“Who could have predicted our unwillingness to make laws against things we don’t want would cause people to do things we don’t want‽”
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RavuAlHemio@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Any statewide legislation is sure to hit significant headwinds, because the very idea of regulation runs contrary to many Texans’ political beliefs. “As constitutional conservatives, they have taken our core values and used that against us,” says Demetra Conrad, a city council member in the nearby town of Glen Rose.
Maybe your core values are really stupid…
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Laser@feddit.org 4 months ago
No, you’re reading it wrong with emphasis on against, while she emphasized the us.
What she calls values aren’t stupid, they’re malicious, but usually targeted at groups she doesn’t like
barsquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“Lack of regulations is supposed to harm only people below us in the capitalism pyramid. But now we realize we’re lower in the pyramid than we thought, so this needs to be stopped via regulation.”
It’s somehow 90 dB, that’d be horrific if I gave a shit about Repubs harming themselves with shitty legislation.
I do feel bad for anyone politically sane subjected to that despite voting otherwise. I wish it was 90 dB at the residences of Rafael Cruz and Ken Paxton instead of them.