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Gay Louisiana doctor says he’s leaving the state over its ‘discriminatory’ legislation (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 122 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That's ok. They have Dr. Cletus, who got his MD at the school of Common Sense and did his residency at the hospital of Traditional American Values.

Red states don't care about having physicians trained from filthy leftist academia, propagandizing them with "facts" from scientists trying to sell books. Cletus is more competent to perform surgery than any blue state "Doctor," because he knows the south will rise again, and he has gumption and a can do attitude. Checkmate, stuff in books!

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The most important thing for me is whether my doctor is Proud to be an American.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Now wait- there's a far more important thing: Does he accept Jesus as his personal savior?

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just to be clear, does he accept white supply-side Jesus as his personal savior?

Because the commie, middle-eastern Jesus who told us to... 🤢... help one another doesn't count!

[–] Cobrachickenwing@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

God changed his mind about black people in 1978. So blacks are included too.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a swell god. Has he changed his mind on gay people yet?

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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

well DUH, every Proud American loves Jesus more than his own mother. If you don't, the Proud American Committee executes you.

[–] Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What denomination? That 19th heresy or OUR 19th century heresy?

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

i had to do 18 Hail Marys after i read this, thx

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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder if Dr. Cletus would give me a prostate exam

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honey, If you got some meth on you, Dr. Cletus will examine anything you like 😉

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[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So, anyone else wonder if the plan for Republican controlled states here is to chase all of the left leaning people out, bolstering their majority stranglehold in certain states and sacrificing things like talented doctors/nurses/teachers/etc. for an electoral college advantage? Literal tyranny of the minority? Hmm?

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you need to think bigger. They want to change the constitution. I'm being completely serious.

https://www.businessinsider.com/constitutional-convention-conservatives-republicans-constitution-supreme-court-2022-7?op=1

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know exactly what you're talking about, and you're right (shit, that article is from a whole year ago?!), I should have thought of that! This is some serious shit, like I was just kind of being "tin-foil-hat-y" with my comment, but they're way ahead of me.

Jesus Herbert Walker CHRIST, this is a huge fucking problem!!

ETA: "The power to call for a convention belongs solely to state legislatures, who would pass and ratify amendments without a governor's signature, Congress' intervention, or any input from the president."

FUUUUUUUCK

[–] gabe@literature.cafe 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It’s not even tin foil hat-y. The Republican Party is a fascist political party that has a desire to overthrow the US government and replace it with a Christian Fascist dictatorship with active plans for genocide. It’s alarmist until it isn’t, they are being completely transparent about their intentions. They know they aren’t the majority, so they want to kill enough people to make sure they never lose and change the government to make their killings legal.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Well damn, I haven't had a pit in my stomach feeling like this since 2016. This is so fucked...

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Good thing the only people they killed with their COVID stance was their own.

I mean yeah everyone was hit, but they went out of their way to make sure their own people were hit the hardest.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (12 children)

There are lots of dystopian futures where the healthy and technologically advanced separated themselves from the unwashed, uneducated, and violent masses. Elysium is a popular film that uses this trope. We always assumed that the healthy and technologically advanced people created their utopia and pushed out the masses. In these fictional stories, I never considered the possibility that the masses would push out the healthy and technologically advanced people to their utopia and the masses were left to wallow in their own filth by their own choice.

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[–] flipht@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's exactly what they want.

It all boils down to resource management and selectorate theory. They don't care that the overall quality of life will be reduced for most people, because they themselves will personally benefit. They are willing to accept a reduced pie if it means they don't have to share it.

And to the point of the other person responding to you - the constitutional changes they want are real, and that factors in. If they can get even a few light red states more solidly so, they have a stronger position for an eventually constitutional convention, at which point they will rewrite the whole thing.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but shouldn't we be totally freaking the fuck out right now?

[–] flipht@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, but also the entire regressive ecosystem is gaslighting centrists with "both sides" nonsense, so if you actively freak out it will just alienate the people we need to care.

I think the best course of action is to get as involved locally as you can. Show up to school board and city council meetings. Have and express your opinion on the current business before them. Volunteer, do community outreach, and explore mutual aid.

The right has a well established network for communicating their doctrine and giving people east activities to gradually ramp up their involvement. We need to create similar structures for ourselves even more than we need to scream at elected officials who will ignore us anyway.

Build parallel power, and then use whatever leverage you can to force saner voices to prevail.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, yes, but also the entire regressive ecosystem is gaslighting centrists with “both sides” nonsense, so if you actively freak out it will just alienate the people we need to care.

I just love how responding emotionally (and totally fucking appropriately) to the methodical fascist takeover of our country is alienating to some. I can see why so-called centrists can receive even more ire than the opposition in certain circumstances (MLK, anyone?).

Welp, I'm already an engaged voter. Guess it's really time to start doing more. Really starting to despise these power hungry assholes, you know?

[–] flipht@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed entirely. Love you, brosis. We've got this, even if it gets worse before it gets better.

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I needed that, legitimately. :)

[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's like the Cultural Revolution or the Khmer Rouge. They'll be rounding up anyone wearing eyeglasses soon enough. Republicans uber alles.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's that, plus dismantling education so the general populous isn't smart enough to catch onto the conservative grift.

[–] cmoney@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Hey not to worry you'll get a voucher for a private christian school, so they can further force their ideology down your throat all while funneling tax dollars back to the church.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 47 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

One of Louisiana’s few doctors specializing in pediatric heart conditions is leaving the state after the Legislature passed a variety of bills aimed at restricting rights for LGBTQ people.

Kleinmahon, who is gay, told WDSU that he and his husband had planned to retire in New Orleans, but he now feels like the anti-LGBTQ legislation passed by the Legislature has made the state a hostile place for families like his.

Kleinmahon wrote in a post on Instagram that he moved back to Louisiana five years ago with the goal of building one of the best pediatric heart transplant programs in the country.

He doesn’t want to leave that behind, but he wrote that he and his husband, Tom, “have discussed at length the benefits of continuing to live in the South, as well as the toll that it takes on our family.”

“This is a wonderful new opportunity, but it is incredibly sad to leave our home, our friends, colleagues, and patients and their families,” he wrote on Instagram.

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[–] starrox@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope the two other heart surgery specialists in the state are non-gay, god loving patriots (/s).

[–] dipshit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

“Before the surgery is to commence, we’d like to have our chaplin come and bless the proceedure, and say a few words in case God decides to change his plan. Just one thing before we begin, have you ever voted socialist anarchist communist democrat, believe there are more than 2 genders or tried to push the gay agenda on anyone? Good, now that it’s settled, let’s begin with a prayer.. Lord Jesus in heaven please help guide my hands to do the work we know only you know how to do. Please lord jesus teach me what I need to know to operate on this man today and give me the forgiveness and immunity if anything wrong happens”

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