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Trump winning supports the genocide of every LGBTQ+ person in all of North America, be it directly or indirectly. No one wants what is happening in Gaza. But, I have to say the potential genocide (in the sense of complete erasure of culture as well as open murders with little to no consequences sense) here is even higher.

I have the unfortunate circumstance of being a trans woman in GA. I already have had to completely shut off most contact with people, both work and personal.

I’ve already had rocks thrown at me in an attempt to kill me (this was years ago, even). I already feel like I have to carry a gun. If things go the way they seem, I will even have to order in groceries because it will further empower the people that hate my existence.

The foreign policy is shit, no question. However, I don’t like the possibility of being raped and murdered by some asshole that thinks he understands Co² emissions after watching some video.

I have a lot to say here, especially as a very blue collar machinist. I will refrain, though.

In conclusion: by “avoiding” the genocide in Gaza (which would have in my opinion had a much higher chance of being resolved with Democratic policies), you have also doomed people like me to maybe live in fear for the rest of our lives.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How about we stop the blame game and stay focused on fighting for both (and to be honest many more) causes?

There was always going to be a fight, it was only a matter of how we were going to fight.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe you can realize that comparing genocides doesn't really help you.

"I don't care about that genocide because it is happening thousands of miles away and doesn't affect me even though it's my money funding it, but I do care about this genocide that's not yet happened but might happen to me"

If you can excuse one genocide then you can excuse them all. It doesn't suddenly matter because it's your life at stake.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

All of these so called anti fascists sure do seem excited about a fascist being elected

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

How about both. 2 in 1 combo

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah where's all the fucking dipshits that were on here before yelling nonstop about Kamala not getting their vote because of the genocide in Gaza, hmm? I guess Russia doesn't need to employ them anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Oh trump is going to help flatten Gaza with such a raging boner. Everyone that voted “uncommitted” has the blood on their hands they blamed others. Fucking repugnant

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump literally said Israel should finish the job. You're getting both genocides and probably a few on top!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ukrainians in Ukraine too. And immigrants in US. Interesting times.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A genocide of brown people too. And not just the ones in the U.S. illegally. Anyone who is brown and happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time either without ID or with an ID that a cop thinks is fake or stolen is going to be sent to a camp. That's not even a "potential" thing. Trump has promised to deport millions of people. There is no way they can do that without accidentally deporting plenty of citizens and putting them in concentration camps first while they work out extradition deals.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Its always amazing to me.the lengths someone will go to to avoid blaming their party or candidate for a loss. The blame is not even directed to the millions of people who actively voted for the fascist, but to the political minority with the least impact on the result.

Lets face facts. The DNCs strategy to move to the right and court the mythical moderate Republican failed again. Their strategy to fund extremist Republican candidates in local races was another bet on the goodwill of the GOP voters and look they lost the Senate. They failed you.

They failed the country. They had a huge hand in creating the trump mess for their own assumed gain and yet, none of the average libs will acknowledge it. They took the votes of independents and leftists for granted and decided Liz Cheney and AIPAC would bring them victory and they failed again. Face it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I indeed blame voters. It's your damn civic duty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Agreed, it's their civic duty, but if 2/3rds of the people think the electoral college needs to go,it's the civic duty of the politicians to represent that. The US democracy is just so terrible that just blaming the voters is the easy way out. It's the undemocratic system which year over year hasn't changed even though the consequences were predicted year over year. This is not hindsight!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't see why it's exclusive though.

First and foremost, Republican voters are to blame.

Voters who didn't make the choice of voting for the milquetoast liberal instead of the overt fascist are to blame.

People who argued for the both sides are the same rhetoric ad nauseam are to blame. I wholeheartedly agree that both sides suck, but let's not be delusional there's obviously one that's worst.

The Democratic party which propped up the most extreme fascists while courting anything supposedly both undecided and to their right instead of all the leftist voters are to blame.

Even if it's conceptually easier to handle, in such a shitty situation there's usually a lot of blame to go around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Big principal Skinner energy

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The number of people who essentially told me that my kid's life didn't matter because of Gaza before this election was just disgusting.

And they're going to stand there as queer people are marched into conversion camps and say it was your fault.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One is occupied, in an open air prison, being bombed, no food, no water and no one to aid them. The other may have some of their rights taken. Don't compare the two.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The other may have some of their rights taken.

They may also be barred from exercising certain professions and be treated as all around second class citizens.

They may also be barred from life saving medications and procedures.

They will be subject to more violence up to and including murder and it may be swept under the rug.

At least be a bit more exhaustive. And they isn't restricted to queer people. They're also racized folks, muslim, jewish, or simply women.

And while I agree that there aren't many situations which remotely might compare to the literal hell on earth that is Gaza, let's not forget that a lot of other people are in sucky situations which will get worse as a result of that election.

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