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MedusaX

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31. In just 100 days many rights have been put on the chopping block

Tue Apr 25, 2017, 11:47 PM

Apr 2017

Legal Residents were denied entry to the country in which they live...

Other Legally protected Residents have been arrested, detained, and in some cases deported...

The family members of those denied entry and arrested/detained/deported have had their families ripped apart and are experiencing the loss 24/7.

Those expressing non-christian religious beliefs are met with verbal attacks and in some cases physical
Assaults....

Citizens & Legal Residents & undocumented residents live in fear of ICE...
children have been kept home from school
Families have withdrawn from their communities for fear that they will be detained.

Free and Appropriate Education has now effectively become a local option... as the Department of Education is no longer committed to public education nor does it actively support the inclusion of Individuals with disabilities....

Students with debt .... and citizens who have investment portfolios no longer have certain basic protections previously afforded by law...

Water, the environment, endangered species are no longer protected and in many cases have been subjected to increased threats...

The right to privacy & to feel safe and comfortable when using a public restroom is long gone....

State governments have already begun to aggressively eliminate equal rights to goods/service access ...replacing those rights with legal discrimination-- in the name of religious freedom...

International Funding / Aid has been restricted to certain healthcare providing organizations in an attempt to restrict the reproductive rights of women worldwide ....

I could go on...
and it has barely been 100 days...
Imagine what will be lost in the 500+/- days between now & the 2018 elections...

This is not a situation in which we have the desire or power to negotiate which rights we keep & which we lose....
And until the KGOP's Majority status is undone,
All rights and freedoms will be subject to infringement and/or elimination....

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What rights are you willing to give up? [View all] mercuryblues Apr 2017 OP

Good question. I'll await the answers. boston bean Apr 2017 #1

You and me both mercuryblues Apr 2017 #3

I am willing to give up left turn on red. pangaia Apr 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author VOX Apr 2017 #2

It's only women's rights that are negotiable. athena Apr 2017 #4

+1 mercuryblues Apr 2017 #5

Same sort of situation in my mind. Zing Zing Zingbah Apr 2017 #16

Of course not n/t mercuryblues Apr 2017 #40

If you were actual human beings instead of incubators & ornaments, it wouldn't be an issue Orrex Apr 2017 #47

If the Republicans keep getting elected NobodyHere Apr 2017 #6

there is that attempt at shaming mercuryblues Apr 2017 #12

If you are so anxious to see the party adopt GOP positions? BainsBane Apr 2017 #24

+1 hamsterjill Apr 2017 #55

I'd rather vote for someone who agrees with me 75% of the time NobodyHere Apr 2017 #62

So women'd rights get thrown under the bus? csziggy Apr 2017 #25

Because it was always about priviledge BainsBane Apr 2017 #26

Yes indeed. For some, when actually called upon to take a stand on this issue... Orrex Apr 2017 #48

and to work furiously to normalize BainsBane Apr 2017 #56

Yes indeed. Quite chilling. (nt) Orrex Apr 2017 #58

We are losing them right now NobodyHere Apr 2017 #63

That's certainly a new way to rationalize a dramatic lack of convictions. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #61

None. tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #8

Thank you mercuryblues Apr 2017 #13

The fact that there is even... tallahasseedem Apr 2017 #14

Glad you posted this...cheers. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #9

K & R!!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2017 #10

K&R too. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #11

Not one. shraby Apr 2017 #15

Still nothing, eh? boston bean Apr 2017 #17

The democratic party is not supporting any candidates who are vowing to restrict reproductive rights killbotfactory Apr 2017 #18

"Can we focus on expanding rights" musette_sf Apr 2017 #19

It's not a trade-off killbotfactory Apr 2017 #37

Womens right are subverted mercuryblues Apr 2017 #45

Womens rights will not ne subverted by economically progressive ideas. Nt killbotfactory Apr 2017 #60

K&R! nt JTFrog Apr 2017 #20

One right I will never give up is the right to trash threads, including this one. Jersey Devil Apr 2017 #21

don't let the door mercuryblues Apr 2017 #42

My vote will always go to whatever weakens the power of Republicans cheapdate Apr 2017 #22

that's not the issue BainsBane Apr 2017 #28

My home state (TN) is completely controlled by lunatic Republicans. cheapdate Apr 2017 #35

By doing this mercuryblues Apr 2017 #43

The problem is the calls for unity come from those BainsBane Apr 2017 #23

Thank you! MLAA Apr 2017 #27

Difficult. EthanBlue Apr 2017 #29

My most passionate issues is LGBTQ rights LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #30

Outstanding response! beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #32

Thank you. n/t QC Apr 2017 #33

Where's the rec button? Lordquinton Apr 2017 #36

That response deserves its own separate OP/thread. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #38

Brilliant post. Kentonio Apr 2017 #39

Very well said Bettie Apr 2017 #41

Here is her platform on LBGTQ rights mercuryblues Apr 2017 #44

Thank you. Kaye_NY Apr 2017 #52

So what you are saying is that when the facts don't suit your opinion you wont listen? LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #65

Yes her full throated support has been impressive.... Egnever Apr 2017 #59

+1 beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #71

Everything I stated is a verifiable fact and nothing was misrepresented and I will prove it. LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #64

Another excellent response, thank you! beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #70

No, thank YOU for the support! It is very much appreciated! Nt LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #85

You're very welcome. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #93

An excellent response. Thank you. -- When they go low, we go high! NurseJackie Apr 2017 #66

You go high by totally misrepresenting facts and telling untruths? That is not the high road. nt LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #67

I can tell you that I haven't had a post removed in this thread... NurseJackie Apr 2017 #69

Good qualifer Lordquinton Apr 2017 #79

Isn't it? Nt LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #86

Neither have I. LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #83

LOL NurseJackie Apr 2017 #88

... Lordquinton Apr 2017 #91

*snort* beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #92

From the link you referred us to: Curmudgeoness Apr 2017 #78

Great points! LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #84

A reminder LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #89

APPLAUSE excellent retrowire Apr 2017 #81

The TRUTH will set you free! Nt LostOne4Ever Apr 2017 #87

Glad to see there is still some sanity afoot DefenseLawyer Apr 2017 #90

In just 100 days many rights have been put on the chopping block MedusaX Apr 2017 #31

But are Democrats mercuryblues Apr 2017 #46

Instead of giving up, I'll trade padfun Apr 2017 #34

As Democrats why would we want to give up any of those hard fought rights? SticksnStones Apr 2017 #49

Thank you for saying it so perfectly. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #50

No back alleys and Skidmore Apr 2017 #51

I will never vote for an anti-choice candidate. CrispyQ Apr 2017 #53

I'm not giving up any of my rights. hamsterjill Apr 2017 #54

I generally maintain that all rights are inalienable rock Apr 2017 #57

Mine have already been taken loyalsister Apr 2017 #68

Kick Squinch Apr 2017 #72

Kick Squinch Apr 2017 #73

Kick Squinch Apr 2017 #74

Kick Squinch Apr 2017 #75

I'm bookmarking this thread to be used as a reply to anyone who defends that shit about Squinch Apr 2017 #76

Excellent idea. NurseJackie Apr 2017 #77

K and r. nt cwydro Apr 2017 #80

K & f'n R !! musette_sf Apr 2017 #82