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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited September 2020

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020


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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    Amy Coney Barrett, is a possible supreme court nominee without ANY experience as a judge who "comments she had made at Notre Dame years before about being a "different kind of lawyer." She said we should always remember that a "legal career is but a means to an end … and that end is building the Kingdom of God.'

    Now that is really really scary. I don't care if that Kingdom is a christian, muslim, mormon, or jewish one, that is not the purpose of the judiciary.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited September 2020

    I’ve read that if the prez manages to ram through a Court pick, it’s the end of legal abortion. Too many conservative judges.

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    Agree. Yet I am sure that people with financial means i.e. legislators, judges, etc. will be able to travel to places where they are still available for their own daughters, wives, mistresses.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited September 2020

    OMG - "the end is the kingdom of God"... Like nothing else matters.

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  • PontiacPeggy
    PontiacPeggy Member Posts: 6,778
    edited September 2020

    Spookiesmom, it will not only be the end of a woman's right to choose, I suspect that all the rights we have over our bodies will be eroded. Along with trying to make religion paramount. This scares me. You believe what you want and I'll believe what I want but don't tell me I have to live your beliefs.

    Are you doing well? I haven't seen posts from you in some time. Sending you loads of love!

    HUGS!

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited September 2020

    I agree. I don't think the religion of some people should dictate what other people are allowed to do. We were founded to be a secular country by people who were well aware of the dangers of allowing religion to take over.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited September 2020

    Hi Peg! I hang on the Ibrance threads, and stage 4 mostly. Here and the liberal thread. Doing pretty well. How about you? Smoke has been bad in your area?

    Yes, those good church people don’t want you to have choice, but won’t help you raise the child. My way or the high way can shove it.

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  • DogMomRunner
    DogMomRunner Member Posts: 616
    edited September 2020

    As far as a woman's right to choose. If the SC is overwhelmingly conservative can a Dem Congress with a Dem WH do anything? If the SC doesoverturn Roe v Wade?

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    dogmom... not sure about what congress or president can do but a few states will still allow abortion. Some states have abortion rights in their constitution. Obviously, women with money will be able to travel to those states, so those women can be pro-life until they need one.

    https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe

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  • Trishyla
    Trishyla Member Posts: 1,005
    edited September 2020

    A Democratic majority can expand the Supreme Court and also the Federal Courts to better reflect the will of the majority of the American voters. This would be especially appropriate if they fill RBG's seat during an election and it turns out to be a big win for Democrats.

    Most people appreciate fairness and hate hypocrisy, especially in public servants.

    I think this move will cost the Republicans votes, mainly in Blue Collar women. They are, by and large, pro choice. Plus, they are the ones bearing the brunt of the ongoing pandemic. Essential workers or low paid factory workers who have to deal with remote schooling their kids, worrying about their parents' risk and their family's finances. I think women are tired of the constant chaos. At least that's what I'm hearing from my cousins who are normally Republican voters.

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    Well said Trish

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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited September 2020

    Grr, I'm so mad right now. I'm in a FB group for kidney cancer, and they seem to all be getting super religious lately. What the heck is "Giving my cancer up to God?" I thought the pathologist got mine after I was through with it! I already had to quit one group because it was all Jeeebus and Gawwwd in every post. I'd really hate to lose this one. I'm in another non-FB forum but it's not very active except for lots of posts about "cancerversary" and scans, before and after. We're the last group it's acceptable to marginalize. But what's really sad it that the FB group is international and has a lot names that I would think are not Christian. Christians are so damn self-centered!

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  • Trishyla
    Trishyla Member Posts: 1,005
    edited September 2020

    I'm going through the same issue with my Triple Negative Facebook group. All the "god is good to me" and "praise god for curing me" bullpucky. Um, didn't that same god give you the cancer to begin with? I don't get those people. Obviously logic isn't their strong suit.

    I'm so bloody sick of religion being shoved in my face every day. I wish they'd have their damn rapture and be done with it. What a peaceful place this world would be.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited September 2020

    Alice & Trish - so sorry to hear about the religious invasion of Facebook. One of the reasons I don't participate in that venue. But it's hard to see groups that have/had common interests degenerate into "praise" groups.

