• Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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    Republican state Senator Jay Collins, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure was about parental rights: “We should let them say what’s best for their kids at 16- to 17-year-olds, that’s what we’re saying by this.”

    Anyone who puts forth a measure aimed at “parental rights”, it’s always something that’s aimed at parents’ right to treat their children like property

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      Every one of these is always “Parent’s Rights Act” and the text is like “murdering your gay/trans 10-year-old is now totally legal”.

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        “My kids are in need of a proper traditional upbringing, which means locking them in a box and tenderizing them like veal, until they’re old enough to be sold at auction.”

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      It would also have scrapped required 30-minute meal breaks

      It’s a parent’s right to make sure their child works an 8 hour shift with no breaks! Breaks are socialism!

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          So let’s make the jobs nobody wants to do even worse while we deport the few remaining people willing to do them.

          Then try and get notoriously hard working and focused teenagers to do it.

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      "You should be able to give your child a job at a slave wage in awful conditions. That’s a parental decision.

      “What if I want to give my child the opportunity to explore their gender identity? Thats a parental decision too.”

      “Off to the gulag with you all.”