They’ll Take Your Rights & Demand You Smile While They Do It

Amber Fraley
3 min readApr 24, 2023
Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash

Something I just can’t cease to be amazed by is how shocked conservatives are when people get angry at them for restricting American’s rights.

They are so arrogant on their moral high horses they seem to believe the people whose rights they’re taking away are going to kiss their butts with thankfulness. When people (understandably) respond with anger and <gasp> rude words, conservatives are SHOCKED. How dare you curse at me for making it harder for you to vote!

It would be laughable if it weren’t so infuriating.

Recently, Tennessee Republicans attempted to oust Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, two Black Democrats, from the Tennessee State House of Representatives for peacefully protesting gun violence.

When Tennessee Republicans were immediately and correctly called out as racists, they whined about it to each other behind closed doors. Thankfully, someone was recording and released the audio:

Republican Tennessee State Representative Jason Zachary had this to say:

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Amber Fraley

Writing about abortion rights, mental illness, trauma, narcissistic abuse & survival, politics. Journalist, novelist, wife, mom, Kansan, repro rights activist.