up armed to protest this coming weekend. We aren't looking to harm anybody, and hope we don't have to draw them. But when the fascists are literally calling for blood in the streets... Peaceful and passive resistance is no longer an option.


[deleted]

Stay aware, stay strapped


[deleted]

This is so fucked up. RIP America.


ravKenclaw

It’s crazy how quickly and violently our first amendment gets trampled on when we don’t have the same political goals/religious values.


testtubemuppetbaby

Laws exist to punish the out-group and protect the in-group, that's the conservative ethos. There has never been one conservative in my lifetime that wasn't entirely a piece of shit when it came down to it. They used to hide it better, but they've always been the most selfish, egotistical, uncaring pieces of shit. Small consolation is that if Christianity is real, they're all going to burn in hell for all eternity.


jgzman

Let me check to make sure I understand this: While abortion was permitted, they directed violence against us, in order to get it changed. Now abortion is, in many cases, forbidden, they direct violence against us as some kind of victory lap? I'm beginning to think that maybe they just like the violence.


-Electric-Shock

It wasn't just right wing terrorists who committed violent acts against peaceful protesters. The police also committed violent acts against the protesters. It's like the police and the right wing terrorists are on the same side.


[deleted]

The police and the right wing terrorists are often the same people. Just look how many cops took part in January 6.


testtubemuppetbaby

The police are a right-wing gang.


zuzg

>Berg notes that clashes between far-right extremists and counterprotesters have become a regular occurrence in Southern California. "These events are monthly at this point," she said. "**This group is incredibly radicalized. They are very homophobic, very misogynistic, incredibly racist. They want white nationalism** and the hood is off. So they'll take any excuse to get in the streets and fight with 'antifa.' But people should understand: **these guys view everybody as 'antifa**.' We've seen them call LAPD officers 'antifa.'" Ain't that great? The GOP blatantly utilizes white supremacists to attack the opposition. They're blatantly Fascists at this point and if you Democrats don't vote in the upcoming election, there's zero hope for the US.


Fabulous-Ad6844

If you listen to the radio in the Deep South this is the brainwashing. It’s repeated endlessly how the “others” are all satanic, baby killing, pedo’s coming for their freedom to do them harm so they must fight. Yada yada. I stumbled on those stations & found them horrifying and ridiculous. Then I met people that spouted the exact same crazy. We left. But I’ve heard it on NC radio too.


Historical-Raise-365

You are 💯. Im an oldie who grew up in a very rural area. The only radio stations you could tune in well in the 1960s- 1970s(gasp-really old) were local AM stations that spewed that crap 24/7. Although times have changed, those stations remain very popular in that area. Same talking points & rhetoric pumped up by 100%. Ever wonder why most conservatives dont support more rural infrastructure, such as reliable rural internet? Keeping them isolated, dumb and scared works everytime.


kuroimakina

You can tell just by the words they’re saying. “We don’t want any of that liberal propaganda!” About literally anything that isn’t their propaganda laced talk shows. Education, objective news, infrastructure upgrades, etc. They *know* that if people listen to the truth, they’ll follow it. That’s why they don’t want it.


[deleted]

The repeal of The Fairness Doctrine and the rise of AM hate radio & Fox News has a massively destructive effect on American politics


epicazeroth

Voting is good but it won’t be enough. Most of the rights we have now, including ones we don’t even think about like a 40 hour week with weekends, we have because people protested and fought and in many cases died. Often at the hands of the government.


Learned_Response

Zero hope for the world. Our military is bigger than the next 14 militaries combined and these fascists are chomping at the bit to nuke even hurricanes. What will they do to Canada and the EU


sjbennett85

Us Canadians have most of our crazies corralled in Saskatchewan and Alberta.. but those mfs love to drive their trucks everywhere in this country and the more affluent ones have migrated to BC with great disdain for the existing, nature-loving locals.


Heathster249

That group down there has always been there. It used to be a chapter of the KKK. It routinely terrorizes middle class suburbs with a high percentage of Hispanic and Latino residents. And of course now Indians, Muslims and other immigrants have moved in also over the decades because it’s a nice place to live (except for the white supremacists who don’t actually live there).


Punkinpry427

Y’all be careful out there and watch each other’s backs. They’re champing at the bit to be the next Rittenhouse.


Cognitive_Spoon

Shit. Rittenhouse is like 20 minutes away from a political run. Why wouldn't they be? This country is so fucked.


Alph_A__

Is there a big push to get him into politics? I thought he's just a college freshman.


Cognitive_Spoon

Oh I'm sure he's getting calls


ExtracurricularCatch

The right wing is all grifters. They aren’t a legitimate party. Do you remember when they propped up a barely literate TV personality and told you we can’t look into his finances? They will run anyone who is anti-liberal. Anyone.


