#republican nightmares

[sher-ee]

Also Jason Miller:

#criminal #jason miller #maga #fucking weirdos #donald trump has the best people #republican nightmares #republicans #donald trump #maga morons #vote blue #hillary was right #vote biden #democrats for the win #save our democracy #joe biden

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#republican assholes #traitor trump #Republican nightmares #crooked donald #Martin Luther king Jr

[rejectingrepublicans]

Vote Blue and replace Cancun Cruz with Democrat Colin Allred.

#tex-ass republicans are the worst #Cancun Cruz #Texas is a dystopian right-wing nightmare #republican assholes #lying Ted cruz #Rafael Eduardo Cruz #traitor trump #crooked donald #maga morons #resist #republican hypocrisy #republican family values #Republican war on women #abortion access #reproductive rights #women’s rights are human rights

[destielmemenews]

"Senate Bill 596, which would allow officiants to decline to perform weddings, passed the Tennessee Senate without debate along party lines on Monday evening. The bill passed the House last year, and will head to Gov. Bill Lee for his signature."

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#destiel meme news #destiel meme #news #united states #us news #us politics #tennessee #tennessee politics #nightmare state get me out of here please #homophobia tw #homophobia #marriage equality #marriage discrimination #what if i kms #what if i died #bill lee #fuck you bill lee #fuck the gop #republicans #conservatives #tw homophobia

[contemplatingoutlander]

Contemplations on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 16, 2023

The coming Republican nightmare | Cartoon by Ann Telnaes

Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream.

Sadly, what is currently happening the in U.S. isn't it.

Given the anti-CRT movement in red states, the rampant banning of books by Black and Brown authors across the U.S., the vitriol on the right regarding the BLM movement, the unrestrained right-wing zeal of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court who have been slowly dismantling the Voting Rights Act and who are now poised to ban affirmative action programs at universities, and the acceptance of blatant racist remarks by many of today's GOP politicians (most notably their leader Trump), Martin Luther King would probably think that what is currently happening in the U.S. is indeed a nightmare.

Finally, MLK would be livid if he knew that the GQP anti-CRT, covert white nationalist movement has been repeatedly misusing his "dream" quote:

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” --Martin Luther King Jr.

According to Melinda Guerra this quote has been:

Used: to defend the incredibly patronizing and trivializing thought that claiming to be colorblind is something laudable, rather than a way of discounting the fact that people of color have the privilege of being because we have to deal with the fact that our non-whiteness dictates parts of our experiences in ways those who talk about being will never understand. Also used to defend the idea of America being post-race, which would be laughable if its very falseness lead to so many awful things. Also used to suggest King would be against affirmative action, as if he hadn't been part of a group of leaders proposing an affirmative-action-like employment program (See #5 below).

Guerra goes on to suggest that we

Remind people: 1. This speech actually consists of more than the 2-3 sentences that get quoted. (Seriously, remind them of that. I'm almost convinced people don't know that.) 2. It is foolish and trivializing to claim you don't see color or suggest America is post-race, and flat-out wrong to suggest King wouldn't support affirmative action programs. 3. The march at which he delivered this speech was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As a result of that march, meetings with administration, and a ton of work done by other leaders in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights act of 1965 were passed, with provisions reflecting the demands of that march. But, contrary to popular opinion, that didn't lead King to suggest we’d “arrived” and the civil rights movement should pack up and go home [...] 4. King’s speaking and activism stretched from before this speech to after it. This speech–and even the passage of important (but baby step) laws like the aforementioned Civil Rights Act and Voting Act–was not some final “end” to all he’d said. It was but one speech (and the lines people love to claim were but a few lines) in a long legacy of things he said, and his lifetime should not be reduced to a few nonthreatening lines white people like to remember. 5. King and others actually proposed something that sounds an awful lot like the affirmative action programs people use this quote to suggest he was opposed to. He supported a “massive program of economic aid, financed by the Federal Government, to improve the lot of the nation’s 20,000,000 Negroes.” Answering an interviewer’s question about whether it was fair to request a “multibillion-dollar program of preferential treatment for the Negro, or for any other minority group,” King responded as follows:

“I do indeed. Can any fair-minded citizen deny that the Negro has been deprived? Few people reflect that for two centuries the Negro was enslaved, and robbed of any wages—potential accrued wealth which would have been the legacy of his descendants. All of America’s wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation and humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program such as I propose would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest. In any case, I do not intend that this program of economic aid should apply only to the Negro; it should benefit the disadvantaged of all races.”*

I’m sure you’ll see plenty of your own memes misquoting King this year. If you have the emotional energy (and I do understand if you don’t), consider using some of the above responses (or researching your own) and responding, instead of just scrolling past them.

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

_____________ * http://playboysfw.kinja.com/martin-luther-king-jr-part-2-of-a-candid-conversation-1502358645

#martin luther king jr day #mlk day #dream or nightmare #us racism #us politics #anti-crt movement #gop #republican house #melinda guerra #ann telnaes #the washington post #fourth & sycamore

[dougielombax]

So apparently THIS is an old police station what used to exist in Crossmaglen.

Look at it!

It looks like a fucking miniaturised doom fortress!

Fucking hell.

Complete with barbed wire fences to keep the troublesome natives at bay.

Typical loyalist siege mentality bullshit.

I don’t think it’s there anymore. Thank goodness.

