▲ 74 ▼ JD Vance suggests trans people pose a “domestic terrorist threat” & FBI plans to target trans people - LGBTQ Nation (www.lgbtqnation.com) submitted 11 months ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au [M] to c/world@quokk.au 11 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago (1 child) What the actual couch loving hell does that even mean? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 32 points 11 months ago (1 child) That they're setting the legal groundwork for rounding up trans people to camps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Philote@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) I know that but where is the line. They are setting all this legal precedence on like mood ring settings. Where does gender fluid cross over into trans? How does trans = terrorist in the first place? I wore a dress for Halloween, so did Rudy Giuliani. I have so many questions on the logic. This is literally the Salem witch trials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 21 points 11 months ago The line is arbitrary, it's wherever they say it is at the time. The point is control, not a rational legal framework. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) There is no line. This is how the American Holocaust starts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Agreed. My older family members are just now starting to see what I've been telling them for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago* I guess they are aware that a smaller group of people are contemplating of getting rid of them in a less peaceful way somehow. with this, they can smear trans people, manufacture a reason to get rid of them, to reduce their rights, and also further turn people against each other by claiming that these trans people and everyone opposing maga are terrorists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 32 points 11 months ago (1 child) That they're setting the legal groundwork for rounding up trans people to camps. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Philote@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) I know that but where is the line. They are setting all this legal precedence on like mood ring settings. Where does gender fluid cross over into trans? How does trans = terrorist in the first place? I wore a dress for Halloween, so did Rudy Giuliani. I have so many questions on the logic. This is literally the Salem witch trials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 21 points 11 months ago The line is arbitrary, it's wherever they say it is at the time. The point is control, not a rational legal framework. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) There is no line. This is how the American Holocaust starts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Agreed. My older family members are just now starting to see what I've been telling them for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago* I guess they are aware that a smaller group of people are contemplating of getting rid of them in a less peaceful way somehow. with this, they can smear trans people, manufacture a reason to get rid of them, to reduce their rights, and also further turn people against each other by claiming that these trans people and everyone opposing maga are terrorists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Philote@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (3 children) I know that but where is the line. They are setting all this legal precedence on like mood ring settings. Where does gender fluid cross over into trans? How does trans = terrorist in the first place? I wore a dress for Halloween, so did Rudy Giuliani. I have so many questions on the logic. This is literally the Salem witch trials. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 21 points 11 months ago The line is arbitrary, it's wherever they say it is at the time. The point is control, not a rational legal framework. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) There is no line. This is how the American Holocaust starts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Agreed. My older family members are just now starting to see what I've been telling them for a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago* I guess they are aware that a smaller group of people are contemplating of getting rid of them in a less peaceful way somehow. with this, they can smear trans people, manufacture a reason to get rid of them, to reduce their rights, and also further turn people against each other by claiming that these trans people and everyone opposing maga are terrorists permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au [S] 21 points 11 months ago The line is arbitrary, it's wherever they say it is at the time. The point is control, not a rational legal framework. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child) There is no line. This is how the American Holocaust starts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Agreed. My older family members are just now starting to see what I've been telling them for a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EmpatheticTeddyBear@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago Agreed. My older family members are just now starting to see what I've been telling them for a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 point 11 months ago* I guess they are aware that a smaller group of people are contemplating of getting rid of them in a less peaceful way somehow. with this, they can smear trans people, manufacture a reason to get rid of them, to reduce their rights, and also further turn people against each other by claiming that these trans people and everyone opposing maga are terrorists permalink fedilink source parent