House Bill 2127 pre-empts municipalities from enacting legislation in eight areas—with predictable results.

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    They are getting what they voted for. Seems to me that construction workers are just the type that would either be gun-ho Republicans or be totally tuned out of politics altogether.

    So ultimately, they are getting what they deserve - anti-worker/anti-common sense policies.

    Does Lemmy have a /LeopardAteMyFace sub? If so, this deserves to be posted there.

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      Construction workers are getting what they deserve by dying of heatstroke? Really? I get not liking republicans and thinking a section of the working class votes against their own interests, but I don’t think that means they deserve to die.

      Aim your ire at the people who actually made this bill happen not the the poor guys who are suffering because of it.

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        Votes matter. Votes have consequences.

        They are voting for and supporting these right-wing clowns. So YES, they are getting exactly what they deserve.

        This is no different than Republican women supporting the GOP and then being SHOCKED that the people they voted in are now limiting their access to abortions.

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          This is a horrific attitude to have for policies that affect all the people who are disenfranchised by gerrymandering and mass incarceration.

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            Then people should start getting angry. But it seems like no matter what laws these fascist fucks pass, no matter what draconian rules they enact, no matter what bullshit they do and say, people just sit back and take it. I am sick and tired of it.

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              What do you expect people to do? Lose their precarious housing because they took time off work to march in protest? Do you want us to stop covering these violations in the news because you’re tired of seeing it?

              News reports about the truth exist to MAKE people angry. I want to see and hear about this stuff until the day it stops happening. Some of those who voted because they believed lies can only be swayed by seeing the true consequences.

              Don’t blame the powerless. Raise our voices on their behalf. Which is exactly what news reports like this are doing.

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                1 year ago

                You can cut it with the “woe-is-me, I am powerless” nonsense. The victim mentality that far too many on the Left have embraced only hurts issues, not help.

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                  1 year ago

                  “THE LEFT”

                  Aaaaand…there it is. Cool story, bro.

                  Acknowledging that power strata exist in a society and that some of us should use our positions to help those less fortunate than us is not a weakness, you dimwit.

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                    Clearly the heat has affected your mental capacity because you are not understanding that year after year after year Texans themselves vote in these clown. They WILLINGLY vote in the same people who push through these draconian laws.

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      You… realize you just generalized a group of people and declared that they deserve to die, right?

      Not an ideological group, construction workers.

      Bro, chill.

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      Seems to you? As it happens, that is not the case. According to this website they polled at 45.3 Democrat vs. 54.7 Republican. The GOP always likes to show guys wearing hardhats as conservatives but that is just PR bullshit.