#every person that has voted this bigot into power

[te1epathy]

my best friend (who is muslim) feeling so uncomfortable to return to bombay rn……..

[theriverdalereviewer]

everyone jumping to team kamala we will never experience true freedom in this country

[the-greatest-fool]

I basically only post and read posts in my bubble aside from occasionally scrolling through Real Tumblr, but people’s takes about US politics on this website are fucking unbelievable. They talk about our government as if it didn’t save us from a pandemic-induced financial collapse, pump trillions of dollars into public works, not to mention substantially invest and rein in pharmaceuticals, and is instead some sort of ultra-neoliberal-corporate kitty shooting machine.

Like let’s be for real. Do they…know what the government does? How it works? Do you know what a conservative is? Do you know what an authoritarian is?

Because a system of government whose citizens are all lucky it has had continuous peaceful transfer of power for centuries could very well have its greatest norm violated—that those who reject its legitimacy must be rejected—and we don’t blink an eye.

Because the first major investment against climate change, coupled with life saving investments into healthcare, cancer research, and drug costs could be shredded by indiscriminate fiscal conservatives who don’t care if we die in forest fires, cancer from pollution, lose insurance because we’re jobless, or, apparently, all die in a fricking plague.

Because a foreign policy establishment that had finally reversed two decades of foreign intervention in favor of a normalization strategy aimed at reducing American foot presence, drone strikes, and indiscriminate killings is about to be replaced by the whims of a man who dropped the “mother of all bombs��� on the Middle East, gave American soldiers up to Russian bounty hunters, extorted a foreign leader for political favors and arguably indirectedly resulted in that country being BRUTALLY INVADED BY AN IMPERIAL NEIGHBOR, is in the pockets of CCP-funded billionaires, and WANTS TO “FINISH THE JOB” IN GAZA.

Because a President who is against family separations and promotes a path for DREAMERs and more legal immigration and rights for unodcumented people could be replaced by a man who wants to separate families, PUT UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, RESTRICT EVEN LEGAL IMMIGRATION, ESPECIALLY THAT OF MUSLIMS, AND SHOOT MIGRANTS.

Because a President who stopped a repeat of the Great Recession and the painful decade that followed it with strong fiscal stimulus which CUT CHILD POVERTY IN HALF BEFORE CONSERVATIVES MADE IT EXPIRE, then managed to cut deficits and presided over a decline in inflation, resulting in record high real wages (aka taking into account inflation) for workers is going to be replaced by a President who wants to TARIFF ALL FOREIGN GOODS by 15%, CUT TAXES FOR THE FILTHY RICH AND THE TAX ENFORCEMENT TO STOP THEM, INCREASE CHILD POVERTY AND UNINSUREDNESS by cutting gov’t programs, and HURT UNIONS which by every measure will lead to lower wages, higher prices, and more poverty and starvation.

Because a President who has pledged to sign a bill codifying Roe v. Wade (which has yet to be possible in recent memory, whatever these kids say), who enshrined the right to marry someone of the same sex or different race, who supports the Equality Act which would enshrine LGBTQ protections into the law, could be replaced by THE MAN WHO REMOVED AMERICA’S RIGHT TO ABORTION, whose Christian nationalist supporters want to END SEXUAL FREEDOM as we know it including TARGETING IVF AND BIRTH CONTROL, who wants to reverse LGBTQ discrimination law in favor of Christian bigots who hate queer and trans people, and who demonizes that community to win political support.

Ask yourself if you really think there’s no difference between the two. Ask yourself if a reasonable person given these facts would choose the latter. Ask yourself why you see so much propagandizing against the reasonable choice. Ask yourself why so many people seem to have opinions on this when they “don’t even go here”.

Maybe I’m just preaching to the choir here. Maybe people who say this inane stuff wouldn’t vote anyways. Maybe somehow we’re screwed anyways. Maybe people will stupidly vote third party and we’re fucked. Maybe this will get me attacked.

I don’t care anymore. If I have to see one more fucking post acting like we live under the fucking Evil Empire while a SELF PROCLAIMED DICTATOR is about to end the best streak of decent governance I’ve ever seen in a while, I just can’t anymore.

