Republicans Are Evil Overlords

I'm sick of their shit, and all the latest excuses.

"You know you may be bumped for any reason at any time"

"You sign your agreement to their bumping practices when you buy the ticket"

"When law enforcement tells you to do something, you hop to it"

Fuck all that.  So tired of corporate white male America, via Republican overlords, having all the rights in this country.  Human dignity, practices which don't result in public humiliation, are not incompatible with making a profit or keeping our country safe and secure. For example, there are many ways to handle needed bumping which do not result in having to forcibly extract a person from a flight.  One would be to always to all the bumping pre-boarding.  The other, to have the last four tickets sold for any flight be designated as "optional" and those holders don't board until it's certain there is going to be room.  But once a paying customer boards, they should be assured of their seat unless they create a safety or security problem and must be removed.    

But we allow airlines to do these humiliating things to us and we blame the victim rather than the business.  Just as we blame the victim in a law enforcement-caused death.  There are so many real-life incidents where the ordinary, non-authoritarian-minded individuals are losing life, limb, and dignity due to the heavy-handedness of others wielding power.  And we let it happen.  Oh, we raise a stink, and lots of outrage is expressed...but then...crickets.  Nothing changes, nothing is fixed.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Republicans across the country are trying to make businesses the higher power in all situations.  They are rolling back all the protections placed by previous Democratic administrations for things such as equal pay, gender equality, overtime pay, etc.  They are stomping all over the little guy, because they can.

They have introduced legislation to require women to seek permission from their employers prior to getting pregnant.  They have attempted to allow employers the right to determine what kind of health care is appropriate for women.  They are attempting to nullify all same-gender marriages in North Carolina.

They have all the power and the legislative might and I'm just waiting for the tipping point when, after being told by the courts they can't do the things they are trying to do...they ignore the court orders and do them anyway.  And as they control the military and the law enforcement answers to them...what will that look like, in real time?  We are so fucked.