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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I'm sure that some very small modifications will be made to give the allusion of being reasonable. It is part of the playbook.
- Propose something terrible to appease the TBA types
- Walk back about 0.01% of the terribleness because "listening to Albertans"
- Continue to pass a still-terrible piece of regressive legislation
- Boast about how they listened to Albertans
This is a stark reminder that our rights are fluid and should not be taken for granted. Abortions will be next, and it won't be in a sweeping, cataclysmic measure. It will be done bit by bit, in a manner similar to this. There will be a "protect the young pregnant girls!" appeal about youth abortions, which are extremely rare and uncommon, and very much already supervised, regulated, etc. Then a bunch of other little things will be slipped in too that will put restrictions on accessibly, funding, etc. that will make it more difficult for women and their physicians to consider the option.
This was basically "don't let kids change their names in class!!", but they have changed the focus to "don't let kids have life-altering surgeries" (which is rare and extreme) and look at all of the other regressive stuff that we've got along with it.
Take an extreme example that doesn't really happen, get everyone distracted by it, and then chip away at a bunch of other things in the process.
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It's the conservative playbook. Look at what Florida is doing - which seems to be the place (after Russia) that pushes an extreme measure, then dials it back so it's not 100% terrible
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ech-defamation
So, calling someone out for being truly racist or homophobic will result in $35k fine, even if it's true. Now, will this survive challenge? Absolutely not, but much like the raptors in Jurassic Park, they keep testing the fence for the weak spots.
Truly just a terrible group of human beings, if I can even call them that.