[ii-neg-confessions]

I get frustrated every time someone tells me that the spoon can't be a colonizer or a manipulator or that he's literally just a twink. Like I swear I'm being gaslit into thinking that racism against Asian people doesn't exist and it drives me nuts

Like, okay. Let's say he's not rich or British or white. Does that excuse what he does? He scoffs at religious practices until he learns that the highest state of nirvana grants Candle powers that he doesn't have, powers he doesn't understand. So he deliberately tries to kill Candle for her Inner Flame on two separate occasions, and then he flaunts said power to come off as some all-powerful god to convince people that he deserves the vote because "look what I can do!" And when Candle is righteously upset about her relatively sacred meditative practices being used for boasting, he gets so mad at her that he summons the power to knock her dead. And that's not even excusing the fact that he mostly gets off scot-free, that no one brings this up again, that Candle has to hype him up for feeling guilty for attempted murder instead of getting upset at him for betraying her trust.

Is something not clicking for everyone or is it just me? For the past decade, the fandom has accepted that objects can have gender identities and sexualities through hinted dialogue that isn't explicitly said. That's coding and that's totallly okay. So why is it that we don't accept coding for racial identities? Why is Candle, who literally says terms from Buddhist and Hindu and Taoist philosophies in her regular practices, not allowed to be seen as South/East Asian? And thus, why is criticism about how someone approaches her religion with disdain but hunger for the power it provides not allowed to be seen as directly related to her culture? Why can't a man who intends to boil down an entire culture to fit his lifestyle instead of kneeling down to accept it as it is not seen as at least bigoted or racist, if not incredibly colonialist because he's trying to take down the actual person to act under his will too?

Would the fandom better understand if I dropped the race matter? What if I just said "it's a bad ship because he's using her to get what he wants and doesn't consider her feelings"? And if that makes more sense than the original theory I presented, why is that? Is the fandom colorblind to real-world struggles? Why won't anyone look at this through a lens of any other color?

- orientalism anon

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[arizonaconservativegal]

Hi, I'm Anon from the earlier ask- you can call me Matt, if that somehow makes me seem more authentic. (Not linking my Tumblr b/c the last time I used it was almost a decade ago and it's embarassing af.)

I'm just going to ask you to say what's going to stop the people who align with the right from getting their way at this point? Surely, you don't think this is going to be a normal presidency (and if you do, please explain!). With all three wings under the control of a pretty far right wing government, we don't really know what's going to happen. I know everyone is tired of hearing about it, but the overturning of Roe doesn't exactly portend well for Obergefell. And I don't think either of those decisions have/had been opposed without the overwhelming drive and support of the Christians you say don't matter.

I do know what GOP stands for and what that means. I don't understand how you're okay with some of the horrible people under that tent. And your side does attract more horrible people than ours. For every dumbass tankie, there's at least five people with reprehensible (and whether you accept it or not, racist/homophobic/bigoted) professed beliefs on your side. I don't understand you in this sense, and I don't think I'm going to be able to tonight. I appreciate you answering my earlier ask even though I was rude.

Okay Matt-the-Atheist

I'm just going to start by saying I think your idea that there are more bad people on the right than on the left is absurd. That's just patently ridiculous. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and chalk that up to naivety rather than say you you think the horrible people on your side of the aisle are acceptable. Shitty people exist in roughly equal number across the board, with some minor variation for how we personally define 'shitty' people.

Okay that said.

I'm not that worried about our 'horrible' people because they're a pretty small group (as they are on the left) without much power because no one really likes them (not as much the case on the left - y'all seem to be afraid of yours for some reason). And I'm not worried about our Christians because there's nothing wrong with them by and large. I think you have conflated the two groups into one and deemed all conservative Christians 'problems' because you don't understand them.

I do think this will be a pretty normal presidency. The reason for that is that we just had four years of Trump so I feel pretty confident in my estimation of what the next four years will look like. I don't know why some people are acting like this has never happened before when it literally just happened.

Anyway.

There is really is not widespread support within the party for going after Obergefell. That is a media boogeyman, nothing more. Even if we did want to go after it, there wouldn't be much point since there is also an actual law on the books to protect same sex and interracial marriage (another thing no one is trying to overturn but the media likes to harp on anyway) which passed with more than enough Republicans voting for it that I can guarantee you will not see it overturned either. On top of that, you really mean to tell me that Trump, who hosted a gay wedding at his house, is gonna sign a bill to ban gay marriage? Really?

Which brings me to my final point.

Trump is many things but a traditional conservative Christian is not one of them. You don't have to like the guy but he's probably the last person I'd expect to try to usher in a theocracy.

I think we'll be fine.

