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bigtree

(92,975 posts)
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:53 PM Tuesday

Fascists and totalitarians who attack the most vulnerable first aren't inevitable, they're enabled

...their actions are directly related to society's acquiescence to their discrimination and attacks; as everyday citizens fail to stop it due to agreement; indifference; or maybe shared antipathy toward the prevailing rule's targets.


No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC
The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.







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Fascists and totalitarians who attack the most vulnerable first aren't inevitable, they're enabled (Original Post) bigtree Tuesday OP
The six RWNJ Supreme Court occupiers are just as sick as rump and the other thuglicans... wcmagumba Tuesday #1
"gay conversion therapy" J_William_Ryan Tuesday #2

J_William_Ryan

(3,056 posts)
2. "gay conversion therapy"
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 06:36 PM
Tuesday

The Court will rule that prohibiting such therapy violates the free speech rights of therapists who want to ‘convert’ gay children.

Another example of the fascist right's bigotry and hatred.

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