An important piece by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social
There is so much sneering at 'leftists' right now as if the urgency, terror and frustrations with Dem leadership are performative. Real harms are happening to real people as we speak. Maybe just not to you.
There is so much sneering at 'leftists' right now as if the urgency, terror and frustrations with Dem leadership are performative. Real harms are happening to real people as we speak. Maybe just not to you.
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If they refuse to hold Trump *actually*accountable, Progressives will do it
Conflate the abusers as something they won't like - I've been using 'creepy haters' - because they are rewarded by our every response to their figureheads, but they want to be able to blame the figureheads and shrug.
Worries:
■ HRT taken away
■ ⇧ suicides - especially trans youth
■ ⇧ hate crimes
■ Losing jobs/opportunities - most jobs require background checks - even retail, that reveal previous names
It feels like everyone is waiting for something really bad to happen to them before they get really urgent about fixing it
And they know it will happen, but they're just waiting.
"Sure there was a plane crash, but I didn't personally know anyone...."