This is just one more drop in the never ending shit parade to make people exhausted and numb because that way they won’t have the energy to actually react and rebel
Speaking only for myself, as this American, I am fucking tired from my 2 jobs and I'm grateful my tax refund came because now I can at least make it to June/July.
He is give the isreals the biggest blowjob and giving the vets and America the middle finger just by breaking that vets arm Goes to show you how much he is willing to throw away his morals for whoever pays him. Pathetic loser needs to be made an example of
Hey military, they are using you. They hope you die in their greedy war so they don't have to pretend to care when you come back all fucked up. Fight with the people
I mean, his forearm was snapped in the door jam before the senator appeared so he didn’t do the breaking. I feel like he was trying to help get the guy unstuck and then the other guy was yelling that he broke a marine’s hand and so he tucked tail and ran. Not saying he was being a good guy in this situation, he could have de-escalated with the cops and helped the man instead but he definitely didn’t participate in the breaking.
They aint under reacting. Ive heard so much bootlicking shit from the right praising sheehy and claiming mcginnis is a leftist plant, not a vet, stolen valor, palistininan plant, palestinian sympathizer, child killer etc etc. This from the same people who usually bend over backwards in adoration when a soldier farts their way. its fkn boggling to me.
Ya like... the rare event where ONE OF YOUR OWN stands up and ACTUALLY ATTEMPTS TO BE THE FUCKING VOICE U NEED, ya'all sit around filming, memeing, and trying to farm them sweet, sweet fake internet points, and, even though there were 50+ in the room, a TON of'ya FILMING, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YA STOOD UP WITH HIM. 50(AT LEAST) vs 2 (then 4) and ya ALL KEPT ON SITTING AND WATCHING. WHY. THE. FUCK. WOULD. ANYONE. STAND. UP. FOR. YOU. WHEN. YOU. WON'T. STAND. FOR. YOURSELVES?????
ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY OF NAZI ADORING, CHILD RAPING, SHIT SPLATTERED CLOWNS. Your 'president' is the PERFECT IMAGE to hold up and compare yourselves to. STarting to realize that you all look JUST LIKE HIM on the world stage? STAND THE FUCK UP ALREADY!
We're massively underreacting to an onslaught of things. Extrajudicious detaining of immigrants and American citizens, pedophile child abusers and traffickers in our highest government positions, war being waged against countries in order to bring about "armageddon" which is basically a cheap excuse to use nukes and bring about a fallout style timeline
America is massively under reacting to Trump being a pedo, to Trump stealing millions in Saudi crypto deal, Saudi plane,to Israeli’s stolen land deal in Gaza. To the tax funded genocide in Gaza, to the American concentration camps, to the killing of American civilians like Renee good and Alex P. All because billionaire Larry Ellison owns most media companies and is actively underplaying trumps racist regime that is going to get Americans killed. Americans should not die for Israel.
Can we stop saying we are under reacting? We are protesting and we are under reported EVERYWHERE about actions. No one likes dear leader beyond his cult. No one is having parades to support him and there are enormous protests against him. When we say 'no one' we should preface 'no one in power'. Because the GOP is a cult. And half the DNC is bought out by Israel. So no one in government, S EVERYONE in the US is freaked the fuck out and protesting.
Yes there is. There are laws on the books that give private citizens legal immunity from civil and criminal liability for "reasonable" actions taken to assist and Law Enforcement Officer. What's reasonable can be argued in court, but I have zero faith in US courts anymore.
In 1856, a pro-slavery Representative beat an Abolitionist Senator nearly to death with a cane on the Senate floor. Since his cane was broken in the attack, scores of admirers from around the country sent him replacements. History doesn't repeat but it rhymes.
Ah, the guy got up and continued his speech. I think this anecdote speaks more about the general toughness of the average Congressman in the period than anything else.
