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I learned a bit about how Tennessee legislature works after the expulsion last year. It's frighteningly undemocratic, and it's scary to think that it's gotten even more undemocratic since then. Such a shame, I enjoyed my visit to Nashville a lot.
Name names
Seems premature, totally on brand for Tennessee.
...oh I meant the legislation. We haven't had the general election for the GOP to steal yet.
For when even "If you get yours then we get ours!" is too far left for your snowflake traitor ass.
It'd be nice if legislators could just let people have whatever flags they want up.
Neither the Confederate flag nor gay pride flags are religious symbols, so it shouldn't really violate the church-state separation rules.
Um, except one is an (inaccurate) symbol of oppression and hatred and the other represents freedom and expression...
Well, it was one of the battle flags, so it still is a symbol of oppression and hatred, with an added bit of violence thrown in.
It wasn't even a battle flag, just a portion of one. That's what I meant by 'inaccurate', but I don't want to get into the nuances because that could detect from the point.
Just to be clear, the point is: fuck racists and bigots. Their bullshit only detracts from civilization.
symbol of oppression and hatred
symbol of freedom and expression
centrists:
Ha, I don't have a middle finger big enough for that BS.