I'm not an angry guy usually. I'm a pragmatist. But like some of the posters here, I am fucking infuriated and fearful of what's coming. For years the Christian Right has made scared young women and noble doctors out to be vicious killers for pseudo-religio-sexual reasons. But the pragmatist in me says, Fuck it. Let them pass all the abortion bans they want. Viva states' rights. Let's let them pass abortion bans, hand out rifles at the corner store, ban condoms, hang gays, whatever. The thing is, these idiots are idealistic in such a destructive way that they don't even know they're about to destroy their own homes.
Most professionals--doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers, etc.--are Democrats, liberal ones. Most multinational companies rely on Democratic employees. If you think SD, MS, AL, and all those other states have economic problems now, wait until the manifest effects of the Christian Right takeover are suddenly realized there. I'm talking apocalyptic levels of economic devastation. What doctor will raise a daughter there? What multinational company could headquarter there without calling down hell from Blue State consumers and employees? How long will Wal-Mart be able to hold out in an anti-abortion Arkansas? How long will Sprint be able to hang about in Kansas?
Jiujistu politics seems unwise in this case since many people will die or worse through our inattention. But you know what, sometimes I want to say fuck it. Let the states have their way. It will be the end of the Republican party and the beginning of the economic devastation of the Christian fundamentalist movement. Christian fundamentalists will head to those states only to find no jobs, no professionals, no companies. Let 'em. They deserve every bit of misery they call down upon themselves.