Due to recent events, I’m not feeling very hopeful 😭. How’s everyone doing?

Logically, I realize things could get a lot worse quickly and I worry that maybe getting out of here (at least out of this state).

Emotionally, fine mostly. It hasn't really hit, I think because I haven't really experienced any sort of overt discrimination personally. >

Democrats have a spine, they use it to stand up to their base and put down resistance.

THIS. This is the exact kind of spinelessness that made me lose faith in the Democrat/liberal style parties of the west. Their inability to step up and defend vulnerable people when it matters.

Pretty words about progressive ideals are worthless if you don't put your money where your mouth is in material reality. They had 4 years of Biden to prevent this from happening. 4 years to put policies in place that would protect trans people and to put policies in place that would make it harder for fascism. Instead they compromised with Nazis.

can (my enemy) get a spine and stand up for me <---- statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged

The attempt to scapegoat trans people was immediate and even more detached from reality than usual. Reactionaries are consolidating their hate patterns, so you would of course want to see a countervailing force to organize against them. Naturally this is not libetals, who, even if they were pro-trans enough, do not have any idea how to materially oppose anything.

That leaves the left, such as it is, which is growing and really not that bad at this sort of thing. We are the actual material threat of violence in defense of drag queen story hours (not always trans but at least adjascent), pride marches in unfriendly territory, secured autonomous zones. Obviously there is a lot of room for improvement and growth in numbers, but our trends are good. And reactionaries have more state power but are personally much less dedicated and more cowardly. So even as the flames rise, and there are things to be afraid of, we can still shield each other, comrades, and build to win the fight.

Unfortunately the Dems have put their money on Gavin Newsom and he seems to agree with Charlie on trans issues

are you trans? are you healthy physically? if not do you have the ability to get yourself in shape?

we are reaching a point where networks, community, and uhh, readiness, are going to be the survival orders of the day. get yourself there however you can people. not a drill, etc.

I never feel hopeful, hope this helps

What is this headline even saying here? That Tyler Robinson was trans?