No he didn't, Summer was beaten long past unconsciousness while Brooks' thugs pulled pistols and threatened to murder anyone who intervened. Sumner suffered permanent damage and was hospitalized for months. Unlike today, where the media won't even honestly report on Sheehy's assault on McGuiness, Sumner became a martyr and there was nationwide outrage throughout the northern states that helped popularize the Republicans as a 3rd party
That man campaigned on ALWAYS being first in line to kneel down and suck Trump's cock here in Montana, and the people fucking LOVED him for it. SO many Montanans are scary fucking stupid and should be lined up for the guillotine.
I saw a poster for his "prayer breakfast" the other day. $30 per ticket was a surprisingly cheap price to schmooze. But how about you feed the poor and hungry from your millions you sanctimonious bastard
Army here. yo, Marines, what in the Semper Fuck, over? This shit stain is gonna pee on your crayons next. The Marine Corps I knew would've stomped this no-load, pus nutted, bitch tier punk in his place. What the fuck over?
I don't know why Americans think their military is so much more moral than the Italian or German military was. It's not. They've been following immoral and illegal orders since forever. Who murdered all those natives whose land they took? Who murdered striking workers? Who spread US imperialism over Central and South America? Who's murdering people in boats?
Takes a certain kind of person to say "killing brown people in the middle of nowhere for no fucking reason? Hell yeah, sign me up! I've been wanting to do that!" or, to see all that and say "sure, I'll do it, I need the money." That's a mercenary, not a hero/beacon of morality. A guy I went to high school with *couldn't wait* to join the Marines. He said he really wanted to shoot people and couldn't wait to be allowed to/paid to do so. He wasn't kidding.
See that's where you fucked it. I'm a Norwegian marine and I understand it like it was your own damn mom screaming my name. It's not about what you say, but how you say it. That's how you get radio past the chatter.
Change that to all forces and have been sense inception. Dont forget the us inspired the nazis so ya might say the armed forces are comprised(not compromised) of proto-nazism.
Yes, we are all murder self who absolutely get off on murdering babies. We used to eat them, but PersCom came back and told use they were to high in transfatsz and you know how the administration feels about the "trans" thing...
to be fair to the commenter, I’d say murder-serf is more of a technical term than a personality judgement, like a serf works the field for the vassal lord, a murder-serf plays some role towards the larger end-goal of “murder some people for the brass,” I don’t know that it’s a “Anyone in the military is a big fan of imperialistic murder campaigns” as much as it is a “Structurally the job of the military man is akin to working the fields of a vassal but you play some role around killin 4 empire.”
America is massively underreacting to: the open trans genocide, medical experiments on prisoners, concentration camps, the shredding of the constitution, massive corruption and theft of taxpayer funds by billionaires, the project 2025 people posting their entire plans online, mass surveillance ID laws, the constitutional crisis of trump disobeying court orders and trump openly cheating elections. If you think a Marine's broken arm is gonna pop the weasel on open revolt: you are delusional.
Historically speaking, you would be baffeled at the events that actually set things in motion to make a change. Dont stop demanding justice even on the slightest things. Even if it doesnt look like it would not get things in motion. Sometimes it does.
But, but Minneapolis ... And no one memes as hard about the Epstein files as the Americans. That has to count for something ... No guys, the appropriate amount of reflection at this point is to have Minneapolis everywhere every day. Fail to do that, and the world has no choice but to assume that you are fine with what the US has become.
I doubt that Project 2025 actually published their whole plan online. i'm certain that there are parts of it that would drive everyone , even the MAGATS to anger and condemnation of the Plan.
You know, I *was* going to openly call you out on your bigotry, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You don't sound like you're from the states, therefore you probably don't fully grasp how large of an issue the anti-trans push is, let alone everything else that's wrong with Project 2025, which is all of it. And that's okay. Just don't try and downplay it when people are dying as a result of this shit.
Don't worry about him, dude's whiny and doesn't actually care about the subject. Def doesn't portray as an ally, and if he is no longer one cause of a word someone used on the internet, the loss of a snowflake is not a large one.
