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IcyPeas

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Sat Jun 25, 2022, 02:58 AM Jun 2022

Salon - Amid all the gloating, anti-abortion right dreams of bigger wins -- and possible violence

The news that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing for immediate abortion bans in at least nine new states across the country by Friday afternoon, with the near certainty of many more to come, has led to an onslaught of celebratory statements from the right, ranging from the tepid and quasi-responsible to the gleeful and ghoulish to ominous warnings from extremists itching for violence. A warning: Some of this is really foul.
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Beyond the official responses, right-wing social media personalities reveled in the anguish of millions of Americans outraged by the decision — and counseled their fellow-travelers to join in the gloating.
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Don't be shy about delighting in the leftist tears today," tweeted right-wing podcaster Matt Walsh. "You deserve to feel this joy and they deserve to feel this despair. So rub it in their faces, by all means. Have fun with it."

More: (as stated above - this is foul)
https://www.salon.com/2022/06/24/amid-all-the-gloating-anti-abortion-right-dreams-of-bigger-wins--and-possible-violence/
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Salon - Amid all the gloating, anti-abortion right dreams of bigger wins -- and possible violence (Original Post) IcyPeas Jun 2022 OP
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