As a trans person, this isn't basic politics, it's not my side vs there's like it's a sports game, it's life or death. Vaush has been saying for months how this anti-trans crackdown is only going to accelerate as Republicans need a new scapegoat. I am terrified to step into a red state because of this.

I'm just imagining how privileged I'd be if I was a straight white male. Some of my co-workers are happy my company is opening an office in Texas because they want to transfer to work there.... meanwhile I'm just like "WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WANT TO GO THERE, CALIFORNIA IS WAY MORE ACCEPTING" but then I realized they don't have to worry about that because they are white and male..... oh the joys of being the majority.

  • sharedburdens [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    V**sh :cringe:

    That aside, it's definitely getting worse, even in blue states you see local fascists making noises about book bans, and Nazi gangs active across multiple "blue" states.

    You make it sound like it's just Republicans, but Democrats are absolutely fucking us over with their complete inability to get anything remotely "good" done. Democrats currently seem intent on tanking the economy to discipline workers. They keep sending billions to Ukraine to drag out and potentially escalate that conflict, while turning a blind eye to COVID running rampant at home.

    When things get bad the reactionaries are always going to target minorites and targets of convenience as scapegoats. The supposed "harm reduction" party is clearly either asleep at the wheel or complicit. As others have already pointed out, they have the same interests and it's clearly the latter.