[strawberryamanita]

Y'all I'm sorry but this is making me freak the fuck out

I know this is gonna probably cause people to call me a terrible person, but I'm just gonna risk it anyhow because this is getting really scary.

If you are a USAmerican,

Please vote for Biden this year.

I am 1000% aware that the genocide in Gaza is being perpetuated by Biden's administration. It's not good at all. I don't like the guy either, and like every President the US has ever had, he will burn in Hell, guaranteed.

But if we don't vote, then Trump is gonna win. This sounds rhetorical, but I ask genuinely: do you think Trump is gonna stop the genocide?

Has Trump ever shown that he cares about a single human being besides himself? The level of misanthropy that idiot is on is remarkable. I personally cannot see him slowing the flow of genocide in any direction; if anything, he might redouble the effort.

I think it was Warren who is tryna warn people that if Trump gets elected again, he'll never leave. I think back to a time during his first term where he said there might one day be a "forever President", and that makes me sick to my fucking stomach. That's not a presidency, that's a monarchy or a dictatorship. That would be the de-facto end of having a say in who's in control until he finally fucking dies -- and not even then, because then the mantle will be passed down to one of his children.

I know the US shouldn't exist in the first place. I am 100% aware of that. They say that empires fall after 250 years, and the US is gonna be 248 years old in July. But unfortunately, it exists right now, and it's full of people who will not survive another four years of Trump.

Again -- I will say it as many times as I need to -- I don't like Biden. I don't like him. He's done some beneficial things, but using his executive powers to speed up a genocide tips the scale completely over back towards hating him.

But Biden will step down when his term is done. I know the bar is in the fucking Mariana Trench, but for the love of God I do not wanna be under Trump for even a minute more. I hate Biden, but I hate Trump more, and that is fueling me, personally, to show up to vote.

At the end of the day, the problem is systemic. Every single authority over the US, since even before Washington, has only cared about hurting people of color and churning up the earth to make money. Our taxes could help improve the lives of US civilians, but instead they are funneled into the trillion-dollar War Machine aimed in every direction, including the US itself. The US commonwealth doesn't matter to the US government. We are human livestock who generate revenue; no matter how many changes of hands our money makes for hopes of a better cause inside the US, every last penny will find its way back into the War Machine or under the dirty ass of a billionaire who should be tarred and feathered in oil and their own paper money.

With all that said. There are US citizens who are enthusiastically pro-Biden right now, and siding with them might just keep us from living in Trump Hell all over again. The bigots have gotten too proud around here, and it makes my blood run cold. My mother doesn't show enthusiasm for ANYTHING the way she shows it for her freedom to hate people loudly and proudly. It makes her come ALIVE. And I know I'm not the only one who's been subjected to this kind of horror show for the last 9 years. Every state of mind curated by the US is a cult, and there is no escape outside of moving away.

Please. Vote. For Biden.

[minetteskvareninova]

How Would I Put This For My Non-Slovak Mutuals

Slovakia is going to have elections (premature, I should note, because Matovič is an idiot, see bellow) and by God I am stressed. Our options are as follows:

Progresívne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia) - They are the, well, progressive party of the Slovak political spectrum. Which means they are the only fucking party that supports the LGBT movement with any consistency. Most of their other proposals are also relatively reasonable; they are interested in protecting the environment, want to improve the sorry state of Slovak healthcare, fight the corruption and so on. Their only two issues are the fact that their leader, Martin Šimečka, is a fucking nerd with the charisma of a wet noodle, and the fact that everyone, and I mean absolutely everyone, even people who theoretically should be on their side on account of not being bigoted Putin-loving dipshits, hates them for absolutely no reason. Well, except for their large preferences, probably. They are the most successful party, or second most successful (depends on how the elections pan out) after...

SMER - Sociálna demokracia (DIRECTION - Social Democracy; yes I know SMER is also short for something but I'm too lazy to look it up right now) - Hoo boy. These guys. How would I even start to explain the sheer amount of baggage these guys carry...? SMER has been in power in 2008-2012 and 2012-2020. And it was a fucking shitshow. Between massive corruption and widespread mismanagement of public resources, you can't help but wonder how the fuck did these people last one term, let alone three?! Don't let the Social Democracy thing in their name fool you, these people aren't really social democrats, they have no ideology beyond getting more votes and avoiding jail. Their leader is Róbert Fico, a literal antichrist whose corruption scandals would make for an exceptionally thick encyclopedia. This man is able to sell his soul to the devil for money and power, but since the devil seems kinda unavailable, he figured Putin is the next best (worst?) thing. His latest strategy for gaining more support is leaning into the fanatical Putin-loving, EU and human rights hating crowd, which in our country is depressingly large. Another memorable personality is Ľuboš Blaha, a tankie extraordinaire whose favourite meal is the sole of Volodya's boot and a steady diet of bathit conspiracies. Remember when Blaha engaged in casual atrocity denial around Bucha, because Pepperidge Farm and Minette's blog remember. https://www.tumblr.com/minetteskvareninova/680859499810177024/this-war-is-horrible-and-itself-would-be-enough

