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WTF is wrong with Oklahoma?! (Original Post) Different Drummer Mar 2017 OP
religion nt msongs Mar 2017 #1
You nailed it!!! Wellstone ruled Mar 2017 #2
Or misogyny using religion as a shield gratuitous Mar 2017 #3
All "people of faith" don't allow their environments to be fracked into earthquake hell holes.either whathehell Mar 2017 #8
Bullshit..Other states have religion and don't behave whathehell Mar 2017 #6
Oklahoma is not a hell hole because of earthquakes or fracking for that matter OKNancy Mar 2017 #14
Ok, Nancy whathehell Mar 2017 #31
Got to be another redumbliCON idiotic idea. democratisphere Mar 2017 #4
They think GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #5
Whoever votes for this should be personally responsible for raising these kids. smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #7
Oh no! GWC58 Mar 2017 #30
That would be the their punishing God at work. If shit happens to you it's because God hates you. hunter Mar 2017 #9
Don't forget their state constitutional amendment against Shariah Law! BigDemVoter Mar 2017 #10
Too much fracking mixed with too much Jesus nevergiveup Mar 2017 #11
This is conservatism Matthew28 Mar 2017 #12
There simply needs to be another word for this phenomena rurallib Mar 2017 #27
Okie here. Kacy Mar 2017 #13
Welcome to DU! Different Drummer Mar 2017 #21
Caring about the womb and nothing else. sarcasmo Mar 2017 #15
I realize it is very rare but I have heard of women who had Doreen Mar 2017 #16
Gawddamn! MrScorpio Mar 2017 #17
God keeps punishing them with tornadoes and they don't take the hint mdbl Mar 2017 #18
Oklahoma--competing with Utah for rock bottom BadgerMom Mar 2017 #19
I want to meet a female Trump voter in the worst way, preferably a flaming Jesus freak, and ask her Submariner Mar 2017 #20
It's only effective if you argue with them in front of their children. Iggo Mar 2017 #28
every sperm is sacred + biblical PUNISHMENT. its dick moves. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #22
Nutcase government in its natural state! Left-over Mar 2017 #23
This is the state that passed the law to allow doctors to lie to their synergie Mar 2017 #24
Big oil+ fundies Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #25
Pretty sure that's exactly what Jesus would do RavagedInTheCorn Mar 2017 #26
Welcome to DU. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #29

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Or misogyny using religion as a shield
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 06:43 PM
Mar 2017

I know that not all people of faith regard women as second class citizens, the way this proposal clearly does. Maybe there's another element to this?

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
8. All "people of faith" don't allow their environments to be fracked into earthquake hell holes.either
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 07:03 PM
Mar 2017

Just sayin.

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
6. Bullshit..Other states have religion and don't behave
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 06:59 PM
Mar 2017

this stupidly...Stop blaming everything on "religion". It's lazy and wrong. There are lots of blue state folks in the country who have "religion", and they don't frack their states into earthquake ridden disasters.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
14. Oklahoma is not a hell hole because of earthquakes or fracking for that matter
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 07:41 PM
Mar 2017

The mild earthquakes are caused by waste water injection, not fracking.
Oklahoma is actually not a hell hole either for most people.
The politics sucks, but fortunately the stupid laws are all overturned, so none have gone into effect.

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
31. Ok, Nancy
Wed Mar 29, 2017, 08:52 PM
Mar 2017

I'm not trying to offend you, but my understanding is that the injection of the waste water is part of the fracking process.
Peace. .

hunter

(38,264 posts)
9. That would be the their punishing God at work. If shit happens to you it's because God hates you.
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 07:09 PM
Mar 2017

Or he wants to "test" you.

In their empty heads there are no other explanations.



BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
10. Don't forget their state constitutional amendment against Shariah Law!
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 07:15 PM
Mar 2017

I guess they only worry about Shariah when it's the Muslim type. . . . They don't recognize their own brand as the American Taliban.

How disgusting.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
27. There simply needs to be another word for this phenomena
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:21 PM
Mar 2017

They certainly aren't conservative. They are nuts with an intent to hurt the poor and POC while totally controlling their lives.

I am not screaming at you, it's these useless words and media that we have that smooth this crap over with words that sound somewhat innocuous.

What they are are fucking sociopaths who have been given power and are wielding it with a vengeance.

edit to add: Welcome to DU. I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable.

Kacy

(32 posts)
13. Okie here.
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 07:33 PM
Mar 2017

The demoralization you’ve been feeling with Trump and the Republicans is something we’ve been feeling for a long time.

The more control Republicans have (and they’ve long had it here) the meaner they get. The national political scene is giving them validation.

They seem excited about the damage they can do. They’re taking it to new levels.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
16. I realize it is very rare but I have heard of women who had
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 08:38 PM
Mar 2017

the fetus die inside of them and I mean late in the pregnancy and for some reason their body was not naturally aborting it and they had to have an abortion or the fetus would just had rotted inside of them and killed the mother. Now, if that happens now are they just going to make the mother die?

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
18. God keeps punishing them with tornadoes and they don't take the hint
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 08:54 PM
Mar 2017

how many time does he have to punish them for their weirdness?

BadgerMom

(2,766 posts)
19. Oklahoma--competing with Utah for rock bottom
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:04 PM
Mar 2017

I read recently that Utah is the worst state for women. I wish I had the link to review all of the reasons Utah had received that unfortunate title. It had to do with wages, domestic protections and reproductive rights. My husband grew up there and I've spent many of my adult holidays with his family there. My granddaughter, step daughter, sisters-in-law and mother-in-law all live there. It seemed like a reasonable call based on what the article looked at and my own anecdotal evidence. I think Oklahoma could replace Utah at the bottom if they keep this up, though.

Women of Oklahoma, run for office!

Submariner

(12,485 posts)
20. I want to meet a female Trump voter in the worst way, preferably a flaming Jesus freak, and ask her
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:05 PM
Mar 2017

to tell me how she reconciles voting for a pussy grabbing sex predator but still claims to be a holy f*ckin' roller. And if her husband is there, all the better, let's make it a group argument.

Iggo

(47,489 posts)
28. It's only effective if you argue with them in front of their children.
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:22 PM
Mar 2017

The parents are usually lost causes. But the kids can still be reached.

 

synergie

(1,901 posts)
24. This is the state that passed the law to allow doctors to lie to their
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 09:11 PM
Mar 2017

patients about the health of their pregnancies if they were anti-choice and thought the patient would terminate the pregnancy.

Apparently not enough Ob/Gyns are twisted enough to shirk their legal, ethical and moral responsibility to give their patients all the information they can so that they can make informed healthcare decisions.

Those darn women and their families were daring to make the difficult but necessary decisions to not put themselves through a masochistic level of pain, to risk their health and their sanity to carry pregnancies that would produce a severely ill newborn, who would be suffering for the short time it would be alive.

So OK had to block that avenue of escape and force them to experience the sadism that the GOP of Oklahoma, (where even rape and incest are OK!) really wished to visit upon their citizens. Not just women, but their families too.

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