and not address the actual discussions.
Sorry, you lost me. What actual discussions are being ignored?
GoddessNoAi
joined 1 year ago
No, they said what they said. IUD, Illegal Unwanted Darkskins
/s because that's way too fucking plausible, fuck me I think I need to wash my soul
The difficulty is that the only way to achieve equal status is through equitable treatment. But some people don't want equitable treatment, oftentimes because they don't want equal status.
Gotcha. Very valid point.
1000% agree on prison reform.
secure housing, with no food insecurity, medical care, and plenty of hygiene supplies
So ... Prison, right? We're talking about prison?
People love looking at the first civil war in conversations like this, but the next civil war is going to be nothing like it. For a likely comparison, you'd have to look at the Spanish Civil War and The Troubles in Ireland.
Americans have no fucking clue what they're asking for.
I don't have to imagine rotflol
My kid and a bunch their friends deal with it, and I and many others are there to help them. And it sucks for them BIG TIME. It's hard, even with supportive family and friend groups. My kid had two classmates just this year lose their lives to suicide due to LGBTQ hate.
The 90s were worse.
I really think you have no idea what you're saying.
Great example of how fascists view the law as something to oppress others, not to restrict themselves. "Law and order (for thee not for me)"
Fwiw I'm a trans person who grew up in the 80s/90s and I still think the 90s were way WAY worse than present day for trans people.
Things are bad right now, really bad, but they're not as bad as they were in the 90s. Not even close.
That's just how bad the 90s were.
To the fascist, hypocrisy is a feature. It's a tool that removes restrictions for themselves while it restricts others. It's a flex; their strength is so great it can't be bound by internal consistency or mental consonance.
To the fascist, if hypocrisy grants them more power then it's a good thing