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[–] 23 points 1 week ago

Among other things.

We will not be viewed kindly by future generations.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

    My coworker keeps talking about how his son, now a baby, can be gay but to just not bring his boyfriend home or kiss in his house. I can’t help but think about what a failure of a father and a human being he is, and I’m sorry that his son won’t have parents who love him unconditionally.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    If lucky, the boy will rebel, and it will go one of two ways;

    • the dad is forced to reckon with his prejudice, and then realises his son matters more than them, and drops the prejudice
    • the dad drops his son

    Either-or it's a win-win for the son

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    The fascist of the USA must be resisted to stop the atrocities.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Unfortunately the fascists of the USA have the support of the populace at large. It's going to be a slog.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago*

    They kinda don't though, the voter turnout is at the lowest it's ever been

    The real issue is there's 5 groups;

    • don't vote "What's the point?"
    • don't vote "It's a safe seat anyway"
    • do vote, but for some tiny party, and the system punishes anyone who doesn't vote for the BIG 2
    • do vote, but for GoP (slight majority)
    • do vote, for Dems (slight minority)

    The majority are those first 3 groups.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    The no kings protests need to come back.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You mean the quarterly No Kings BBQ?

    Americans need to learn how to properly protest. Take lessons from the French, say.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I think it’s better to encourage them if we want Trump out sooner.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    aaaaa why can't I have fucking got on hormones for like £50 a year at 12 when i knew I was a girl, now I have to spend tens of thousands and time and pain to get imperfect risky surgeries

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

    I upvoted your comment.

    Off-topic but why are you on SJW? It is known as one of the least trans friendly lemmy instances coughs second admin has problematic statements cough.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Oh what has the admin done? I wasn't aware. I just picked it as it seemed like a fairly normal instance after lemm.ee shut down

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago

    “Which trans kids? We don’t have any” - the masses apparently :-(

    I do hope the future will be better

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I only hope that's true, I worry that in the future being trans will be fully criminalized.

    The "Well we can have trans rights or women's rights." line seems to be working to suppress trans people

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Those people are gonna be in for an awful surprise when we don't have trans rights or women's rights 🙄

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago*

    I will not likely show up much in history.. but if my personal data somehow survives to be analyzed meaningfully in in such a future context, they will see that I was not part of the problem.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Conservatives are pure evil. If you are ever unsure of the morality of any topic, simply watch conservatives and choose the opposite.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I think, for the most part, trans kids would be helped by their local community, or at least tolerated and included. It's the propaganda and politicization to whip the small minded folk into a frenzy where it has become this national/international pure hate and fear fest. Inclusion and respect for all!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago*

    i think theyll damn us for the treatment of more then just the trans kids.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I think the way we are ignoring climate change well be the biggest issue.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago

    Who is "we", white man?

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  • [+] -16 points 1 week ago* (7 children)

    Bullshit. We've got climate disaster, oil shortages and soon food shortages. The air is unbreathable and the water undrinkable. Everything is full of microplastics and we are exterminating entire ecosystem.

    After it all falls apart, and a new civilization rises from the ashes, no one will even know or care.

    In a thousand year it won't even be a foot note in history.

    I'll be down voted into oblivion, but that won't change the brutal reality of life.

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    No one asked for your micro aggression.

    Focus on building unions instead of tearing vulnerable people down.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    TBF transphobia is a psyop/wedge-issue specifically engineered to distract conservative voters from everything mentioned in the comment above.

    Like yes they're being an insufferable dick about it. But like MMW Americans are months, not years, away from famine and drought. Pollinator levels are plummeting. Precipitation patterns are shifting drastically. Meteorologists are shitting their pants over weather phenomena never recorded before and/or not seen in over a century.

    I can't prove he's not just taking the opportunity to punch down... He may be an asshole but he is not full of shit here. We could save millions of lives by sounding the alarms now and taking steps in our local communities.

    Not commenting to defend him so much as to sound the alarm.

    Learn to garden. Stockpile seeds. Learn about water collection and sanitation. Use the resources we have while we still have them!

    The future is fucked

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  • [–] 24 points 1 week ago

    I'll be down voted into oblivion, but that won't change the brutal reality of life.

    Oh, you're one of those "Just being brutally honest" people.

    To save you any confusion, the "down voted to oblivion" part is related to your piss-poor attitude and absence of empathy, and not the objective state of things.

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