Hlas-SD (Voice-SD) - Most progressives in Slovakia have high hopes for these people. I don't. They are an offshoot of SMER, whose leader Peter Pellegrini has mostly held the line with Fico, but at least seems spineless enough to betray him if it happens to be advantageous enough. They don't really have any kind of concrete politics (most of their program is a vague "we'll make things better" kind of stuff), but at least they don't actively spread hate, so in that way they are able to climb over the low bar that is their mother party. Still, how are these people in the third place of every pre-election survey I will never know. I guess Pelle is just that sexy or whatever.

Obyčajní ľudia a nezávislé osobnosti (Ordinary People And Independent Personalities) - They have been the ruling party since 2020 and much like with SMER, it was kind of a shitshow, just in a different way. Their leader Igor Matovič is less corrupt (mind you, not NOT corrupt) than Fico, but more than makes up for it by being kinda stupid and also a horrendous drama queen whose antics prematurely ended two cabinets, his and Heger's. Tenderly nicknamed "Matelko", he became known for his "atom bombs" of ideas, such as giving out prizes in a lottery that people join by getting vaccinated. Y'know, to increase vaccination rates during the height of COVID-19 pandemic. That's why this whole thing had to be televised, complete with "call to collect your prize" type of deal. For what it's worth, he at least made attempts to fight the corruption of the previous regime; he did it badly, as is his way, but nonetheless. "Independent personalities" here means a bunch of small parties that joined them in this election, because they would have no chance otherwise. They are a pretty diverse bunch, meaning their ranks include, among others, an infamous bigot and fanatical anti-abortion activist Anna Záborská, but they also made my bae Jaroslav Naď a defence minister, so that kinda balances it out. I wouldn't hate it if they managed to get into parliament, I'll tell you that much.

Slododa a Solidarita (Freedom and Solidarity) - Considering Matelko profiles himself as an anti-corruption crusader, you'd think Róbert Fico is his nemesis. You'd be wrong. Fico unfortunately loses that prestigious title to one Richard Sulík, leader of SaS, who is... Eh? Like, he's competent in the questions of economy and in general not in the worst tier of Slovak politicians, but also, he's as much of a libertarian as is possible in our part of the world (which si to say, he's not as bad as an average American libertarian, but still engages in, for example, casual climate change denial) and constantly feuds with Matelko. Again, I don't hate him, but we could do a lot better.

Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie (Christian-Democratic Movement) - They are surprisingly not as bigoted as their name would suggest, but that's because here in Slovakia we are used to levels of homophobia and transphobia that would boggle the mind of an average non-fundie American. They come off as relatively reasonable, but only because one can't help but compare them to Putin kissasses like SMER, SNS and Republika. Which brings us to...

Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party) - You know, Stupidest Slovak Politician is a tough contest, so my respect to anyone who is able to win it as decisively as Andrej Danko. This man is like Róbert Fico, if his spirit animal was a sheep instead of a fox (and I say it as someone who has experience with sheep, those motherfuckers are ungodly stupid). He simped for Putin before it was cool, when that particular fanclub was just him and Blaha. He doesn't seem to be able to speak his mother tongue and his constant malaproper speech is the source of many a meme. Which, yes, means that him getting into parliament would be pretty funny. On the other hand, all that fun would probably be somewhat spoiled by the fact that he's ALSO super corrupt, not to mention, y'know, conspiracy-spreading Putin simp and bigot. He also cites Viktor Orbán as his actual, honest-to-God role model. So, an all-around cool dude that I am very happy might be in the next parliament (if Fico wins the election, because naturally these two get on like a house on fire). /s

