Does a Trump presidency make the Handmaid's Tale dystopia a possible reality?

[pellinore]

Women reported an increase in misogynistic abuse online following the victory announcement and women’s rights groups expressed concern after reproductive rights were curtailed during his previous reign.

The issues had been a prominent theme throughout the election campaign, after Trump is said to have celebrated the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022, a ruling which had conferred to women the right to terminate a pregnancy.

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, which paints a picture of a society in which women are reared for the sole purpose of bearing children, is currently number three on the US bestsellers list after climbing more than 400 places, according to The Guardian.

Atwood had shared a cartoon in the runup to the election, which shows women entering the voting booth as Handmaid’s dressed in red robes and emerging on the other side as individual women dressed in their personal clothing. After the win was announced, she wrote: “Despair is not an option. It helps no one.”

Dystopian books, including The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984, see sales increase after Trump election win | The Independent

Edited December 7, 2024 by pellinore

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Wasn’t Roe vs Wade overturned during a Democrat-led government? 

[+susieice]

26 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

Wasn’t Roe vs Wade overturned during a Democrat-led government? 

Yes but overturned by the Supreme Court. Not the president or congress. Trump took credit because he appointed the justices who overthrew it.

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Edited December 7, 2024 by susieice

[pellinore]

29 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said:

Wasn’t Roe vs Wade overturned during a Democrat-led government? 

I had no idea. I thought RvW was Republican, and very typically regressive and oppressively Republican. It was passed by the Democrats? Well, I live and learn.

[+susieice]

26 minutes ago, pellinore said:

I had no idea. I thought RvW was Republican, and very typically regressive and oppressively Republican. It was passed by the Democrats? Well, I live and learn.

It was a Supreme Court decision. Not Congress.

[psyche101]

9 hours ago, pellinore said:

I had no idea. I thought RvW was Republican, and very typically regressive and oppressively Republican. It was passed by the Democrats? Well, I live and learn.

Can you not see Susie's posts? 

[itsnotoutthere]

🤔Um....No...You're welcome

Edited December 8, 2024 by itsnotoutthere

[Tatetopa]

36 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said:

🤔Um....No...You're welcome

Your mind, his propaganda.

[+OverSword]

The answer to the thread title is no. Obviously.

[Tatetopa]

1 hour ago, OverSword said:

The answer to the thread title is no. Obviously.

Unless you had studied quantum mechanics.  The probability of the wave function only approaches zero until it collapses.  

[+and-then]

On 12/7/2024 at 5:13 PM, pellinore said:

I had no idea. I thought RvW was Republican, and very typically regressive and oppressively Republican. It was passed by the Democrats? Well, I live and learn.

Nope.  Roe v Wade was created out of the opinions of nine old white guys... go figure...

oops... I forgot about Thurgood Marshall sitting on that court.  eitght old white guys and one black man  

Edited December 9, 2024 by and-then

[jmccr8]

4 hours ago, and-then said:

Nope.  Roe v Wade was created out of the opinions of nine old white guys... go figure...

oops... I forgot about Thurgood Marshall sitting on that court.  eitght old white guys and one black man  

Hi And Then

So who were the other eight old white guys besides Trump that over turned it.lol

[Cho Jinn]

4 hours ago, and-then said:

Nope.  Roe v Wade was created out of the opinions of nine old white guys... go figure...

oops... I forgot about Thurgood Marshall sitting on that court.  eitght old white guys and one black man  

Easy come, easy go, as they say.

[itsnotoutthere]

13 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

Your mind, his propaganda.

Your mind, legacy media propaganda.

[Tatetopa]

8 hours ago, itsnotoutthere said:

Your mind, legacy media propaganda.

Grandpa don't do no legacy or cable media.  I attune to Walter Cronkite on the Spirit Channel. It has a cult filter on it to eliminate all the stuff they pull out of their butts..

[itsnotoutthere]

49 minutes ago, Tatetopa said:

Grandpa don't do no legacy or cable media.  I attune to Walter Cronkite on the Spirit Channel. It has a cult filter on it to eliminate all the stuff they pull out of their butts..

Cronkite...... When journalists really were journalists. Ah the good ol' days, I remember them. 

Edited December 9, 2024 by itsnotoutthere

[Tatetopa]

22 minutes ago, itsnotoutthere said:

Cronkite...... When journalists really were journalists. Ah the good ol' days, I remember them. 

Back then, they could cover the news in an hour a day from local to world.  We didn't need 24/7 hour coverage, still don't but it makes clicks and ad dollars for the networks so they have to pump us up with fear and lies to keep us from being bored.  Maybe that's part of our problem.

[itsnotoutthere]

2 hours ago, Tatetopa said:

Back then, they could cover the news in an hour a day from local to world.  We didn't need 24/7 hour coverage, still don't but it makes clicks and ad dollars for the networks so they have to pump us up with fear and lies to keep us from being bored.  Maybe that's part of our problem.

I remember when Time magazine actually sent photographers and reporters to Vietnam, these days they mostly send them to Hollywood.

[pellinore]

On 12/8/2024 at 8:50 AM, psyche101 said:

Can you not see Susie's posts? 

She says RvW was passed under Biden. I had no idea. (By coincidence, I have just read the Handmaids Tale, not a particularly good book in my opinion, a kind of second class 1984, but makes similar powerful points about societal control).

[psyche101]

1 hour ago, pellinore said:

She says RvW was passed under Biden. I had no idea. (By coincidence, I have just read the Handmaids Tale, not a particularly good book in my opinion, a kind of second class 1984, but makes similar powerful points about societal control).

No, she said RvW was overturned by Congress during Biden's term. It's a completely different thing. Nothing to do with Joe or the Dems. It was a republican initiative pushed through by Trump's selected judges.