He also sure accidentally comments on furry stuff a lot, for someone that supposedly hates it
They still are suffering under the delusional whitewashed history of protesting and are refusing to adapt when confronted with a regime that wont even give them useless symbolic victories. All these protests are doing is making trump angry and retaliate while those around him laugh at the pitiful showing of well organized pacifism. Personally I've lost all hope of effective resistance. Everyone went home or fell for distractions or false victories in the courts.
I dunno, are you trans too? Because we are kind of out of options beyond hide, run, regroup for safety or stand your ground at home and be cut down in our own livingrooms. The survival of us all depends on not doing anything they can use against us. This is sadly in the hands of the normies at this point and im seeing less and less forward motion every day. Even as the walls close in around them too.
While I support the trans community, calling their repression a "genocide" is a bit off, and cheapens what is happening to Palestinians, and to Uyghurs, Rohynga muslims and others that are actually being slaughtered wholesale.
Eh, it's a bit of a reach, but the foundations are there: anti-trans policies are driving more people into suicide, and even not letting people transition (openly) means the person they are inside is all but dead. And of course, all the hatemongering is just a windup to actually rounding up non-gender-conforming people and other "others".
What does that matter? Other "developed" have harsh anti-trans policies, too, many more are turning a blind eye to violence against trans people. At least one "developed" country is engaging in a genocide.
If people that disagree with you on any point are fake allies, you must not have any true allies.
Also, find better sources and arguments than a Substack blog and whoever "Erin in the Morning" is. Kind of like a White Supremacist pointing to Stormfront in defense of themselves. (I know this will get me downvoted into oblivion, but seriously supporting yourself by unreliable sources is not going to win the day).
And since I'm going to get downvoted anyway: Get off the meth. Holy shit.
In many places in the US (and now by the federal government) trans are actively being persecuted, absolutely. I get you’re frustrated. But persecution is not genocide. Genocide is state sponsored industrial scale murder. While I agree the persecution of our trans friends and their community is abhorrent, equating it to current, ongoing genocides lessens the impact of the word
Conversion therapy, denying access to necessary medical treatment, Trying to simultaneously classify being trans in public as child abuse and making child abuse like that the death penalty is very much state sponsored murder. Genocide isn't the scale in which it's successful it's the intent behind it. 1/2
To be fair on the topic of genocide, one can argue:
"In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: ... Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;" As defined at https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition
@foxpotate needs to get off the uppers, but ARGUABLY, if the behavior was aimed at one of the named groups, the word would fit.
If all that happens is shining a light, America will never pull itself out from under this. Americans keep waiting for someone else to hold these people accountable. Americans keep acting like the justice system and checks and balances are working as intended.
Agreed, but also its still shocking we aren't seeing neighbors running MAGAs out of town nor anti-ICE sundown towns. We saw that shit with notherners in the pre-civil war era when their free nieghbors were getting snatched up by slave catchers and pre-confederates started doing mass killings of their nieghbors. That renee good and alex pretti shit should have at least sparked a riot or two. Instead it was overly peaceful protests that saw ICE tactical units shooting and mutilating protestors
It's what happens when Democrats and the political establishment spend half a century indoctrinating people into the ethos of Civility Politics: violence is never the answer. In so doing, they don't teach us when it's time to punch back against abuse, bullying, and injustice.
I hope they don't have to learn it the hard way, the stakes are far too high. Far too many are trusting failed guardrails, shutting down and tuning out, bargaining for who and what they can sell out for a little more time in the sun, making reactionary choices that fuck up everything like ID laws big tech wants for surveillance, giving up long before they themselves have been checkmated and chucklefucking it thinking jokes win wars.
pintgudge1975
Regime Regime change in the United States now!
needtogetcreative
This is just one more drop in the never ending shit parade to make people exhausted and numb because that way they won’t have the energy to actually react and rebel
bbchaz23
Speaking only for myself, as this American, I am fucking tired from my 2 jobs and I'm grateful my tax refund came because now I can at least make it to June/July.