Republika (The Republic) - I can't believe SMER legit isn't the worst mainstream Slovak party, but I mean, at least they aren't actual neonazis? I mean, Republika does its best to hide their affiliations, but because their leader, Milan Uhrík, is in competition for the second stupidest Slovak politician (the first place, as stated, firmly belonging to Danko), they don't do a particularly good job of that. I mean, Republika is the product of a schism within ĽSNS, who were already infamous for their idiocy (besides, you know, barely disguised fascism), so figures. Milan Uhrík in particular is the man whose most important contributions to Slovak culture were sitting in the European Parliament doing fuck all (did I mention that like most bigots, he also shits on EU constantly?) and the "I am not a historian" meme. Basically, because of the blatant fascist sympathies of his party, including worshipping Jozef Tiso, he was asked to condemn the crimes of the First Slovak Republic (which was basically a Nazi puppet - yeah, Ukrainians aren't the only nation in this region with a shady past, go figure; not that it prevents some people, including Uhrík himself, from spreading the "denazification" bullshit). Uhrík's answer? "I am not a historian". Since then, he has been given several options to revise this opinion. He never took any of them. His agenda is also truly something to behold, like I've never read something as profoundly dumb as the pamphlets where they present it. They don't seem to be as successful as ĽSNS, but that's unfortunately because their schtick was stolen by SMER with the good chunk of their electorate. Still, SMER might actually take them into their coalition, because like goes with the like even if the "like" is bigotry, and lest we forget, there is no God.

Sme rodina (We Are Family) - *sigh* Do I have to? Okay. Sme rodina is yet another conservative party, completely unlike EVERY OTHER PARTY THAT EVER GAINED ANY TRACTION IN THIS COUNTRY PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE. Ahem. Its leader Boris Kollár is a businessman who gained something of a memetic status in Slovak showbusiness by being a massive whore and having a fuckton of illegitimate children (the current count is I think 12?). Something of a Slovak Herschel Walker. And just like Herschel Walker, he, the avowed conservative that he is, has been accused of paying for abortions of one of his ex-girlfriends. Which is just a reflection of this guy's general moral consistency. To put it simply, Boris is the biggest Slovak whore. If Fico asked him to join his coalition, you bet your ass he would. He also has associated with people involved in organized crime (just like Fico) and sexted a fifteen year old drug addict. Because, as their billboards state, Sme rodina "protects children". Needless to say, I can't fucking stand this dude just as a person; since he seems to want to be an Isekai hero, I hope he gets hit by a truck.

Demokrati (The Democrats) - They're fine. Their leader is our former short-term prime minister Eduard Heger, whose only flaws were being hopelessly naive and letting Matelko get away with shit he should not have gotten away with. Any people that might be OK with them already vote for Progresívne Slovensko, but maybe they will get enough votes to be eligible for parliament? Maybe??? Their chances aren't high to be honest, but what do you know, miracles do happen.

[democratthatlovesguns]

Jesus Is King

A shame that JD Vance participated in a well orchestrated plan to use religion to manipulate people.

If it wasn't so obvious, maybe we could try to believe the entire narrative was a happenstance. But it's as clear as the bribes for votes Elon Musk is handing out.

Reconciliation of God, the Holy Spirit, and Man is a matter between God, the Holy Spirit and every individual. Because our relationship with God is the most subjective experience we will ever live, we should not allow ourselves to use our religious beliefs to determine a matter whose nature requires objectivity of the highest degree, such as the law of the land.

We can live and let live, as followers of Jesus Christ. To be clear, I oppose abortion personally, as a matter of faith. However, if a woman I laid with became pregnant and unfortunately she miscarries or experiences an ectopic pregnancy, I would have no reservation with her deciding to abort our child to preserve her life. I would equally support her if she decides to do everything in her power (take any risk including losing her life), to save our child's life.

I understand, there are many women that share the experience of Wendy Davis (Forgetting to Be Afraid). A woman that wanted nothing more than to birth a healthy strong baby, but unfortunately her baby could not survive outside her womb. And Wendy had to endure the devastating experience of watching her baby fight to breathe, until her baby choked and died in her arms. I am in no place to judge Wendy nor to shun her for wanting to make that impossible decision; a decision many woman face on a daily basis in America and around the world.

If someone tells you you're not a true follower of Jesus Christ because you do not want to support them politically, ask yourself this: are they truly followers of Jesus Christ if they support being a false witness of the following:

Bigoted belief that nonwhite immigrants are eating cats and dogs.

Bigoted belief that Jewish people (and political opponents) control the weather and use it to harm others.

