It’s not surprising to see the support for this coming from the far right. The socialists support it because their current government is historically unpopular (for terrorism and economic/labor reasons) and they have no viable election strategy for next year’s elections. The right is drawing voters middle voters…

Ugh, I have no patience for the the feminists who are pro this ban. It’s as not okay to force a woman out of certain clothes as it is into them. And also, it won’t work. Make it so that I can only go swimming if I’m dressed not to my religious standards and I just won’t go swimming.

I can speak a little to this, as a DV survivor. My ex and I had many mutual friends. After the incident happened, a lot of those mutual friends sided with him, for dubious reasons. Over time, I actually came to hate them more than I hated him. Oh, trust me, I hated him too. But them... It’s hard to explain, but I…