History shows that stripping the rights of one disfavored group is always just pretext for a larger aim of stripping the rights of others. - ThreadSky

nhannahjones.bsky.social • 1 day ago

History shows that stripping the rights of one disfavored group is always just pretext for a larger aim of stripping the rights of others.

Reposted from Anthony Michael Kreis

Iowa Legislature passes bill removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans www.iowapublicradio.org/state-govern...

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bmkuehn.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are not even bothering with pretext. They are openly saying that "separate is not unequal." They have also said publicly they want to remove protections for women and other groups listed in the Iowa Civil rights act.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/20/iowa-gop-bill-would-remove-civil-rights-act-protections-for-gender-identity-birth-certificates/78248967007/

bmkuehn.bsky.social•1 day ago

One of the sponsors says he wants to get rid of all protected classes in the the Iowa Civild rights act.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/24/transgender-iowans-would-lose-civil-rights-protections-under-house-bill-advances/80008999007/

donnavox.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Well, wouldn't that include the white people within some of those classes? Bet this guy doesn't know how tariffs work, either.

neurod2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for sharing our plight. Most look right over this and keep going.

alexstrachan.bsky.social•1 day ago

First they came for anyone who can read, and then...

cgblue.bsky.social•1 day ago

Always.

johniwaniszek.bsky.social•1 day ago

what does this mean? that people can do crimes to them and it's not illegal?

miriparhelion.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, said the bill is needed to protect women’s rights by ensuring transgender women are not in women’s bathrooms, changing facilities and athletics. He also said it will allow lawmakers to ban Medicaid from covering gender-affirming procedures.“

miriparhelion.bsky.social•1 day ago

"The removal of gender identity as a protected class means that transgender rights are not elevated above women and other citizens,” Holt said. “The hyperbolic argument that taking this step will cause discrimination does not hold up to scrutiny or common sense.”

johniwaniszek.bsky.social•1 day ago

We know that was never the intent. It was so that everyone has the same rights. The right pretends these are special rights, however the right is really concerned that they can no longer treat people as objects and deny them life and liberty.

miriparhelion.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Rep. Aime Wichtendahl, D-Hiawatha, is the first openly transgender person elected to the Iowa Legislature. She said she was kicked out of her rental home after she transitioned. She said anti-discrimination protections affirm transgender people’s dignity and humanity."

miriparhelion.bsky.social•1 day ago

"The bill would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which provides protection from discrimination in housing, education, employment, wages, public accommodations and credit practices."

jwestrope.bsky.social•1 day ago

Our history in the U.S. has been to expand rights. Contraction is a bad harbinger.

high-a-licious69.bsky.social•1 day ago

After reconstruction they should never have allowed the traitors to be in positions of power. After jan 6th, the very same instigators are still serving in government. They couldn't handle having a black president.

robfennell.bsky.social•23 hours ago

idabwells26.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Iowa has been home since 2018. Every day I’m regretting more and more the decision I made to move here.

annakaysama.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I hope the #disability community understands that the current 504 lawsuit is a warning that all disability rights are next.

jgt1960.bsky.social•1 day ago

A just and moral society is an all-or-nothing project. Creating an out-group is like using a pin to let just a little air out of a balloon—it also requires pricks to accomplish.

jwfx.bsky.social•1 day ago

“If anyone is being erased, it’s me: a woman, a mother,” Kueter said. “A man, no matter how much makeup he wears, or how many hormones he takes or how he will mutilate his body, will ever be a woman. Nor will he ever understand what it means to be a woman or a mother.”

chrismacandcheese.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a former Iowan, I am deeply saddened by this.

eateator.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Strip the tax policies of corporations to the bone to enhance the society of all through their record breaking profits.

lpdoak.bsky.social•1 day ago

He's laid the groundwork to pursue his perceived enemies. Patel is his lieutenant to carry out his homeland retribution agenda.
You dis Trump, you are an enemy of the country.

trexcapades.bsky.social•1 day ago

viskip.bsky.social•1 day ago

And the next step are concentration camps and gas chambers? 🤬🤬🤬🤬

shake1n1bake.bsky.social•1 day ago

There was a good thread a while back about the author of that "first they came for..." poem. Dude was a german conservative who had cheered on the nazis coming for those first groups. It's a very real expression of his realization of what you say here, someone is always next.

shake1n1bake.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/nberlat.bsky.social/post/3liavdyo6d22b

freewyoming.bsky.social•1 day ago

In time, we will all be at-will citizens. They want us all to comply to the greedy elite

sparklemoonbeam.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not only does this suck, but I'm pretty tired of people completely erasing the existence of transgender men from the discussion.

tchrgrrrl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bigots always hit the most vulnerable, "low-hanging fruit," first. Acclimating the public to the notion and *then* pushing it further while utilizing all the fear-mongering needed to get enough people to go along.

Absolutely right in saying they are the first hit but never the last. 💔

rob-montague.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Iowa Republicans? Stab every single one in their Nazi hearts!!

redeyedjedi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Many are willing to comply with segregation as long as you don't call it segregation

https://bsky.app/profile/redeyedjedi.bsky.social/post/3lj5wxlijys2h

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