A Texas woman got an abortion. So Texas police used 83,000 Flock cameras to track her down. 83 THOUSAND!! They aren't using these cameras to track down rapists, pedophiles, or traffickers. They're not using them to find your missing children. They're using them to throw women in jail for making choices about their own bodies, with OUR tax dollars.
She has a fraction of a fraction of a FRACTION of the wealth that people like Musk and Bezos have but all they’re doing is destroying the planet by building more data centres because they want to kill us all.
But she’ll get endlessly criticized for how she spends her fun money whereas people will write think pieces about whether or not Musk’s blatant racism regarding The Odyssey is justified.
I’m not saying don’t criticise her — I certainly have when it’s warranted— but what I am staying is if you can’t see how much the double standard is rooted in misogyny, you critically need to become more knowledgeable about the way the world fucking works.
It’s a pretty widely accepted fact that stupid people are happier and less aware of the world around them, so it’s always weird when maga thinks this is a mic drop.
I DO NOT think people understand that global warming doesn’t mean “no cold weather ever.” It means a warming planet destabilizes weather patterns, causing more extreme weather. This has been explained for decades and people still don’t get it.
To young to vote at 18.
Too young to drink at 21.
Too young to sign a lease at 25.
But somehow fully capable of consenting to childbirth at 12?
The law doesn't protect children. it protects patriarchy.