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The bill borrows language straight out of the Republican playbook.
North Carolina Democrats have just pulled a political bait-and-switch. On March 25, they filed Senate Bill 482 [ [link removed] ]—the so-called “Don’t Tread on Me: Individual Freedoms Act”—framing it as a defense of liberty, privacy, and parental rights.
But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find a Trojan Horse built to smuggle Marxist policies into state law under the cover of conservative rhetoric.
The bill borrows language straight out of the Republican playbook.
It denounces government overreach, defends individual medical freedom, and promises to protect parents from political agendas in schools.
But the bill is an attempt to codify leftist priorities—like abortion-on-demand, gender ideology, and DEI protection—while tying the hands of any future legislature that tries to push back.
Abortion And Sex Changes Protected By Law
Section 99D-10(4) is one of the most radical parts of the bill. It declares that no state agency may “deny or restrict reproductive health care, contraception, or any other medical treatment based on ideology.”
That might sound neutral—until you realize what it means in practice. “Reproductive health care” is the left’s euphemism for abortion. “Any other medical treatment” can and will be interpreted to include “gender transition” procedures, including for children.
The bill essentially preemptively nullifies any future bans on puberty blockers, sterilizing hormones, or even sex change surgeries for children.
By branding pro-life or pro-family legislation as “ideological,” the bill creates a legal shield for radical medical practices.
Undermining Parental Rights
The bill claims to protect parental rights—until it doesn’t. Section 99D-10(5) says the state can’t override parental authority “without due process in cases of abuse, neglect, or harm.”
But here’s the catch: left-wing activists and child welfare bureaucrats increasingly label parents who won’t “affirm” their child’s gender identity as “abusive.”
Under this language, the state could still remove children from conservative families while claiming they followed “due process.”
Keeping CRT, DEI And Queer Studies in Schools
Section 99D-10(6) says education must be “fact-based” and “free from political manipulation.” Sounds good—until you realize how the left defines those terms.
Democrats routinely accuse conservatives of “politicizing” education whenever parents challenge CRT, queer theory, or sexually explicit material in schools. This provision would give activist bureaucrats and judges a new weapon to block conservative reforms. It essentially freezes in place the ideological status quo in public education—then dares parents to challenge it.
Legal Immunity For Woke Activists
Another dangerous clause is Section 99D-10(7), which says the state can’t compel anyone to “affirm or promote a particular political ideology” in schools or the workplace.
Again, it sounds like a defense of free speech. But in practice, it will be used to protect left-wing educators and government workers from discipline when they push radical agendas on students or taxpayers.
Teachers promoting CRT or gender ideology will claim that being reprimanded “compels” them to adopt conservative views—turning public institutions into ideologically one-sided safe zones for the left.
Embedding DEI Through Clever Language
Any attempt to root out DEI from hiring, housing, or state contracts could be legally challenged under this bill.
The bill even manages to protect race-and-gender quota schemes while pretending to ban them. Section 99D-10(9) requires employment and housing decisions to be “fair and merit-based, free from quotas and ideological discrimination.”
The phrase “ideological discrimination” is key. Left-wing applicants who are rejected for DEI-related reasons will claim their beliefs were discriminated against.
In other words, any attempt to root out DEI from hiring, housing, or state contracts could be legally challenged under this bill.
The Bottom Line
Democrats know they can’t sell Marxism to a red state like North Carolina. So now, they’re selling it dressed in the language of liberty, parental rights, and limited government.
The “Don’t Tread on Me Act” does not defend freedom. It’s a weaponization of conservative values to protect abortion, gender ideology, CRT, and DEI programs from ever being touched by future Republican majorities.

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