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[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

depressingly common, was even more common before we let women have rights

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

'we let' women have rights? Women fought tooth and nail for years to get those rights, and assholes are still trying to claw them away; fuck, there's places in the US right now where women are dying because their access to healthcare has been sabotaged by a supreme court that reinterpreted the constitution to remove their rights.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"we" in this case could be the American government in general and the supreme court specifically. The fact that such an important right was "granted" by a decision of nine random schmucks and can be taken away by another decision (rather than being a law) is not a great look for that government.

But you're right that it was not the best phrasing. Activism is extremely important esp on more local levels