• Flying Squid
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    23 months ago

    Do I really believe that they’ll do what they’re threatening to do when they get into power if they get into power?

    Yes, I do. Why shouldn’t I? Why would I even want that risk?

    There’s already an ongoing transgender genocide in the U.S. caused in great part by Republicans. Why would I want to make that worse?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_genocide#United_States

    • @[email protected]
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      -13 months ago

      Show me where anyone is threatening internment camps for gay people.

      The Latino thing is going to be the exact same thing that all 4 of the last sitting presidents did, but you’re going to act like it’s worse when someone red is in charge.

      • Flying Squid
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        23 months ago

        Trump has promised that, if reelected, his administration will rescind federal policies that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and will assert that federal civil rights laws don’t cover anti-LGBTQ discrimination. In addition to rolling back existing protections, a second Trump administration will proactively mandate discrimination by the federal government wherever it can. Lastly, and perhaps most ominously, if Trump returns to the White House, we expect his administration to use federal law – including laws meant to safeguard civil rights – as a cudgel to override critical state-level protections for transgender students and to force state and local governments, as well as private organizations, to allow or even perpetuate discrimination

        https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trump-on-lgbtq-rights-rolling-back-protections-and-criminalizing-gender-nonconformity

        But sure, no direct evidence of concentration camps, so all of that is fine. Nothing to worry about. That certainly couldn’t possibly escalate and it definitely isn’t bad enough to do something about.

        The Latino thing is going to be the exact same thing that all 4 of the last sitting presidents did, but you’re going to act like it’s worse when someone red is in charge.

        That’s just a lie: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/trump-mass-deportations-detention-camps-military-migrants