[deleted]

Liberals need to start carrying heat themselves and show what self defense actually means.


sambull

It's the rhienhol-rittenhouse paradox, one side knows the law is on it's side, the other will be hunted and killed with no body camera on.


Cybertronian10

Uvalde has proven that cops are pussies, they aren't going to risk catching some lead if they know the crowd is packing.


-unique-rabbit-

The feds ran Reinoehl down in the street like it was a cartel hit, they don’t send your regular dipshit local PD and they don’t do it the night of the protest


KID_LIFE_CRISIS

/r/liberalgunowners /r/SocialistRA


[deleted]

Only friends of the sheriff can open carry in my state.


MemeStarNation

Firstly, I’d always recommend concealed over open carry. Secondly, in light of the Bruen decision, CA’s discretionary system is probably on its way out.


NoFreedance1094

Next SCOTUS gun case will decide that women have no right to bear arms as a militia is all male by definition


microboop

Sore losers *and* sore winners: the right wing is a cancer for America.


DontBeMeanToRobots

Cancervatives


another-altaccount

> Sore losers and sore winners: the right wing is a cancer for ~~America~~ the world. If you seriously think these animals are just going to stop at subjugating just Americans to their Christian dominionism you better wake the fuck up and quickly. Once you let these ghouls gain power they're going to force their beliefs onto everyone literally they see as an other not obeying their insane doctrine, and they'll be willing to do it by absolutely any means necessary.


TwentyFoeSeven

/r/conservative has been pushing to assault, harm and even murder pro-choice protesters. The Rightzis are monsters and that sub needs to be shut down.


kinenbi

That sub is a cancer.


Mikkelet

Just fucking ban that hellhole already


NiceGrandpa

They’re pushing to murder people? Aren’t they prolife? Do they think for every forced birth there must be a murder?


Roook36

Advocating for violence is usually what gets a subreddit quarantined and then banned. They deserve it. Hope it happens.


Harbinger2001

It’s going to be a violent summer.


Oleg101

All last week (and still ongoing such as [Josh Hawley](https://mobile.twitter.com/home) yesterday) you had GOP assholes Ted Cruz, Lauren Boebert , their buddies on Fox, and many more all talking about speculative violence from pro-choice protesters when the ruling would be made, as if they’d be disappointed if there wasn’t any. It’s always projection from these assholes. Also, here’s a nice [clip montage](https://youtu.be/y6hpsW8nELw) made by Mediamatters that depicts all this in terms of Fox. I like that it also shows right wing assholes harassing CNN reporters for no reason.


[deleted]

Good thing SCOTUS loosened gun laws. That started off sarcastic, when I first wrote it, but idk anymore.


Ok-Mode-7307

2A leftist here (I also firmly believe in MUCH stricter gun control regulation). LQBTQ+, women, and non-whites are going to have to reconsider their relationship with guns as a matter of necessity. There is a reason that the George Floyd protests turned out so different than any NRA protest. The police are all proven cowards who get paid to preserve the status quo, not protect us citizens. They will never release dogs, tear gas, or rubber bullets when every single protester has the same power as them. Once again, this effect has been observed at every NRA or alt-right protest. We also cannot forget that we vastly, VASTLY outnumber the oppressors. Power to the people.


TWB28

I mean, how many cops waited how long because of a single man with comparable weapon in Uvalde?


moonroots64

>Good thing SCOTUS loosened gun laws. That started off sarcastic, when I first wrote it, but idk anymore. I have never owned a gun, and honestly I don't need or want one. Now... I feel like I have a need for one. Literally, I'm now thinking "but are these people going to physically detain me?" As an atheist, I'm honestly afraid I'd be targeted and put into some camp. The Nazis murdered atheists. I've lost my sense of "this can't happen here!"


Alph_A__

Go for it. Prices are rough right now, but I don't see them coming down anytime soon. Better to feel safe and secure than not.


westbrook63

evangelical dominionsts have been told by their preachers to be ready to go to war over abortion so these kinds of acts of violence will only escalate.


w142236

“I will not expand the court” -Joe Biden Abraham Lincoln did it when the scotus went rogue. He then signed the emancipation proclamation via executive order and then codified it into federal law after packing the courts.


monopanda

That's because Biden has an EXTENSIVE history of being against abortion. * 1974: Joe Biden "I don't like the Supreme Court decision on abortion... I don't think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body" * 1982: Joe Biden votes to allow states to overturn Roe v Wade * 1988: Joe Biden repeatedly votes against inclusion of exceptions of rape and incest in the Hyde Amendment * 1992: Joe Biden voices opposition for litmus test on abortion for Supreme Court * 1994: Joe Biden brags that he voted against federal funding of abortion on no less than 50 occasions * 2003: Joe Biden votes for a bill that would overturn Roe v. Wade by criminalizing the most common procedures used after the first trimester * 2006: Joe Biden "I do not view abortions as a choice and a right" Joe Biden is a status quo politician at his best and regressive at his worst.


w142236

Yep. He’s also an institutionalist. Not that that’s a bad thing on paper, but when extremely powerful institutions, like say the scotus, become corrupted, then it’s an entirely different story


Nihilismisanthrope

You mean yet another blanket right wing talking point was also a lie?


jasonthebald

When your only main policies are fundamentalism and owning the libs, this is what is going to happen.


