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I think if they saw this as an attack on trans people specifically they'd be way more likely to think something like "Aw, that sucks. Thank god I'm safe" and do nothing than stand up for trans people.
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think if they saw this as an attack on trans people specifically they'd be way more likely to think something like "Aw, that sucks. Thank god I'm safe" and do nothing than stand up for trans people.
I think it's good if cis people think that what's happening to us is about to happen to them because it provides motivation to care that they probably would not otherwise have.
December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I think it's good if cis people think that what's happening to us is about to happen to them because it provides motivation to care that they probably would not otherwise have.
Is that even a thing that happens? I have no idea what you or almost any of the other authors I read look like.
December 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Is that even a thing that happens? I have no idea what you or almost any of the other authors I read look like.
I went to a dinner at the montgomery county pride center and met some new people and it was lovely.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I went to a dinner at the montgomery county pride center and met some new people and it was lovely.
This is true, but I gotta say, people saying over and over again all year has been really fucking bad for my mental health.
I can't leave. Most of us can't leave. There's probably a couple million trans people in the US who are stuck here. No one wants us in other countries. What can we do?
I can't leave. Most of us can't leave. There's probably a couple million trans people in the US who are stuck here. No one wants us in other countries. What can we do?
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is true, but I gotta say, people saying over and over again all year has been really fucking bad for my mental health.
I can't leave. Most of us can't leave. There's probably a couple million trans people in the US who are stuck here. No one wants us in other countries. What can we do?
I can't leave. Most of us can't leave. There's probably a couple million trans people in the US who are stuck here. No one wants us in other countries. What can we do?
We did not jump straight to anything. Every controversial thing about trans rights was status quo ten years ago. She has to know that.
Why does the national conversation about us never acknowledge this? Everyone acts like we sprang into existence in 2022.
Why does the national conversation about us never acknowledge this? Everyone acts like we sprang into existence in 2022.
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
We did not jump straight to anything. Every controversial thing about trans rights was status quo ten years ago. She has to know that.
Why does the national conversation about us never acknowledge this? Everyone acts like we sprang into existence in 2022.
Why does the national conversation about us never acknowledge this? Everyone acts like we sprang into existence in 2022.
It's not a priority for anyone but us, our loved ones, and a handful of TERFs, few of whom would ever have voted Dem anyway.
Like, notice how no one is claiming *they* would vote Dem, if only Dems would stop defending trans people. They're speaking on behalf of imaginary people.
Like, notice how no one is claiming *they* would vote Dem, if only Dems would stop defending trans people. They're speaking on behalf of imaginary people.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's not a priority for anyone but us, our loved ones, and a handful of TERFs, few of whom would ever have voted Dem anyway.
Like, notice how no one is claiming *they* would vote Dem, if only Dems would stop defending trans people. They're speaking on behalf of imaginary people.
Like, notice how no one is claiming *they* would vote Dem, if only Dems would stop defending trans people. They're speaking on behalf of imaginary people.
Would you, personally, avoid voting for a candidate because they were pro trans?
If not, why are you so convinced it's necessary?
Why can you not accept that our lives are on the line? If the Dems take the centrist approach and my life gets even harder, maybe I won't be around to vote for anyone.
If not, why are you so convinced it's necessary?
Why can you not accept that our lives are on the line? If the Dems take the centrist approach and my life gets even harder, maybe I won't be around to vote for anyone.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Would you, personally, avoid voting for a candidate because they were pro trans?
If not, why are you so convinced it's necessary?
Why can you not accept that our lives are on the line? If the Dems take the centrist approach and my life gets even harder, maybe I won't be around to vote for anyone.
If not, why are you so convinced it's necessary?
Why can you not accept that our lives are on the line? If the Dems take the centrist approach and my life gets even harder, maybe I won't be around to vote for anyone.
Defending us is such an easy way to win millions of votes and it makes me feel insane that they think throwing us under the bus somehow wins them more. The people they're trying to court with this simply do not exist in significant numbers.
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Defending us is such an easy way to win millions of votes and it makes me feel insane that they think throwing us under the bus somehow wins them more. The people they're trying to court with this simply do not exist in significant numbers.
I want people like you to understand that I'm willing to drag you down with me.
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I want people like you to understand that I'm willing to drag you down with me.
If I was the kind of nonbinary that could pass for cis I'd probably be back in the closet by now and it seems almost certain thats what this graph is showing.
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If I was the kind of nonbinary that could pass for cis I'd probably be back in the closet by now and it seems almost certain thats what this graph is showing.
The people who had been doing right wing political violence joined ICE so they don't count their activities as political violence anymore.
September 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The people who had been doing right wing political violence joined ICE so they don't count their activities as political violence anymore.
They can, but they aren't. He's in league with the tech ghoul right and therefore not a good person.
September 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
They can, but they aren't. He's in league with the tech ghoul right and therefore not a good person.
Does telling people to panic drive subscriptions to some patreon or news site the Harvard lady has set up? Im curious how it's so lucrative.
September 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Does telling people to panic drive subscriptions to some patreon or news site the Harvard lady has set up? Im curious how it's so lucrative.
