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So bad that even the Bezos-run opinion section at the Washington Post agrees.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm trans, they're gonna fucking kill me dawg

I just hate this God damn country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I’m gay, and married. I’m on a list. Once they’re done with the “immigrants” they go for LG(b)T in reverse order. I get it. Seriously I do.

But you want to be all “yay China” when they hate you too. Even more. China is wildly anti-queer and you can tell from their laws.

But this isn’t about China, or communism. You want everyone to suffer because you feel bad. You’ll gladly throw my life into a meat grinder so watch the United States burn down. I did nothing to you. And by all accounts no one did anything to you except for perhaps insult you. You are clearly walking around free, and if you live in a blue state you can use whatever bathroom you want.

So maybe you should get off your high horse and understand that not everything is about you and maybe we can all work together to achieve a common goal. But who am I kidding, you’re a parlor pink. No matter what I say you are required to argue against me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

We're doing genocide and it makes me want to die. We are all complicit. You did nothing to me, but what about the thousands of children your tax dollars are murdering every month? Do you feel any guilt for that?

Or do you think they deserve it because some of them have backwards opinions about lgbtq people?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Every country is doing bad things to people. Some hide it better. I’m not saying that to excuse anyone.

yeah, I see a body count in Gaza that is difficult for me to even comprehend. But the WORLD let that happen. If you say “fuck humanity” I’m right with ya bud. But to say that I, regardless of the tax dollars I can’t control, had anything to do with it and deserve to be punished is just wrong.

The fight is against the rulers. The rich. The people who play us like pawns. Not between you and I. We, regardless of our nationality, are brothers and sisters in the fight against all authoritarianism. There is an evil here, and it’s far beyond one country.