Still.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #wtf #photos #history #irish history #ireland #northern ireland #irish republicanism #crossmaglen #police station #i think #oddly terrifying #nightmare fuel #urban hell #siege mentality

[coyoxxtl]

vote for biden if you want. just know you’re not voting for a lesser evil. you’re voting for a different evil. and think about how the line you have for “lesser evil” begins when that evil affects american citizens. if the genocide of thousands of palestinians over seas isn’t evil enough for you i have no words.

#and when biden loses it will Not be the fault of people who didnt vote. it will be bidens for failing us and honestly not trying very hard- #to be reelected #honestly his whole term was just a long game of getting that orange ghoul back in office #his failure just legitimized republicans need for cranking down on control #also such evil IS affecting american citizens right now. look at the pro palistine encampments being raided by swat teams #snipers on fucking college campuses #WE ALREADY LIVE IN A FASCIST NIGHTMARE. #dont be like right wingers who see the problems capitalism causes and thinks THIS IS WHAT COMMUNISM DOES #txt

[gremlin-pattie]

i’ve experienced horrors you can’t even imagine (my conservative college town’s yikyak)

#oh my GOD it was a nightmare #i miss the ‘Nearby’ page because there were a few nice people i liked to chat with (kind of like mutuals) #but the majority was angry republicans

[meatheadmutt]

"i would do furry stuff with you. thats how much i like you" i appreciate the sentiment but im not that kind of furry. now put on the dog collar.

#barks #apparently not only can i get people to turn gay but also go furry #i think thats an accomplishment #im a republicans worst nightmare

[ghost-proofbaby]

we used to have a jeep too and it died bc it was old and i cried bc i wanted her they don’t make enough girlie pop cars in my humble opinion

like a pink jeep with pastel yellow accents i just want a barbie car

they DON’T like where are the cars for the girlies? where are the vibes? stop giving me teslas i want a little shit box that adds to the atmosphere of my late night drives with all the windows down as i blast music so loud that the mediocre speakers are rattling and struggling

#half the fun of a jeep is all the customizations that that ‘community’ encourages #although having a jeep was scary in a republican state 😀 #many white men thought i’d be on their side only for some alternative chick to get out with blue hair #i was their worst nightmare #thank u ily <3 #adoringdanvers <3

[omg-whathaveidone]

A team of doctors and specialists came in and told us, 'There's nothing that we can do according to Oklahoma law. We can't even really touch you,'" Jaci recalls. "They were giving me medicine every 30 minutes to help with my nausea but said, 'We can't keep you here just for nausea and we can't even help you if you start bleeding again. Unless it's a huge emergency, unless you are crashing in front of us or your blood pressure goes up so high that you're having a heart attack, we can't help you."

Essentially, Jaci was not "sick enough," says Muqaddam

https://people.com/health/oklahoma-woman-with-non-viable-pregnancy-told-she-had-to-woa/

#abortion #a uterus is not a death sentence #we are literally dying out here #roe v wade #roe vs. wade #activism #family planning #republican party strikes again #why do states keep letting this happen #who are the republican women and why are they so.... #american nightmare

[sher-ee]

The grift never stops.

#trump family #donald trump #fucking grifters #melania trump #lara trump #republican nightmares #grifting #selling #trashy aesthetic #vote blue #fuck trump

[socialjusticeinamerica]

Welcome to the Christo Fascist Gilded Age where Republicans will have you huddled in shacks alongside open landfills with your children playing in raw sewage.

#Bannon’s dystopian nightmare #republican assholes #corporate greed #crooked donald #never trump #traitor trump #republican party #gilded age #unregulated industry #Christo fascist laws

[marvelsmostwanted]

A Republican somewhere is having an aneurysm about the self-described “Black, queer, polyamorous” City Councilor who helped get this done. More please

(Learn more about that City Councilor here)

#I think that is like the Republican nightmare trifecta #polyamory #for real tho why is it like. not already legal/protected by the law #???

[vaguely-problematic]

i'm just desperately trying to clean the bathrooms before the plumber shows up, and the texas gop is out there trying to stat a second civil war

#june 2022 #living in the u.s.a. #u.s. politics #this dystopian nightmare of a country #texas #fucking republicans #texas gop #if you don't know what ix'm referring to a google search of 'texas gop' will probably suffice #they have declared biden's election was illegitimate #secession

[dhaaruni]

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview that the Biden administration remained committed to building “lawful pathways” for people to migrate to the United States “without having to place their lives in the hands of smugglers and proceed through treacherous terrain like the Darién.”

But he laid out no specific plan for Venezuelans, who would likely have to wait years if they apply for visas from abroad.

He made it clear that the United States is not offering any special type of sanctuary for Venezuelans.

Still, that has not stopped rumors from flying that the Biden administration has opened its doors to Venezuelan migrants, and will offer help once they arrive.

[...]

“In the past, you needed a visa to enter the United States,” said Ms. Ramos. “Now, thank God, they’re giving us refuge.”

#links #politics #I hate being right but I 100% said that nobody would care if Venezuelan immigrants are fleeing communism #and I got yelled at for saying it because liberals are completely obtuse about the reality #that nobody cares where they're coming from they just see poor brown people #this is a mess in a million ways #I have a lot of sympathy for them but also this is literally not a workable situation for Biden and Democrats #and this country will happily hand power back to the fascist psycho party because of this #and I'm sorry but the world can't afford Republicans winning #it's just a nightmare