Redshadow09
He is give the isreals the biggest blowjob and giving the vets and America the middle finger just by breaking that vets arm Goes to show you how much he is willing to throw away his morals for whoever pays him. Pathetic loser needs to be made an example of
Becker37
Hey military, they are using you. They hope you die in their greedy war so they don't have to pretend to care when you come back all fucked up. Fight with the people
housev1l
Grimlinnan
XaoJet
We are cooked, get ready, this summer is going to drop some shit on this bitch it ain't seen since the Holy Week Uprising.
bonodono1350
tidepool
I mean, his forearm was snapped in the door jam before the senator appeared so he didn’t do the breaking. I feel like he was trying to help get the guy unstuck and then the other guy was yelling that he broke a marine’s hand and so he tucked tail and ran. Not saying he was being a good guy in this situation, he could have de-escalated with the cops and helped the man instead but he definitely didn’t participate in the breaking.
PirateArrrgument
And he broke it intentionally, too
18booma
Why would the senator face consequences? He was fighting for Israel after all.
TheStreetForce
They aint under reacting. Ive heard so much bootlicking shit from the right praising sheehy and claiming mcginnis is a leftist plant, not a vet, stolen valor, palistininan plant, palestinian sympathizer, child killer etc etc. This from the same people who usually bend over backwards in adoration when a soldier farts their way. its fkn boggling to me.
Bystandr
Im surprised not to see a democratic senator calling him out for it.
blaghart
I'm sure Fetterman will have tweets about it by monday
AtmaDarkwolf
Ya like... the rare event where ONE OF YOUR OWN stands up and ACTUALLY ATTEMPTS TO BE THE FUCKING VOICE U NEED, ya'all sit around filming, memeing, and trying to farm them sweet, sweet fake internet points, and, even though there were 50+ in the room, a TON of'ya FILMING, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YA STOOD UP WITH HIM. 50(AT LEAST) vs 2 (then 4) and ya ALL KEPT ON SITTING AND WATCHING. WHY. THE. FUCK. WOULD. ANYONE. STAND. UP. FOR. YOU. WHEN. YOU. WON'T. STAND. FOR. YOURSELVES?????
AtmaDarkwolf
ENTIRE FUCKING COUNTRY OF NAZI ADORING, CHILD RAPING, SHIT SPLATTERED CLOWNS. Your 'president' is the PERFECT IMAGE to hold up and compare yourselves to. STarting to realize that you all look JUST LIKE HIM on the world stage? STAND THE FUCK UP ALREADY!
OmenJones
But he's heavily involved in a life of Yellowstone cosplay, and we all know how fundamental that is to the function of government.
urusername2
I thot Rump was closing Yellowstone.
Skywatcher16
america is massively under reactivng to pretty much all of reality. and has been for many years now.
GrandmasterSpank
Well, Americans were always tolerant to the intolerant. And now they are the majority.
shalafi71
The very second "Israel" came out his mouth, SHUT. DOWN.
walnutbreath
Israel is one of the rare issues where Dems and Republicans have a strong bipartisan agreement.
weallfloatdownhereeee
We're massively underreacting to an onslaught of things. Extrajudicious detaining of immigrants and American citizens, pedophile child abusers and traffickers in our highest government positions, war being waged against countries in order to bring about "armageddon" which is basically a cheap excuse to use nukes and bring about a fallout style timeline
fluffybaer55
America is massively under reacting to Trump being a pedo, to Trump stealing millions in Saudi crypto deal, Saudi plane,to Israeli’s stolen land deal in Gaza. To the tax funded genocide in Gaza, to the American concentration camps, to the killing of American civilians like Renee good and Alex P. All because billionaire Larry Ellison owns most media companies and is actively underplaying trumps racist regime that is going to get Americans killed. Americans should not die for Israel.
defensivebackhair
America is massively underreacting to *vaguely gestures* the everything.