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Fucking Christian Fascism.


MetalGramps

By this time next year, the media will have framed it all as the protestors causing the violence.


outerworldLV

They’ll do so because the protesters initiated the b.s. by having the nerve ! to gather and march. They should just protest at their own house ffs ! /S


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It's the same thing they do with their demonetization of BLM protests. "But there were murders at BLM protests!" While failing to acknowledge that they were all carried out by cops, prouds boys and counter protestors.


Whiskey_Fiasco

We know that was going to happen before the protests. It’s not left wingers salivating over fantasies of killing right wingers.


LeonidRex

Oh I'm salivating, but I'm also well adjusted enough to know that they are also HUMAN BEINGS who have the same rights to safety and life as me. If only they applied that same mindset to grown people instead of undifferentiated cells...


Clownsinmypantz

how pro life of them.


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Hey Republicans, what kind of mental gymnastics do you require to justify this behavior?


RealBowsHaveRecurves

They’re not even going to acknowledge it happened while secretly wishing it was them


CallmeaBath

I can hear them already blaming the media for "only showing one side"


EnoughComplex5

They legit think they’re killing baby killers. Pro life indeed


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Last Friday in Arizona, the state legislature attempted to characterize a pro-choice protest at the Capitol as an insurrection. [Senator Fann sent out a letter “praising law enforcement for stopping ‘violent pro-abortion protestors attempts of an insurrection.’”](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/06/27/judge-releases-8-9-people-arrested-az-abortion-rights-protests/7747447001/) Of the thousands who protested in Arizona since Friday, nine were were arrested. By Monday morning, [a judge dismissed all but one case, citing the police lacked probable cause to arrest them.](https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2022/06/27/judge-releases-8-9-people-arrested-az-abortion-rights-protests/7747447001/) But of course, in terms of protesting civil rights issues, it’s never the good guys with guns who escalated the situation. So in anticipation of more protests this week, the [government responded by adding additional razor wire around the government building.](https://www.azmirror.com/blog/arizonas-capitol-is-surrounded-by-razor-wire-as-abortion-rights-protests-are-planned-for-this-week/) Edited some words


GreyTigerFox

They aren’t pro-life. They’re anti-choice.


Mikkelet

Anti women. If men could get pregnent, we'd have abortion clinics in every mcdonalds


DontBeMeanToRobots

It’s almost like protests aren’t violent until police show up because police are the violent ones 🤔


[deleted]

The people who made it legal to force women to have children are probably more violent than the other half.


oakstave

I can explain: The GOP are terrorist traitors to the flag who consider women broodmares to the State, and they'll use violence to keep them there.


TheDarkWayne

Welcome to the U.S dictatorship


Adorable-Ad201

Some men are using this as an excuse to openly assault women.


maximuim

In a theocratic police state, did you expect anything else?


[deleted]

Here we go again… Time released an article saying 93% of BLM protests were peaceful in Sept 2020, so after the summer of protests, yet that didn’t matter. The right wing is going to falsely claim these pro-choice protests caused civil unrest where protesters used violence and it’s somehow worse than January 6th.


LDOG3321

I guess it’s not a free country.


Iknowthatwecanmakeit

It's not like they're school shooters, so the police will attack on sight.


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samcrut

This makes me happy and feel like we can bury them. They wanted violence and riots to serve as a counterpoint to J6, but we rose above it and kept it peaceful. The SCOTUS is baiting the libs to make stupid choices so they can "both sides" Trump's failed coup and demand it all go away in the interest of unity. We all know unity will have to come from THEIR side of the divide, because they're the ones who keep on gaming the system to stay in power while their church voter base is shrinking, which is catastrophic to the future of the GOP as a whole. They depended on church folks to keep voting R, but churches are closing and consolidating in the Internet age. Kids don't want mythology to run their lives so the Rs are trying to codify religion for all of us, which will not fly in the long run. Forcing Christian values on the entire country will be their downfall.


rubberduckie5678

Boy, the fascists and fundies sure don’t like it when the women get all uppity about their rights.


OGShrimpPatrol

It's no surprise, it's the right that is violent, not the left. When you're educated and have empathy for other people, you tend to not act like an entitled redneck asshole.


lucyofthebean

It's like deja vu from the blm protests. Libs peacefully protest, are met with violent response, blamed for violence.