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[–]nevearz 38 ポイント39 ポイント 前

I cant stand memes, but this its home.

Lately in Australia there's been an uproar over the Liberal (conservative) party trying to repeal section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. The section makes people liable in the event that they even OFFEND someone based on their race or ethnicity.

IMO it's a disgusting section that inhibits free speech, but there are people who insist that even offending someone be a crime. There are other ways of curbing racism and bigotry then to infringe on people's rights.

[–]DranoshSoCon, FinCon, antistatist, anti"equality" 23 ポイント24 ポイント 前

"GET YOUR LAWS OFF MY OVARIES!!!!!"

"YOU BETTER PAY FOR MY ABORTION OR YOU"RE OPPRESSING ME AND MY OVARIES"

[–]gth829c### 34 ポイント35 ポイント 前

No federal funding goes toward abortions with the exceptions of rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life. Planned Parenthood subsidies are explicitly forbidden from funding abortion. States can choose to allow Medicaid to cover abortions but are required to be deemed medically necessary, not elective.

Edit to address the edit in the post below:

Executive Order 13535-- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Consistency with Longstanding Restrictions on the Use of Federal Funds for Abortion

Final Edit: It's a shame that coming in and posting sourced information gets your comment removed or a ban. I would hope that pointing out blatant falsehoods would be considered acceptable discourse, but your mods disagree. I visit here relatively regularly and stay as polite as possible. I'm sorry to see that is unacceptable.

[–]DaveThe_blank_Libertarian Conservative 3 ポイント4 ポイント 前

but they have operating expenses. If federal subsidizes go toward everything other than abortion, they still are paying for abortions because now the company can shift costs from the other stuff being tax dollar subsidized to abortions. A balance sheet is a balance sheet.

[–]lemonparty 2 ポイント3 ポイント 前

Abortion is also their primary revenue generator, the biggest share of their business on a dollar basis.

It's hard to argue that subsidizing a car dealership wouldn't help them sell cars just because they have a candy vending machine in the lobby.

[–]YosoffNatural Rights Conservative -4 ポイント-3 ポイント 前

Planned Parenthood subsidies are explicitly forbidden from funding abortion.

Right, the subsidies just pay for the facilities, equipment, doctors, nurses, etc; but not the actual abortion itself, so it's all good. Because paying for 99% of the costs associated with the abortion isn't the same as paying for the abortion.

Edit: Also, Obamacare was passed without the Hyde amendment and directly funds abortion, so your "No federal funding goes toward abortions with the exceptions of rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life" statement is completely false.

[–]OneBigCosmicHorror -4 ポイント-3 ポイント 前

And... here is where the liberal brigade begins.

[–]mochacho -1 ポイント0 ポイント 前

Yeah, but I'm on favor of the government trying to curb overpopulation (within reason/ethically), especially among the poor.

[–]HazedHead 4 ポイント5 ポイント 前

Here comes the butt hurt liberals trying to justify!

[–]propshaftRadical Redneck 2 ポイント3 ポイント 前

I'm offended by libs every day, so when are they going to make their offensive speech and ideology illegal ?

Don't I have equal rights ?

[–]NeoxideReagan Conservative 2 ポイント3 ポイント 前

No, you're not they're targeted voting block. So when they manufacture outrage and spin social politics you will not benefit.

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    [–]Hobodudepwnz -1 ポイント0 ポイント 前

    Yup, except it's ok to call all conservatives racist because they disagree with Obama. Conservatives deserve to be called racists. (Sarcasm if you can't tell)

    Edit: When I mean sarcasm, I mean from a conservative point of view. This comment was meant to show what liberals think about conservatives literally.

    [–]NeoxideReagan Conservative 2 ポイント3 ポイント 前

    Sarcasm but my chemistry professor said this last week. "The GOP doesn't like Obama and they won't say it but it's actually because they're a bunch of racists that don't like him because he's black."

    [–]smokeybehr 3 ポイント4 ポイント 前

    Of course it's racism. /s That's why the GOP has always been on the side of true civil rights, like ending slavery, and the Civil Rights Act of '64. The lack of worship of Obama by the GOP has everything to do with his lack of experience, his failed economic policies, and the fact that he lies all the damned time.

    [–]dirty_fingers 4 ポイント5 ポイント 前

    I love it when weak cowards downvote these truths, but don't have the stones to try to debate.

    [–]Hobodudepwnz 0 ポイント1 ポイント 前

    Crap. I should clarify. I meant the way I was saying it was sarcasm. I know when liberals say it they don't mean it sarcastically. Check out my comment history. I got into a huge debate over in /r/politics over about how they always generalize conservatives as racists.

    [–]mochacho 1 ポイント2 ポイント 前

    What about libertarianism? All the rights for everyone, screw their feelings.

    [–]DefendedCobra29### -3 ポイント-2 ポイント 前

    So, what's the first rule of conservatism?

    [–]parkoworkLibertarian Conservative 11 ポイント12 ポイント 前

    Don't know if there's a first rule... but "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness" might be a good starting point.

    Fairly certain this was troll bait though, so whatever.

    [–]Aceinthenite 7 ポイント8 ポイント 前

    Unfortunately both parties in the US forgot that part over 100 years ago

    [–]red_tuxModerate Conservative 2 ポイント3 ポイント 前

    Rights trump feelings.

    [–]The_Dirt_McGurt 0 ポイント1 ポイント 前

    You could just as easily pigeon-hole conservatives into the statement "Your rights end where my personal beliefs begin". Just saying, this is obviously a silly generalization in meme format, not too hard to reverse it in such a way that would get an equally positive response from the other side.

    [–]j-awesome -1 ポイント0 ポイント 前

    What you earn is yours. Whats the first rule of Cobra?

    [–]JackCrunch 0 ポイント1 ポイント 前

    I lean left in most issues, but this is exactly the reason I don't call myself a liberal.

    [–]logicalthinker1Libertarian Conservative -1 ポイント0 ポイント 前

    Exactly right. Liberalism, in the actual definition of the philosophy, is a strong supporter of people's rights. What happened was that progressives adopted the movement and put their own spin on it.