But I guess decades of propaganda will do that. The US cares more about their precious amazon packages than the real heroes of the nation.
djangojazz
Can we stop saying we are under reacting? We are protesting and we are under reported EVERYWHERE about actions. No one likes dear leader beyond his cult. No one is having parades to support him and there are enormous protests against him. When we say 'no one' we should preface 'no one in power'. Because the GOP is a cult. And half the DNC is bought out by Israel. So no one in government, S EVERYONE in the US is freaked the fuck out and protesting.
jj86
He has nothing protecting him from getting charged and sued.
ulfgarBentbeak
Yes there is. There are laws on the books that give private citizens legal immunity from civil and criminal liability for "reasonable" actions taken to assist and Law Enforcement Officer. What's reasonable can be argued in court, but I have zero faith in US courts anymore.
WickedSludge
Sure he does. He's a republican. They protect their own
wqpsu
In 1856, a pro-slavery Representative beat an Abolitionist Senator nearly to death with a cane on the Senate floor. Since his cane was broken in the attack, scores of admirers from around the country sent him replacements. History doesn't repeat but it rhymes.
RaZeByFire
Ah, the guy got up and continued his speech. I think this anecdote speaks more about the general toughness of the average Congressman in the period than anything else.
santawashere
No he didn't, Summer was beaten long past unconsciousness while Brooks' thugs pulled pistols and threatened to murder anyone who intervened. Sumner suffered permanent damage and was hospitalized for months.
Unlike today, where the media won't even honestly report on Sheehy's assault on McGuiness, Sumner became a martyr and there was nationwide outrage throughout the northern states that helped popularize the Republicans as a 3rd party
Grimlinnan
khaoselement
That man campaigned on ALWAYS being first in line to kneel down and suck Trump's cock here in Montana, and the people fucking LOVED him for it. SO many Montanans are scary fucking stupid and should be lined up for the guillotine.
appleporpoise
Yeah we love our aggressive dumbasses up here. Like our current governor who got a slap on the wrist for physically attacking a reporter.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-orders-montanas-gianforte-photographed-fingerprinted-assault
khaoselement
Oh I am also a Montanan. Gianforte is a blight on humanity.
appleporpoise
I saw a poster for his "prayer breakfast" the other day. $30 per ticket was a surprisingly cheap price to schmooze. But how about you feed the poor and hungry from your millions you sanctimonious bastard
MansechsVonFisten
Army here. yo, Marines, what in the Semper Fuck, over? This shit stain is gonna pee on your crayons next. The Marine Corps I knew would've stomped this no-load, pus nutted, bitch tier punk in his place. What the fuck over?
Hugs and kisses, Semper Gumby, Devil Douches.
blaghart
See the problem is the Marines approve of breaking the arm of someone dissenting to fascism like this
smellsmiketeenspirit
What ?
TheWombatStrikesAgain
I don't know why Americans think their military is so much more moral than the Italian or German military was. It's not. They've been following immoral and illegal orders since forever. Who murdered all those natives whose land they took? Who murdered striking workers? Who spread US imperialism over Central and South America? Who's murdering people in boats?
SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem
Takes a certain kind of person to say "killing brown people in the middle of nowhere for no fucking reason? Hell yeah, sign me up! I've been wanting to do that!" or, to see all that and say "sure, I'll do it, I need the money." That's a mercenary, not a hero/beacon of morality. A guy I went to high school with *couldn't wait* to join the Marines. He said he really wanted to shoot people and couldn't wait to be allowed to/paid to do so. He wasn't kidding.
pyroshen
See the problem is the Marines can't read this.
NorthmanoftheNorth
See that's where you fucked it. I'm a Norwegian marine and I understand it like it was your own damn mom screaming my name. It's not about what you say, but how you say it.
That's how you get radio past the chatter.
FlintNorth44
I fear the Marines (active duty) are compromised by neo-nazism.
datphone777365
Change that to all forces and have been sense inception. Dont forget the us inspired the nazis so ya might say the armed forces are comprised(not compromised) of proto-nazism.
morganfreemanslarynx
100 as A Navy Man, I know this shit would never fly ..this is odd. Everyone gonna bend a knee? Let's go
rfleming1080
Wasn't it the Navy that killed fisherman on boats lile 6 months ago??
datphone777365
"Thank you sir can we have an other?!" Is all im hearing from the murder-serfs.