Gross belief that refugees are an infestation to be marginalized and their actions criminalized, justified through the verifiable fact that a small minority of them may commit criminal acts. How many Native Americans were brutally murdered by early settlers (the original refugees)?

The even grosser belief that followers of Jesus Christ and even non-followers would execute a child after birth.

Win or lose, I will continue to pray for an America that is a haven for all women. A place in the world in which women are free to express themselves and be themselves as much as any man. A place in which no government has the right to regulate a woman's body as adamantly as they do not regulate a man's body.

A place in which God is Always King on a personal level, while the law is free of any religious doctrine.

[political-sideblog-dont-at-me]

As we get closer to election day, I'm going to need people to be normal about Palestinians complaining about Kamala Harris.

Don't reply to their posts with "But Trump would be worse!" (They also hate him, criticizing Harris is not an endorsement of Trump [And if they don't name a candidate they want you to vote for it's not an endorsement of anyone]. They're fully aware of how bad Trump is, the thing is that with the, you know, genocide going on they're already going through hell now under someone who's not Trump.)

Don't reply to their posts talking about how hard you hope their lives will be under Trump because they're a minority (I've seen people do this, seriously what is wrong with you? First that's not how you act when you want to convince people. Second many of them are already suffering under the Biden administration. Third, you're just being bigoted when you do that "You're a minority who doesn't agree with me so I hope [Terrible thing] happens to you if my politician doesn't win" is just showing that you don't care about minorities unless they agree with you. You're not "warning" them or whatever you think you're doing, you'rejust being a prick. And you're showing every other member of a minority group that your opinions are worth listening to.)

Don't call them a psyop for having a negative opinion of Harris (Yes there is election interference going on. But that's more "Elon Musk is putting targeted ads on Twitter telling different voting blocks completely opposite things about the same candidate" and not "This one person told me they don't want to vote for Kamala Harris because their [Friend/Family member] died from the Biden administration's actions". Instead of harassing them and telling them that Gaza is a single issue, just let them be.)

Lastly, if Harris loses on Tuesday, we are not blaming Palestinians, got it? Even if the number abstaining or voting 3rd party would have won her the election. Nobody should be forced to vote for an administration that is actively taking part in killing their families, and nobody should be criticized for choosing another option under those circumstances. The Biden administration could've already started an arms embargo on Israel, or even just sent them less money and fewer weapons, or stopped vetoing UN resolutions, or actually used that dock they built for humanitarian aid (Like they pretended they would) instead of sending in more military forces, etc.

They could've actually done something to make Palestinians genuinely want to vote for Harris, but instead the Biden administration has thrown itself full force behind the genocide. Has Harris said better things about Palestine than Trump has? Sure, but those are all words until something actually happens (Technically the Vice President doesn't have much political power, but she is in a position to put pressure on Biden and be more vocally supportive of any policies that would actually make Israel stop. And she hasn't).

Basically, just don't harrass the people who are currently direct victims of genocide. It's incredibly simple and easy, just don't reply to or report their posts.

(Side note: Yes there are articles about some Palestinians either supporting Harris or saying anyone is better than Trump. Try to remember that Palestinians have varying opinions and if you're responding to a Palestinian who's mad at Harris by saying "But this other Palestinian isn't so you shouldn't be!" you are indeed the bad guy. Additionally it seems like in Gaza the current general opinion is "This election doesn't affect us because neither candidate will stop the genocide." That's not an endorsement of Harris, that's telling you you still need to protest after the election. And if Harris does get elected and she continues Biden's policies then you will see me shift to advocating for 3rd party candidates instead of simply telling you to not harrass people over their voting decisions. If she actually helps Palestine I would be pleasantly surprisedbut as of now I don't expect her to do anythingbut uphold the status quo [Which is really bad])

[tea-and-secrets]

i’ve accepted that most of the time, when people talk about how they “love and support every single queer and trans person out there and wish them happiness”, they’re not talking about me. they don’t care about me and they never would. i’m living in a country that’s hated by most of the world because the government decided to start a horrible pointless war that no one from the general public has any power to stop. (and no it’s not fucking israel.) in result of that, we’ve been basically cut off from the rest of the world. nobody cares about us anymore. they see us as our government, our president/basically dictator that nobody even voted for, who’s been proven to manipulate voting results in order to stay in charge. they see us as monsters, as people who share the same bigoted views as our government projects to the rest of the world. they don’t understand how much we hate it here too. they don’t understand how much we want to get out. i don’t want to live here. i never asked to. i’m queer and trans and every year another law gets passed that tries to erase my existence. i have no community to go to in this country because they’ve made it virtually impossible to find one. i don’t have the money or the ability to move to a different place. i’m forced to watch as the living situation for myself and my fellow trans and queer people here gets worse and worse and worse, while the rest of the world can’t seem to care. they’ve decided we’re evil, so we’re not worth saving. my country wants me dead, and i don’t think i’ll ever be able to get out. i think i’ll die here just like it wants me to, with no one even knowing i ever existed.

