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Revision as of 00:57, 27 March 2016
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- /intro
- /political philosophy
- /moral absolutism
- /imaginary threats
- /real threats dismissed
- /just-world fallacy
- /government dependence
- False beliefs
- Just-world fallacy
- Christianity should rule
- Anyone different is a threat
- gay people, trans people, people of color, atheists & people of different religions
- Sex education causes more sex; contraception causes more sex; ABE works
- We need to reproduce faster
- (check Myths)
- Republican Policy Hall of Shame
- (see list below)
- Republican Leadership Hall of Shame
- (see list below)
Bathroom Laws
NC
- Articles:
- BuzzFeed (via)
- HRC
- AOL (warning: autoplay video)
- 2016-03-24
- Trans Man Destroys North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Law in One Brilliant Tweet (via)
- NC discrimination law creates business backlash (via)
- Protesters of bill restricting LGBT protections arrested outside Governor’s Mansion
- Welcome to the Fallout, Day 2. We’ve Really Screwed the Pooch Here, Haven’t We?
- Department of Public Relations: This Is What the Rest of the Country Thinks of Us Right Now (humorous video)
- Post: G+
""This is a common sense bill that protects the privacy expectations of our citizens while clarifying local authority," said Republican Representative Paul Stam."
See G+ post for list of strikes against.
MN
- http://thecolu.mn/22648/44-mn-house-republicans-back-ban-on-transgender-employees-using-the-bathroom
To be elaborated
- anti-gay laws
- anti-abortion laws
- "aid creates dependency"
- tax cuts for the rich
- anti-contraception
- "abstinence-based education"
- creationism
- opposition to Obamacare
- states' refusal to expand Medicaid under Obamacare
- requiring welfare recipients to be drug-free
- obsession with profit and "free" markets, by which they mean more power for the powerful
- state laws restraining local government:
- from protecting the rights of gays, trans people, etc.
- from creating municipal internet
- from making laws (e.g. zoning) that take accelerated sea-level rise into account
- from having any autonomy at all (see Michigan, Wisconsin)
- voter ID laws
- gun control prevention
- hypocrisy: using "the sanctity of marriage" as an anti-gay argument, while themselves being philanderers
- horrible mismanagement of states and cities
- Bobby Jindal
- Scott Walker
- wasted taxpayer money by requiring TANF recipients to be tested for drugs
- Refused Medicaid expansion, despite changing his mind briefly [1]
- Ignores scientific consensus on global warming, despite admitting he's not a scientist and despite direct evidence in his state
- officially withdrew a citizen-approved referendum banning Gerrymandering, thus preventing them from being implemented
- Rick Scott
- Reprehensible organizations:
Resources
- Republicans Suck: not the site I want to do, but may have some useful information