#Is this vagueblogging? Does it count if I specify in my post that I'm talking about friends of mine?

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You know, I'm real tired. In body, mind, and soul I've been so exhausted recently. There are loads of reasons for this, and most of it is stuff that you're undoubtedly aware of. Most of it is far far more important than what I'm talking about today, but I see ittalked about plenty already, and I don't really have anything of note to say about it. Spefically, at the moment, the thing that's on my mind is the way that the politics of the United Kingdom, the politics that effect my life and those of the people around me, are thought of primarily as a punchline by many people.

Today (technically yesterday, but when you have a sleep schedule like mine you get to decide what days mean for yourself), the Prime Minister of the UK decided to be transphobic in the Commons. He did it to have a jab at his opponent, and he laughed as he did it. It was a fun joke to him. Last week, the murderers of Brianna Ghey were sentenced. She was a transgender teenager, and her murderers had been inspired by transphobic hate campaigns to stab her to death. Her parents were visiting the Commons today, and it was with that context that the PM made his joke. The discussion aroung Ghey's murder, and the sentencing of her killers has made it clearer than ever that the dominant trend in the country overall is not transphobia. The average person feels, at worst, appathetic about the general cause of trans people, but when a specific case of transphobia--especially one as brutal as this--is brought before them, they're nothing but sympathetic. It is within Westminster that transphobia rules supreme, but unfortunately that's where the politics happens. I believe that now is an essential time to focus on that, and to shed light on just how large the Westminster discrepancy is in this case.

Today, I saw a lot of people online, from outside of the UK, talking about UK Politics. But I didn't see a single one talking about what I just mentioned. Instead, it was all about a tweet from GB News in which a "Royal Expert" said that Charles wouldn't use chemotherapy, and would instead use "Potions". Isn't it so funny!? It's English politics, and someone said "Potions"!! Gotta retweet that! Gotta bring that tweet to other websites! Gotta keep the link in, the one for donating money to GB News!!!!! GB News, for those who don't know, is an attempt to bring the Fox News Formula to the United Kingdom. It's a far right new channel. It's bigotted in all the ways you can imagine, racist, transphobic, homophobic, etc. It is not a reliable source, and should not be spread around, especially not with the donation link there. On the subject of things being unreliable, "Royal Expert" is actually a meaningless title. It indicates no affiliation with any political entity, and does not mean that the statements you make on a subject actually mean anything! This was probably already clear to many of you, but apparantly it wasn't to others! How embarassing!

On a day where real thing, impactful things, things that need talking about, happened in UK politics, the thing which I saw people talking about instead was a tweet saying "We paid someone to say something stupid for us. Bit silly isn't it? Here's the link to donate to our hateful agenda!". It's fine to not know what's going on in UK politics, it isn't directly relevant to most of you. But I expect some common sense. I expect you to demonstrate at least the reading comprehension of a four-year old. I've had friends who were spreading that around, and I fully expect that they're reading this now. I want those friends to know that I love them, but what I have to say to everyone else still applies. I'm angry about that post being spread around, and at all the people who thoughtlessly did it. I think, if you did, you should be deeply embarassed. That's pretty much it. Take care. Don't fall for obvious grifts from hate groups. Bye!