JA Westenberg
If your rights depend on who wins the next election, you don’t have rights.
Apr 17 at 3:24amCroissant
Show threadSolarbird Apr 17
@Daojoan Yep. Always has, never had 'em.
Show threadSteven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 17
@Daojoan If anyone's rights depend on who wins the next election, then no-one has rights.
Show threadJoe HeafnerApr 17
@Daojoan @StillIRise1963 Funny how the people who like to take rights away speak, in the same breath, of rights coming from God.
Show threadBruce HeerssenApr 17

@heafnerj @Daojoan @StillIRise1963

And it's funny how those same people always seem to speak for God.

Show threadStewartApr 17
@heafnerj @Daojoan @StillIRise1963 That's because there's no onus of proof for anything that's god-related. It all relies on blind faith and ignorance.
Show threadRhialto5d ago
@willie1foot
Personally I think that the principle of separation between church and state should be taken more seriously. Any politician invoking religion should be disqualified for life.
Show threadNick Silkey 🪓🪵 🪣💧Apr 17
@Daojoan shouted every non-white person ever for centuries
Show threadKailas IdavanmuzhiApr 17
@Daojoan If I say something I am in big trouble 😨
Show threadJeff LoebApr 17
@Daojoan they always do and always have
Show threadRob WilliamsonApr 17

@Daojoan

Sorry to be a downer, but what's this "next election" you're referring to? I'd dearly love to be wrong, but I fully expect the US midterms to be a sham that overwhelmingly favours Trump-accomplices.

Please, anyone who is very knowledgeable about the USA, tell me why Trump won't be bold enough by next year to already be disappearing members of the legislature that displease him?

Please tell me that you haven't lost the republic already. I think you have.

#US #uspol #tyranny #Trump

Show threadcanleaf08 ⌘ ✅6d ago
@eswag @Daojoan Other countries still have democratic systems.
Show threadRob Williamson6d ago

@canleaf @Daojoan

Yep, my comment was very US-centric. In my defense, the vibe I got from the OP was that this is a US topic.

Show threadcanleaf08 ⌘ ✅6d ago
@eswag @Daojoan Trans women were just erased in the UK. Thanks to Rowling.
Show threadRob Williamson6d ago

@canleaf @Daojoan

Ah, that also makes sense as context. I'm painfully aware of that fiasco too.

What a wonderful world we have in which, when talking about the "northern hemisphere English speaking human rights crisis" we need to ask "which one?".

Show threadRagon2Apr 17
@Daojoan Fucking yes, thank you
Show threadMightyPirate™ 🏴‍☠️6d ago

@Daojoan

"There is no such thing as the next election"

Donald J. Trump

Show threadBjørn Bäuchle6d ago
@iThreepwood @Daojoan [citation needed]
Show threadMaryXYZ6d ago
@Daojoan Never mind the next election. Our Supreme Court has decreed that I don't exist. (UK)
Show threadAlexanderVI6d ago
@Daojoan and here I was thinking they were self-evidently inalienable
Show threadyuhasz016d ago

@Daojoan

Andrea Junker quote

"I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege."

Show threadTatiweb6d ago
@Daojoan IF there will be a next election