But according to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, it isn’t. I presume this is in the sense of Equal Opportunity = Affirmative Action Hiring, because if it was really hiring the best, they’d all be Big Strong Men. Not women with lesbian parents. They want the ban on trans people serving back, and Tuberville objects to keeping white supremacists out of the armed services. I have a suspicion he’d agree with pundit Michael Knowles that “racist” is an inherently anti-white word.
Tuberville also freaks out about the military supposedly engaging in “abortion tourism,” meaning that if a pregnant soldier is stuck somewhere that doesn’t allow abortions, they’ll ship her out to get one. It’s becoming a popular term on the right, implying (as they like to do) that choosing not to become a parent is something shallow rather than a fundamental life choice. As Monica Hesse puts it at the last link “Are pregnant people crossing state lines to take in a Broadway show, finally eat at Momofuku and grab a relaxing abortion before ice skating at Rockefeller Center? Please.”
Speaking of abortion, Tennessee is a leader in punishing mothers for allegedly hurting the fetus but far from unique. And Alabama’s giving it stiff competition. Like other states, North Carolina is fine with abortion bans driving ob/gyns away.
No surprise: a chunk of the right-wing objects to women having the freedom “to refuse motherhood.” Which explains why they want to treat birth control as an abortifacent (it isn’t), thereby justifying a ban or, like abortion clinics, a way to nibble away at our rights. Condoms and the rhythm method aren’t abortifacents of course, but those also depend on the man cooperating.
While we’re discussing right-wing bullshit, here’s a couple of good posts from Roy Edroso and A.R. Moxon about Republicans whining liberals aren’t willing to be friends. And OMG, liberals won’t date Republicans. More from me here.
And one final piece: after Biden walked the UAW picket line, Trump pretended to address the union while speaking at a non-union plant. But at least the UAW called him on it.
That’s all the crap from the wretched hive of scum and villainy I can handle today.