Fuck all but crickets about that protecting from domestic threats though.
MansechsVonFisten
Yes, we are all murder self who absolutely get off on murdering babies. We used to eat them, but PersCom came back and told use they were to high in transfatsz and you know how the administration feels about the "trans" thing...
casualgenderquestion2718
to be fair to the commenter, I’d say murder-serf is more of a technical term than a personality judgement, like a serf works the field for the vassal lord, a murder-serf plays some role towards the larger end-goal of “murder some people for the brass,” I don’t know that it’s a “Anyone in the military is a big fan of imperialistic murder campaigns” as much as it is a “Structurally the job of the military man is akin to working the fields of a vassal but you play some role around killin 4 empire.”
datphone777365
Casual gets it.
datphone777365
Serfs*
MansechsVonFisten
Hang all nobles.
datphone777365
Slay the dragons, spread their hoards.
foxpotate
America is massively underreacting to: the open trans genocide, medical experiments on prisoners, concentration camps, the shredding of the constitution, massive corruption and theft of taxpayer funds by billionaires, the project 2025 people posting their entire plans online, mass surveillance ID laws, the constitutional crisis of trump disobeying court orders and trump openly cheating elections. If you think a Marine's broken arm is gonna pop the weasel on open revolt: you are delusional.
ThisIsYourLifeNow
Historically speaking, you would be baffeled at the events that actually set things in motion to make a change. Dont stop demanding justice even on the slightest things. Even if it doesnt look like it would not get things in motion. Sometimes it does.
BobTheSwede
I just think if enough americans wanted to they could make enough noise to force change, but instead it continues.
ImNotActuallyEvilAfterAll
Always the one to find SOMETHING to nitpick about!
sverebom
But, but Minneapolis ... And no one memes as hard about the Epstein files as the Americans. That has to count for something ... No guys, the appropriate amount of reflection at this point is to have Minneapolis everywhere every day. Fail to do that, and the world has no choice but to assume that you are fine with what the US has become.
psmith00
I doubt that Project 2025 actually published their whole plan online. i'm certain that there are parts of it that would drive everyone , even the MAGATS to anger and condemnation of the Plan.
IloveHockey
lol genocide. this is why you lose allies
PrincessBatCat
You know, I *was* going to openly call you out on your bigotry, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You don't sound like you're from the states, therefore you probably don't fully grasp how large of an issue the anti-trans push is, let alone everything else that's wrong with Project 2025, which is all of it. And that's okay. Just don't try and downplay it when people are dying as a result of this shit.
Afterwolf
Don't worry about him, dude's whiny and doesn't actually care about the subject. Def doesn't portray as an ally, and if he is no longer one cause of a word someone used on the internet, the loss of a snowflake is not a large one.
He also sure accidentally comments on furry stuff a lot, for someone that supposedly hates it
IloveHockey
*okay*
StarmineRendezvous
At this point I think no one will resist. No Kings were our chances but the movement insisted on doing jack shit with it. Good job.
foxpotate
They still are suffering under the delusional whitewashed history of protesting and are refusing to adapt when confronted with a regime that wont even give them useless symbolic victories. All these protests are doing is making trump angry and retaliate while those around him laugh at the pitiful showing of well organized pacifism. Personally I've lost all hope of effective resistance. Everyone went home or fell for distractions or false victories in the courts.
casualgenderquestion2718
So we give up?
foxpotate
I dunno, are you trans too? Because we are kind of out of options beyond hide, run, regroup for safety or stand your ground at home and be cut down in our own livingrooms. The survival of us all depends on not doing anything they can use against us. This is sadly in the hands of the normies at this point and im seeing less and less forward motion every day. Even as the walls close in around them too.
casualgenderquestion2718
Yeah, I am. I’m down to run, hide, and regroup. If for no other reason than I want my pound of flesh, and proportion like that will take time.
