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In either current status quo or trajectory

Edit: not needing an abortion or anything, just curious about how successful the theocrats have been in particularly the South

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Oh, god. Someone needs to make a state map color-coded by Gilead-ness.

Like, Texas is 7 Gileads, Louisiana is 8 Gileads, California and Minnesota are 0's (Minnesota is a Safe State, y'all - if you need one, and can afford to come here, you can get your medical needs met and the State will refuse any information requests).

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah land of 10000 lakes … and basic human rights.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Near the end of Biden's run, the RNC had moved MN to "battleground state." No Pube has won MN since last century, I think. I don't know how we stand now that Kamala is in the race, but: Minneapolis has a surprisingly large black population. Surprising for someone from PA, I mean. Now, I know you can't automatically assume people are going to vote based on race; and Kamala is going to have to be very careful with a "tough on crime" position, because Minneapolis is where George Floyd was murdered by cops.

But, to paraphrase Thunder in Big Trouble in Little China, " Play your cards right, you live to talk about it... as President!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It must be something in thuh water ;)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Texas seemed to be absent from the closest actual Gilead map haha but I totally agree based on what ive read and heard coming out of Texas

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Idaho and Oklahoma are real bad, despite Texas and Florida getting a lot of press because their governors are noisy about their regressiveness

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit I just now learned the world of The Handmaid’s Tale is the same world Roland came from.

Shots fired, goddamn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Roland of Gilead!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You have forgotten the face of your father.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Geeze, that lands different 40 years later. Would forget it if I could.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I understand it's like, the deepest insult a gunslinger can give or receive, but it's never really made that much sense to me. I'd forget mine if given the choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The gunslinger.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago