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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoycotting Texas Businesses A rapier works better than
a club.
If I were to set up a boycott targeting Texas businesses, Id be far more discriminating than someone using a hot-headed boycott all Texas businesses approach.
A better approach would be to boycott the firms supportin Governor Gregg Abbot, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and all the little Texas legislators who voted yes on this legislation and all the little unelected right-wing and Religious Right apparatchiki who pushed through this repugnant legislation through.
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Boycotting Texas Businesses A rapier works better than (Original Post)
Vogon_Glory
Sep 2021
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samnsara
(17,622 posts)1. the women need to boycott all unneutered texas males
sir pball
(4,742 posts)2. So they can be raped and forced to birth the rape baby?
It's a cute idea in Lysistrata, probably not so wise in reality.
ck4829
(35,076 posts)6. If "withholding sex" is going to lead to rape in Texas, then sex in Texas is rape
Under this thinking, every Texan needs to be regarded as a sexual predator until otherwise.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)5. And please remember that a lot of us
are Democrats and support the Texas Democratic Party.
Wednesdays
(17,374 posts)3. Great idea!
Now, who has the list?
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,345 posts)4. Are people on the ground in Texas calling for a boycott?