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[tomorrowusa]

On the same week that Ron DeSantis came in a humiliating distant second in the Iowa caucuses AND a Democrat flipped a legislative seat in the Orlando area, Florida Republicans are trying to change the subject by advancing legislation to ban pride flags at Florida schools, universities, and government buildings.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A bill advanced by Florida Republicans on Wednesday would ban teachers and other government employees from displaying a rainbow flag — even wearing one as a lapel pin for a day — but they could hang the full-size flag of any “recognized nation” as long as they want, according to the bill’s sponsor. Flag displays that depict a “racial, sexual orientation and gender, or political ideology viewpoint” would be banned from any state or local government building, including public schools and universities, under the bill authored by GOP Rep. David Borrero. Opponents say the bill is inspired by hate. Borrero said it protects children and it would ban even lapel pins representing the flags of the LGBTQ+ and Black Lives Matter movements. “Public classrooms should not be the place where our kids go to be radicalized and evangelized into accepting these partisan, radical ideologies,” Borrero said. “It’s wholly inappropriate to be putting those types of flags in front of public school students and in government buildings.”

The only way to effectively fight back against Ron DeSantis and his fellow Republican homophobes is to register and vote Democratic. These people have to be removed from power and elections are the only way to do it.

It's particularly difficult to do so in Florida because of gerrymanding. Liberals have neglected state government in many states for too long. The result has been authoritarian régimes in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and elsewhere. But if you take the long view, you will see progress. Eight years ago Michigan had a Republican trifecta; it now has a Democratic trifecta and protections for reproductive freedom and against gerrymandering. Patience and persistent determination do pay off.

I personally prefer registering to vote in person at a city or county office. That way you can sort out potential problems immediately. But if you're unable to do that, there's an online voter registration site in Florida.

Florida Online Voter Registration System

If you do register online, make screen copies of every step of your registration. DeSantis and his Republican buddies will look for technical excuses to keep you from voting.

It's not rainbow flags that are bad for students; REPUBLICANS are bad for students – and everybody else who isn't a bigot, a fascist, or a voracious billionaire.

[dreadfutures]

there's something here ok

my mom used to be a bigot. she was abusive and alcoholic and had self esteem issues that she self medicated and took out on the world. she hated homeless people, hippies, liberals, anti gun activists, didn't believe in climate change.

in 15 years she has changed a lot. She carries a bag around full of food and blankets and water to give to the unhoused. She always has cash in her wallet to give to people on the street. She believes in climate change and votes green. She changed her mind about guns.

I can talk to her without worrying I'm going to be judged just for being antiwar. Her biggest priority isn't whether or not I'm going to church but whether I'm helping people and being kind.

I feel like I can tell her about (some) things about my childhood, and my relationships, and I'll be heard and respected. That is more than before, where I felt like I had to lie about every aspect of my life to avoid a berating and harassment.

She apologized to me once three years ago for my childhood and I don't care. It means more to me that she was at a place personally where she could apologize, than anything else.

Nothing makes up for how I was made to feel growing up. But I never needed her to be a part of my healing. It happened, and I deal with it in my own way, divorced from her. I don't need anything from her except the answer to my ONE WISH growing up: I wished she'd grow up, and be kinder, and be more secure. Even then, when I hated her, I knew that what would be good for ME would be to get away and become the person I wanted to be; what would be good for her, my family, the world, would be for her to BE BETTER. I was so angry because to me, I KNEW she could just BE BETTER, KINDER, than this, but it felt like she refused to do the work. It made me SO ANGRY. And so hopeless.

It took almost two decades. It was not a pleasant 15 years for her I'm sure. But she did it.

She is a different person than the one who hurt me; the person who hurt me is the same person who always had the potential to be better.

There's something here.