FortifiedWhine
While I support the trans community, calling their repression a "genocide" is a bit off, and cheapens what is happening to Palestinians, and to Uyghurs, Rohynga muslims and others that are actually being slaughtered wholesale.
ShearingBlizzard
Two things can be true at once, they are actively seeking to wipe transgender people out of existence.
Nathanyel
Eh, it's a bit of a reach, but the foundations are there: anti-trans policies are driving more people into suicide, and even not letting people transition (openly) means the person they are inside is all but dead. And of course, all the hatemongering is just a windup to actually rounding up non-gender-conforming people and other "others".
FortifiedWhine
True, but the US is a bit of an extreme case in the developed world.
Nathanyel
What does that matter? Other "developed" have harsh anti-trans policies, too, many more are turning a blind eye to violence against trans people. At least one "developed" country is engaging in a genocide.
hyjukilo
Well, this is a thread about the US.
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Aspernari
If people that disagree with you on any point are fake allies, you must not have any true allies.
Also, find better sources and arguments than a Substack blog and whoever "Erin in the Morning" is. Kind of like a White Supremacist pointing to Stormfront in defense of themselves. (I know this will get me downvoted into oblivion, but seriously supporting yourself by unreliable sources is not going to win the day).
And since I'm going to get downvoted anyway: Get off the meth. Holy shit.
cissychandler
Upvote
OrigamiPigeon
In many places in the US (and now by the federal government) trans are actively being persecuted, absolutely. I get you’re frustrated. But persecution is not genocide. Genocide is state sponsored industrial scale murder. While I agree the persecution of our trans friends and their community is abhorrent, equating it to current, ongoing genocides lessens the impact of the word
FaeVikingPrincess
Conversion therapy, denying access to necessary medical treatment, Trying to simultaneously classify being trans in public as child abuse and making child abuse like that the death penalty is very much state sponsored murder. Genocide isn't the scale in which it's successful it's the intent behind it. 1/2
Aspernari
To be fair on the topic of genocide, one can argue:
"In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: ... Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;" As defined at https://www.un.org/en/genocide-prevention/definition
@foxpotate needs to get off the uppers, but ARGUABLY, if the behavior was aimed at one of the named groups, the word would fit.
psherman42wallaby
I take your point. Well put.
We should nonetheless shine a light on all these fucking cockroaches.
BeatriceAine
If all that happens is shining a light, America will never pull itself out from under this. Americans keep waiting for someone else to hold these people accountable. Americans keep acting like the justice system and checks and balances are working as intended.
foxpotate
Agreed, but also its still shocking we aren't seeing neighbors running MAGAs out of town nor anti-ICE sundown towns. We saw that shit with notherners in the pre-civil war era when their free nieghbors were getting snatched up by slave catchers and pre-confederates started doing mass killings of their nieghbors. That renee good and alex pretti shit should have at least sparked a riot or two. Instead it was overly peaceful protests that saw ICE tactical units shooting and mutilating protestors
BranDohCalrissian
Ill keep saying it until it happens: WHY ARENT WE RIOTING?!?!
NKato
It's what happens when Democrats and the political establishment spend half a century indoctrinating people into the ethos of Civility Politics: violence is never the answer. In so doing, they don't teach us when it's time to punch back against abuse, bullying, and injustice.
IchabobJones
Nazis love it when you say "violence isn't the answer"
casualgenderquestion2718
I hate to say it, do you think this is a lesson the normies have to learn on their own the hard way?
foxpotate
I hope they don't have to learn it the hard way, the stakes are far too high. Far too many are trusting failed guardrails, shutting down and tuning out, bargaining for who and what they can sell out for a little more time in the sun, making reactionary choices that fuck up everything like ID laws big tech wants for surveillance, giving up long before they themselves have been checkmated and chucklefucking it thinking jokes win wars.
casualgenderquestion2718
Me too.