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Way to go, guys! (lemmy.world)
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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (28 children)

As a trans person, it's been so upsetting how quickly the people who claim to support you just ignore the looming danger. They don't want to vote for Biden because he supports a genocide while ignoring the genocide that's about to happen in our own country.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What's really terrifying, is that history repeats itself. The Weimar Republic of the 1920's was supportive of trans Rights as well, like America currently, it had the first trans health center, including the first governmental support for trans people Transvestitenschein

    Then someone who had a huge gang of violent thugs took over power and all his enemies ended up dead or locked up.

    You know those, "if you could go back and shoot Hitler before he came to power" thought experiments? But I would never condone violence...

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    EXACTLY.

    Yes, I get it, things are shit. Innocent people and children are dying. You can and should be upset about that. But we don't have the luxury of taking our ball and going home. Even more people are going to get hurt if Biden doesn't win.

    It's a myth that there isn't anything to vote for, only against. We have LGBT rights to vote for. Minority rights. Protecting vulnerable Americans. Stopping fascism.

    Let my future kids and their kids call me a genocide supporters for voting for Biden. As long as they can identify as who they want and love who they want without any persecution, I'll accept the condemnation.

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Genocide is okay as long as it happens somewhere else. AmIRite?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Not in the slightest. But allowing more genocides to grow and occur throughout the world because you're angry about one genocide in particular is absurd.

    We can't save everyone, and we have to accept that. That doesn't mean we can't try to save as many people as possible, however.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

    Matthew 26:52

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    1. I'm not religious. I just play one to fuck with evangelicals.

    2. There's a great TikTok meme where Peter takes "you are my rock" to mean "be Dwayne the Rock and crush your enemies"

    3. If I can save people by taking up the sword, then I accept perishing by it as penance.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago

    Rather, evil is perpetuated when immoral principles become normalized over time by people who do not think about things from the standpoint of others. Evil becomes commonplace; it becomes the everyday. Ordinary people — going about their everyday lives — become complicit actors in systems that perpetuate evil. Source

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    For real - we've got youth bans all over the place, just got an adult effective ban in Ohio, with more and more states making existing as trans in public a jail-able offense, but GeNoCiDe JoE

    Especially frustrating when it's coming literally from a trans person. In a high-risk state. It boggles the mind.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (16 children)

    How is a trans person in America more important than a Palestinian?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    One person vs a group? You have an argument. But how are you gonna complain about one genocide while openly admitting to being OK with another?

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There IS no current trans genocide. There IS a current genocide in Gaza. Speculating in hypotheticals is folly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    I’d be willing to bet that not too long ago, you couldn’t point to Palestine on a map, could you? I’ll bet you had NO IDEA there was even a conflict brewing there.

    And dollars to donuts- you had to have the entire thing explained to you several times before you chose your side.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Dollars to donuts 🍩 I’d bet you’re nuttier than a squirrel turd. 💩

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Interesting.

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