Dear you,
My parents gave me a “Don’t Mess with Texas” coffee mug in
the 90’s, bounty from one of their road trips west. I loved that mug, perfect size, bright
colors, amusing slogan. It reminded me
of good Texas stories and people, like the formidable Governor Ann
Richards, strange Matthew McConaughey and Queen Beyonce. Unfortunately, about a month ago, I dropped
the mug on my stone floor. Goodbye
little cup. I think perhaps this was no
accident (see Freud). I think,
subconsciously, I was weary of Texas political antics and their freak governor
(King Abbot) and took it out on an innocent souvenir. Texas has gone so nuts their democratic
legislators had to leave the state to stop the passage of a voting restriction bill. Exiled in D.C., when they return the killer
bill will pass anyway. At least they
tried to mess with Texas.
Others are trying too.
Many are fighting this:
“Starting September 1st, the state of Texas if
offering a $10,000 bounty to any private citizen willing to sue another person
who, in some way, helped make an abortion possible. The potential list of targets for such
lawsuits is endless: from a pregnant person’s doctor and nurses, a therapist or
pastor who offered moral support, a partner who helped pay for the procedure, a
friend (even an Uber driver) who drove the patient to the clinic. Under the new law – which a group of doctors,
clergy and clinic owners sued to block Tuesday – any or all of them could be
taken to court by a stranger with no connection to the patient whatsoever and
forced to pay a minimum of $10,000 each, plus legal fees, for “aiding or
abetting” an abortion.” (rollingstone.com,
7/13/21).
Even an Uber driver.
This is all so very disappointing. I liked to think of big red Texas as out
there in libertarian land. Do your thing
and I’ll do mine. Now they are among the
biggest and reddest puritanical purge zones in America. Just imagine the havoc this bounty thing will
create. Every small or big town goody
goody will be ratting out hot young women who might just be suffering from
belly bloat one day and then got over it the next. “I swear to you Roxanne was fully with child
yesterday when I saw her at the Whattaburger.
Now she’s back to normal. She
should go to jail. And I’m calling my lawyer on that liberal pastor of
hers. He denies the truth about the
Earth being 6,000 years old and I just bet you he had a hand in this.”
Things are going to get really ugly in the Lone Star State.
Good luck to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, every owner of a
“Keep Austin Weird” coffee mug and all the Roxannes too.
It is time to totally mess with Texas.
Love,
Joyce
No comments:
Post a Comment