People need to realize that trans people and disabled people are just the frontlines. If they can get the broad public comfortable sacrificing these groups, they’re not going to stop there
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William Jamal Richardson (They/Them)
Fascists aren't just going after trans folks cause they hate trans ppl. They know for a fact that liberals won't risk anything real to protect trans ppl making it an easy way to legally accumulate power to use on everyone else. This is them sharpening their blade on them for y'all.
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As if people with pre-existing conditions weren't full people, weren't just as full of life, just as loved as anyone else.
They dont even care about themselves
Do you think that’s plausible?
Spoiler: 99% of Americans have had COVID at least once.
COVID is now a pre-existing condition.
The tactic of division is an end in itself. Fascism depends on "everyone for themselves" thinking. Democracy depends on people caring for each other.
Finally it will come down to skin colour.
We’ve seen this somewhere before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPqify13GUM
Should we consider it a right of trans people to have sports organized by gender?
https://bsky.app/profile/themistocleswall.bsky.social/post/3lbg2g2pftc2h
I guess it's hard to look at them when they're complicit in that. Most have a clean conscience for trans people, but not so for the health vulnerable and disabled.
Luckily, we live in a safe state, and our governor/lawmakers have made it clear they intend to protect trans people.
It's terrifying how quickly the situation could turn to the worst, but I have hopes we will avoid that.
And what "fringes"? It's members of the house of representatives, including its speaker, who are prohibiting one of their peers to use the bathroom. That's GOP mainstream.
I'm not even going to go there with the name but it is interesting to compare a contrast that accounts profile here vs ex
We need a completely NEW message and movement to nip this in the bud NOW.
Fortunately, I know exactly what we should do. Let’s talk