This whole conversation started because you said Trump is doing exactly what he campaigned on when he is not so I was trying to figure out how to interpret your response to support your argument, which it didn't, which is why I got confused about what you were saying.
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This whole conversation started because you said Trump is doing exactly what he campaigned on when he is not so I was trying to figure out how to interpret your response to support your argument, which it didn't, which is why I got confused about what you were saying.
You don't think "He's doing a bunch of wildly unpopular things he explicitly said he was not going to do" might be a reasonable explanation of these polling numbers?
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You don't think "He's doing a bunch of wildly unpopular things he explicitly said he was not going to do" might be a reasonable explanation of these polling numbers?
He was telling the truth about some things, he was lying about others. What I'm objecting to is the assertion that what he's doing is exactly what he campaigned on because he is doing a lot of stuff he specifically campaigned on *not* doing.
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
He was telling the truth about some things, he was lying about others. What I'm objecting to is the assertion that what he's doing is exactly what he campaigned on because he is doing a lot of stuff he specifically campaigned on *not* doing.
He campaigned on a lot of things and if there's one thing everyone on the planet knows about Trump it's that he lies constantly. I'm not saying this makes it better, I'm saying "Actually Trump's campaign was honest" is an absolutely bizarre thing to insist.
September 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
He campaigned on a lot of things and if there's one thing everyone on the planet knows about Trump it's that he lies constantly. I'm not saying this makes it better, I'm saying "Actually Trump's campaign was honest" is an absolutely bizarre thing to insist.
Are you suggesting that... what project 2025 wasn't actually unpopular and people were lying in polls about not liking it?
There's obviously some distressingly large subset of his voters who knew what they were voting for but your insistence that the voting public is perfectly informed is baffling
There's obviously some distressingly large subset of his voters who knew what they were voting for but your insistence that the voting public is perfectly informed is baffling
September 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Are you suggesting that... what project 2025 wasn't actually unpopular and people were lying in polls about not liking it?
There's obviously some distressingly large subset of his voters who knew what they were voting for but your insistence that the voting public is perfectly informed is baffling
There's obviously some distressingly large subset of his voters who knew what they were voting for but your insistence that the voting public is perfectly informed is baffling
The measure both condemned the assassination and honored, praised, whitewashed, and celebrated Kirk and I find a little odd you left the second part of it out in your description of what actually happened.
I'd vote to condemn the assassination too, but I wouldn't vote for this measure.
I'd vote to condemn the assassination too, but I wouldn't vote for this measure.
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The measure both condemned the assassination and honored, praised, whitewashed, and celebrated Kirk and I find a little odd you left the second part of it out in your description of what actually happened.
I'd vote to condemn the assassination too, but I wouldn't vote for this measure.
I'd vote to condemn the assassination too, but I wouldn't vote for this measure.
They're doing project 2025, which was a topic of conversation in 2024, and unpopular enough that the Trump campaign disavowed it.
I do not understand where this "exactly what he campaigned on" thing comes from. He specifically campaigned on *not* doing a lot of what he's been doing lol
I do not understand where this "exactly what he campaigned on" thing comes from. He specifically campaigned on *not* doing a lot of what he's been doing lol
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
They're doing project 2025, which was a topic of conversation in 2024, and unpopular enough that the Trump campaign disavowed it.
I do not understand where this "exactly what he campaigned on" thing comes from. He specifically campaigned on *not* doing a lot of what he's been doing lol
I do not understand where this "exactly what he campaigned on" thing comes from. He specifically campaigned on *not* doing a lot of what he's been doing lol
It's so obviously just more horse-and-sparrow shit combined with the kind of delusional (or dishonest) optimism about tech that lead to our entire economy being propped up by a mostly worthless product. I do not understand how anyone find this convincing.
September 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's so obviously just more horse-and-sparrow shit combined with the kind of delusional (or dishonest) optimism about tech that lead to our entire economy being propped up by a mostly worthless product. I do not understand how anyone find this convincing.
Yeah it's absolute nonsense. If abundance actually worked like that no one would ever starve or be homeless.
September 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Yeah it's absolute nonsense. If abundance actually worked like that no one would ever starve or be homeless.
The argument they are trying to make is that through full deregulation they can achieve, essentially, a post-scarcity society where everything people need is so "abundant" that no one need go without.
Effectively it's just tech bro trickle down.
Effectively it's just tech bro trickle down.
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The argument they are trying to make is that through full deregulation they can achieve, essentially, a post-scarcity society where everything people need is so "abundant" that no one need go without.
Effectively it's just tech bro trickle down.
Effectively it's just tech bro trickle down.
I mean, not really. It was, as clearly stated in the text of the ammendment, written because the US at the time had local militias instead of a standing army.
The "stand up to a tyrannical government" idea is gun nut fan fiction and they were always lying about it.
The "stand up to a tyrannical government" idea is gun nut fan fiction and they were always lying about it.
September 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I mean, not really. It was, as clearly stated in the text of the ammendment, written because the US at the time had local militias instead of a standing army.
The "stand up to a tyrannical government" idea is gun nut fan fiction and they were always lying about it.
The "stand up to a tyrannical government" idea is gun nut fan fiction and they were always lying about it.