Just a hunch here, gop. But I think being 14 and married to a gross older man or dying in a mining accident is a bigger threat to a child than hearing about trans people.
Children. Too young to know that they're trans. Too young to know that they're asexual. Too young to hear that gay people exists. Too young to listen to drag performers read books to them.
Not to young to be exploited in an 8 to 5 40 hour work week. Not to young to pay income taxes. Not too young to sign their life away to a job they hate. Not too young to be verbally abused by their employer. Not too young to risk their life in a dangerous job. Not to young to permanently harm their body by sitting at the computer 8 hours a day. (Which has permanent health affects)
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European Employers "Work 40 hrs a week"
European workers "Then we don't want to work."
European employers "Fine. 30 hrs."
American Employers. "Work 40 hrs a week"
American Workers "Then we don't want to work"
American Employers "Then your children will have to work"
But in weeks, governments could decide to kickstart the biggest water protection effort in history! Let’s make it happen!
The Earth’s rivers are dying – and that means we are too.
Experts say that unless we act now, two-thirds of the world’s population may face safe water shortages in the next two years. It will affect billions of us! We need urgent global action to turn this around – and right now, we have a chance to get it!
Countries are about to gather for the first UN Water Conference in almost 50 years to consider bold plans to restore the world’s dying rivers and secure water as a fundamental human right, not for profit. Insiders say that with enough public pressure, we could win unprecedented protections for rivers and the water they carry. But laggard governments and big corporations will fight back to derail action!
So let’s build a tidal wave of public support for Earth’s water and deliver the voices of people everywhere in a resounding roar to save our precious lakes, rivers, and freshwater ecosystems while we still can!
Mussolini believed that the Fascist project required a committed press. So do Florida Republicans.
“Florida Republicans have introduced a bill that will force independent journalists who blog about Gov. Ron DeSantis, members of the executive cabinet, or state legislature, to register with the state or face fines of up to $2,500.
Though the bill’s author, State Senator Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) claims the legislation’s rules won’t apply to mainstream media outlets like newspapers, with independent journalism on the rise this could strip those who make a living from their reporting of press credentials, access, credibility and reach.
Senate Bill 1316, or the Information Dissemination bill as it’s called, gives bloggers a five-day grace period after publication to alert either the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics before being assessed a $25 daily fine.
According to the local NBC affiliate, News Channel 8, writers will be required to submit monthly reports by the 10th of each month if posting multiple blog posts mentioning the Governor, Lt. Governor, or any of the other positions laid out in the legislation.
‘For blog posts that ‘concern an elected member of the legislature’ or ‘an officer of the executive branch,’ monthly reports must disclose the amount of compensation received for the coverage, rounded to the nearest $10 value.’ – NBC News Channel 8
In what comes across as an attempt to incentivize not writing about Florida’s elected officials, a blogger can avoid having to submit a monthly report if the content isn’t published.
‘If compensations paid for a series of posts or for a specific amount of time,’ NBC wrote, a disclosure of all monies received will be mandatory.
Bloggers failing to comply with the state’s law will have 30 days to pay fines after receiving notice.
Those fined for writing about state legislators must deposit the payments into the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund, while the Executive Branch Lobby Registration Trust fund must be used for writing about executive branch officials.
While it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to view this as just another way for the increasingly authoritarian Florida GOP, that makes it no less dangerous.
With Republican leaders in Red states working in lockstep with one another, it will only be a matter of time before others follow the fascist lead and implement their own First Amendment-violating rules.”
In 2015, TYT did a 15-minute interview with a neo-Nazi Richard Spencer fanboy- “fashy” haircut and expensive 3-piece suit and all- at a rally Spencer was holding. He was honest and stated proudly that white supremacists were using 1A to get elected in order to repeal that right.
They expect to keep all of their profits and not have to pay their workers a better wage or pay taxes. But society as a whole is expected to suffer any losses.
On March 2, 1955, Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
As police officers dragged her from the bus, she shouted again, and again, “It’s my constitutional right.” She was jailed and charged with violating segregation laws, disturbing the peace and assaulting a police officer. She pleaded not guilty, but was convicted.
Colvin’s act of protest happened 9 months before Rosa Parks famously sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, but Colvin’s age and lack of experience in the civil rights movement rendered her act of bravery and defiance all but forgotten in the telling of civil-rights history.
A few thoughts on married adult Sasuke and Sakura.
As much as some groups in the fandom think about their relationship and even the group that ships them thinks. They genuinely show what mundane married life could be. It's because they're no longer trying to figure out each other's feelings for each other. Nor are they trying to figure out what their relationship is or how they fit into each other's lives. They have established boundaries and have shown to reestablish those boundaries when needed.
They're shown to communicate well and readjust their expectations when needed. For instance, Sarada's training. They may argue but they both respect each other's thoughts and opinions about how to handle their daughter's development. Sasuke never minimizes Sakura's worries nor does Sakura attack him for his training methods.
It's what married couples should do. Talk. Disagree but also respect each other. They also know that they're both their own person and maintain boundaries when needed. Sasuke understands that Sakura is needed in the village and Sakura understands Sasuke's purpose as the Shadow Hokage. They don't interfere with each other's professional lives.
The most overlooked aspect of their marriage is the unwavering faith they have in each other.
Retsuden has shown us Sasuke's unwavering faith in their connection and Sakura's thoughts are clear when it comes to her connection with Sasuke. The hardest part the fandom seems to misunderstand in their relationship is the overwhelming thought that Sasuke and Sakura would get tired of each other. That this will waver. As if it's inevitable. Is it because of the stories we were always fed? That doubt and insecurity in a relationship will always be a part of a relationship? That married life should be a struggle?
To me, their relationship has developed already. Their struggles aren't the struggles you would find in romantic stories trying to build a relationship because they are already in a relationship. There's no need for romantic development. They're beyond that stage where they're unsure of what the other is in each other's lives. The struggles now are how they navigate life together. They're a family. Sasuke even states it in the Sasuke Retsuden novel.
They are family and no matter the distance or time or even circumstances will change the fact that they are family.
So stories of unfaithfulness or even insecurity between Sasuke and Sakura doesn't sit right with me. I avoid them for these reasons. It may float someone else's boat but the way I view them, it would never happen.
