this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2026
259 points (99.2% liked)
Political Memes
12830 readers
3112 users here now
Welcome to politcal memes!
These are our rules:
1) Be civil
Jokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.
2) No misinformation
Don’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.
3) Posts should be memes
Random pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.
4) No bots, spam or self-promotion
Follow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.
5) No AI generated content.
Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Strom Thurmond is basically the prime example of needing age limits for elected office, that shithead didn't retire from the senate until he was 100 then died a few months later. He was pro segregation and pro jim crow laws while claiming he wasn't racist just a supporter of "states rights" just like other lowlife white supremacists and still somehow kept that senate seat until freaking 2001. By the end there he was basically a way more evil crypt keeper making sure to do as much damage to humanity as he could on his way out.
Raped the fifteen year old working for them, got her pregnant and legislated against her his whole life, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond#First_daughter_with_Carrie_Butler
Whoopsie!
eeeeeeYIKES
The aggravating thing is, I think there’s a few niche subjects where “states rights” is a perfectly valid thing to wish to enforce. There is a decent argument that transgender rights are better handled on a local level, where it can be informed by the direct experiences of the 1-10 individuals they actually affect. Yet the Republican flagpole around states rights has used it for racism, cronyism, and oppressing women.
Human rights should be protected at the federal level.
You're arguing that Mississippi should decide how to handle segregation laws.
States rights for what, bitch?
Sorry, reflex.