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State Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt was speaking on the floor of the South Dakota Capitol, four months pregnant with her third child, begging her Republican colleagues to care about her life.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    7 months ago

    Fuck every Republican voter who allowed her suffering, but my sympathy waivers when you cause your own pain.

    I know it’s kind of implied in your statement, but I think it’s worth making this distinction: Republican voters in general cause their own pain, mostly through ignorance. She, on the other hand, knows who her colleagues are and have been for the last 50 years at least, and thinks her pleas won’t fall on deaf ears by virtue of being “one of them.”

    If only people like her took the time to understand concepts like John Rawls’s “Veil of Ignorance,” rather than supporting people who think The Bible and 1984 are neat ideas for government.