Dept. of AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa

[kaffy_r]

Supreme Disgust

The next time I hear the phrase "5-4" I am seriously going to start hoping that one or two of the current "five" on the Supreme Court ... aaargh; no. I can't, I can't wish for bad things to happen to someone, not even Scalia, Alito, Roberts, or Thomas - but I can and do wish to slap anyone who suggests that these miserable people have anything but the basest of political motives when they make the majority of their decisions.

And yes, this is about the goddamned Hobby Lobby decision. I can't even bear to look at it, at least not now.

Hey, guys - thanks for reminding me how little you think of women. Oh, and how much you're turned on by sexy, sexy corporations.

You slimy excuses for decent human beings.

Comments

[owlboy]

>>I can't wish for bad things to happen to someone

I can >:C

[eve11]

"But it's not all religious freedoms and not for all religions because aside from our own sacred religious ideals, there is some scary religious shit out there!

It's just that we think some corporations who are indistinguishable from their highly conservative Christian owners shouldn't pay for abortions birth control that might every once in a while keep something with less cellular diversity than a slug from attaching to a uterine wall."

Assholes.

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

Those folks in Supreme Court need to be replaced, and there needs to be an established balance between how many of them are Democrats & Republicans.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Fucking disgusting. Every last bit of this...

I am so enraged, I can't even -

OMFG...

*CRIES*

[supergee.livejournal.com]

I can.

[time-converges.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Just, ugh. I anticipated their decision, but the reality is worse.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a load of misogynist nob-heads ruled by the Christian right.

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

This is just… shameful.

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

Typo? You only named four of five. I'm too disgusted to look it up anywhere.

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

I can't even tell you. I've been in a shouting match with locals all day about this, and I refuse to stop, even though I've been handed everything from the Bible to my so-called obvious amorality to account for the fact that this is the worst decision since DRED FREAKING SCOTT!

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

Even though I was born in Ireland, where abortion is still only available in a very limited fashion (and a 12-year-old girl was almost prosecuted around 15 years ago for travelling to England for an abortion after being raped), I still continue to be utterly horrified on a regular basis by the attacks on women as women in the US, whether it be contraception, abortion, childcare, or just general healthcare. This decision once again prioritises the prejudiced, hypocritical opinions of (no doubt) a small number of white males against the freedoms and rights of women.

And didn't I read somewhere that Hobby Lobby's investments include holdings in companies that manufacture contraceptives?

On another subject, I thought of you while I was reading the Globe and Mail at Halifax International Airport on Saturday, specifically this comment piece on changes to come within CBC:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-cbc-report-is-shall-we-say-unwieldy-in-its-use-of-jargon/article19383562/

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, basically that decision is "corporations have more human rights than women". Fucking unbelievable.

[tardis-stowaway.livejournal.com]

I can't, I can't wish for bad things to happen to someone, not even Scalia, Alito, Roberts, or Thomas

I am trying really hard to hope that these four experience some sort of religious calling that makes them feel like they need to quit the Court to devote their lives to quiet devotion outside of the public eye and worldly influence. Or perhaps a minor heart attack that causes no lasting damage but causes them to want to change their priorities to focus on family or gardening or whatever rather than constitutional law. Or persistent tinnitus that makes it impossible to concentrate on oral arguments at the court but subsides when they take time off...

[jessalrynn.livejournal.com]

If they could at least PRETEND they had a legal leg to stand on? I don't understand why the court even accepted to hear this one when they were just going to play right wing rock-paper-scissors with it.

I think the thing that upsets me most is that people honestly think this is a "win" for religious freedom. They don't seem to grasp that giving any company the right to "believe" anything is opening the door to anti-religious discrimination as much as religious discrimination. They're assuming that the next company to pull this little red wagon isn't going to be worshiping Cthulu, and I really don't know why they would dare to assume that.

[clocketpatch]

I don't know what horrifies me more about this: The blatant lying and discrimination, or the stupendous idiocy with which they've opened themselves up to court case by corporations following the religious command of "though shalt not blankityblankblankblank"

D:

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Sharing your rage and frustration from afar. Not much Europeans can do except yell "Taxpayer-funded universal health care!!! FFS!!!!" because honestly, since private corporations should have no say whatsoever in their employees' health decisions, they shouldn't be (directly) funding it either. My taxes go to pay for nuclear missiles and tax breaks for corporations and all sorts of crap I don't like, but I don't get to go to the Supreme Court about it, I get to (try to) vote for parties whose overall programme is nearest to the sort of society I would like my taxes to contribute to.

But since I am preaching to the converted and probably just sounding infuriatingly smug, will shut up now. Women of the US, you have my immense sympathy and I wish that wasn't all I had to offer.

Oh, except, this?