If an abortion doesn’t affect you, why do people make it a big deal?

You do not concede even an inch to these assholes. Ever. Under any circumstances.

Within my lifetime these assholes have made consensual sex between me and my husband a crime that would have landed either one of us on a sex offender registry.

First, something doesn’t need to benefit me individually in order for it to be the right thing to do.

What are the beliefs of those who think climate change is a conspiracy theory? What do they predict will happen if we do not address it?

They absolutely will criminalize my own bodily autonomy, if they can get away with it. I know this, because within my lifetime they have. So you fight back against every single encroachment on somebody else’s autonomy every single time it occurs.

No, sodomy laws are not some abstract, victimless, mostly-unenforced statute that just “reflects local community values.” And, of course, their buddies on the court have been dog whistling a willingness to “revisit” Lawrence ever since the court struck it.

History has repeatedly shown that you do not give these assholes an inch. Ever. Not ever. Under any circumstances. Ever.

Why doesn't speeding significantly decrease one’s commute time? I've done a lot of road trips and driving and have experimented by increasing speed by 10–20%, but somehow this never equates to arriving 20% sooner, even on clear roads.

You fight back against them every single time they encroach on the bodily autonomy of anyone, because if they can get away with doing it to women, they can, and have gotten away with doing it to gay people, to forced sterilizations of black people, and disabled people, to anyone and everyone they consider undesirable.

Second, while it’s true that not every instance of a possible slippery slope is, by itself, evidence that a slippery slope is occurring, it is nevertheless unavoidable that christian nationalism is a for real, no-fucking-around threat to my personal wellbeing.

In my specific case, two things.

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