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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited September 2020

    I'm mighty picky who I friend on FB (relatives I like, real-life friends, and a few good friends of good real-life friends) and most groups I'm in are reflective of very specific interests of mine.

    Trish, I'm sorry you're also going through this. It really sucks.

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  • Trishyla
    Trishyla Member Posts: 1,005
    edited September 2020

    Thanks, guys. I hate organized religion. I really truly do.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited September 2020

    Trish,, the thought of a "rapture" and "losing" all those people is excellent! I also feel that they are so many phony Christians out there who wouldn't make the cut, and we would be stuck with them. We'd lose Jimmy Carter, kind people, who really believe in helping others, and keep Jerry Falwell Jr. and those other phony preachers who just want your donations and those other fake "Christians" who have zero interest in helping those less fortunate.


    you know the Republicans have a term RINO,,, Republican in Name Only,,,, for those of their political party who they feel do not toe the party line.

    so I propose CINO,,,, Christians in name only,,,, those who claim to be Christian, but do not follow the word of Jesus about loving your fellow man, giving to charity, and whatever else.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited September 2020

    Love it Glennie!!

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  • Betrayal
    Betrayal Member Posts: 1,374
    edited September 2020

    Love it glennie! Could we also have CRINO's (Christian Republicans in name only)?

    Trish: my sympathies for being exposed to those looking for the "rapture". I am not a fan of FB and don't even bother with most social media outlets other than here so I avoid those types of interactions.

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited September 2020

    CRINO's works too!!

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  • Trishyla
    Trishyla Member Posts: 1,005
    edited September 2020

    Actually, these days I'd call them CRYNOs. I never seen a bigger bunch of whiners and crybabies than today's Christofacist Republican party. It's become a political party based solely on spite and white grievance. And boy are they vocal about it. Hence the "Karen and Kevin" memes. (Apologies to any normal Karens and Kevins)

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  • Betrayal
    Betrayal Member Posts: 1,374
    edited September 2020

    Agreed about the crybabies. My DSIL unfortunately is named Karen and my DB is named Ken so they are bearing the brunt of this misnomer is their case.

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    I find the names being used, i.e. CRINOs, christofascists republicans, etc. most appropriate to the hate mongers. I do not believe all republican's fall into that category, however, if they vote for Trump then they are supporting a president who "Historians have noted similarities between Donald Trump and Mussolini since before the 2016 election." In the four years since 2016, the similarities are too obvious for current voters to miss.

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  • AliceBastable
    AliceBastable Member Posts: 3,461
    edited September 2020

    I call his supporters trumphumpers. It's the only time I use his name. If I have to refer to him/it, I use Pretender-in-Chief, Dolt45, or sHitler.

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  • Trishyla
    Trishyla Member Posts: 1,005
    edited September 2020

    I call the fanatical ones Trumplickers. He could spit* on the floor and they'd lick it right up, no questions asked. I've never seen anything quite like it. Talk about a cult.

    *Spit wasn't exactly the word I was planning on, but I decided to be circumspect.


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  • Betrayal
    Betrayal Member Posts: 1,374
    edited September 2020

    Alice, love your choice of names for the Pretender-in-Chief and his supporters. A much needed laugh for today. Thanks.

    Trish, I am not sure it would even hit the floor before they ingested it. Worked with a guy who was so busy a**kissing his boss that another worker commented this guy was going to have to have surgery. When I asked what type, he said he was going to have to have his nose extracted from his boss's a**. Nearly peed my pants with that response and it was so true. So here we have hordes lining up to first do the nose insertion and later for removal. I am sure it brings pleasure to the drump.

    The comparison to Mussolini is spot on and we know his outcome. Could we hope for the same here?

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  • magiclight
    magiclight Member Posts: 8,690
    edited September 2020

    Thought I'd throw in a bit of levity to watch for a few seconds to decompress


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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited September 2020

    Too cute!!

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