My old therapist and I talked about compartmentalization and how it's boxing things up and shoving them under the bed. We discussed how that's not what I'm doing with this approach. When I say the person my mom is now deserves to be treated independently of the person she was. I think it's the only way to have a community. We have to meet people where they're at, and if they want to and are able to engage with community the way the community engages, then. we should.

I had cut off my family almost completely when I moved away for college. They just continued to prove that they weren't going to engage with me in a healthy way, and they weren't people I wanted in my personal community. I told them why I didn't want to be around them.

And I was fine; I found my community, identified my needs and found ways to meet them with the resources and people I wanted in my life. There are unique pains in that, too, but they're just different pains than the agony of dealing with family like that. Fixing them wasn't my responsibility; getting out of a situation where I was suffering, was something in my power.

If my mom hadn't genuinely changed, I wouldn't engage the way I am now. But she could, and she did. The rest of my family is also better but for reasons I still hold them at a distance. There's something to that, too. and all of it just. really validates an important part of my world view that needed strengthening. Hope without evidence of possibility feels like a vain exercise. But this one example solidified something in me. There's something there.

[wearespecialuniqueandimportant]

Palestine Losers Could've Put All That Effort In Fighting For Paraphilia Or Voting. Their So Progressive Inaction Put Trump Back In Power.

"We Can Still Reason With Them!!!!" We Can't Though. They Hate Paraphilia And When That Is Time For Paraphilia To Start Fighting They Start Doing Nothing Again. These Fake Leftist Would Rather Have Donald Trump For 50 Years Than Rights For Everyone If Paraphilia Is With Them. Maybe Even Forever.

Killing Israel Wouldn't Fix Palestine Haha. The Entire Conflict Is Pointless. If People Can Just Start Doing So Much Stuff Just Like That Why Do They Always Do Nothing? Why Am I Blocked By These Palestine Weirdos If They Have The Ability To Fight For Every Single Thing I Care About? I Would've Voted Guys. I Would've Done That. I Think That's Crazy Obama And Biden Win Man And Hilarry And Harris Lose Woman. Looks Pretty Sexist To Me. Palestine = Sexism. That Isn't Like They Care About Woman They Literally Put The Fuck Woman Guy In Power Bahaha.

There's Gonna Be A Couple More Palestines Out There When Trump Is Done. Palestine More Like FUCK LIVING!!!! That's The Palestine Leftist Motto. Fuck Palestine. Who Gives A Fuck. For Some Reason Anyone That Likes Them Is Always A Paraphobic Bigot.

I Aren't Racist They're Sexist Get On My Level Hoe That's All. Like Boohoohoo Nobody Cares About Paraphilia And These People Were Otherwise Ready To Vote. Their Bigoted Feelings Are The Problem. Anyone That Doesn't See That Calls That Personal Feelings Is No Leftist Either. Feelings Are Power. The Power People Have. Donald Trump Is Gonna Have Destroying Effects On Everyone And Everyplace. If He Can Run As Much As He Wants Can He? There's No Win From This Victory Like Atleast He Can't Run Again. This Is The Illogical Move In Every Single Way And Their Pathetic Bigot Existance Has Fucked Everyone All Over And Will Aswell. Confirmation Noone Has Your Back. I Aren't Racist Torwards Anyone I Have No Reason To Hate Someone If They're Good To Me. Sanism Sexism That's 2 Things Looks Like I Won Bich. I Am Everything Oppressed Including Skin As We Are Every Skin We Won The Oppressed Olympics!!!! I Know I Know. Mariakin Agree With Me We Are Extremely Important And Special.

Can't Wait To Hear About All The Horrible Things Trump Does And The Rise Of More Republicans Trough Propaganda Maybe Even Making Donald Trump The Leader Forever. Your Precious Palestine Will Never Be Fixed Thank You Very Much Idiot. All The Candicates Suck They're All Capitalist Paraphobes. The Main Democrat One Is Always The Right Bet Unless Someone Else Looks Like They Have The Shot. Fuck Their We Can Still Reason With Them As You Can't Reason With Us And Aren't Trying To. The Genocidal Maniacs On This Site Always Decided We're Their Palestine To Destroy. Palestine And Israel Both Suck And War Isn't Going Fix Shit. If You Put In That Effort Before You Could've Prevented The War For Happening Than Crying About That After. The Same Way Something Will Just Happen Again Once Your Palestine Agenda Has Been Finished While Another Country Does A War Of Their Own. I See You Idiots As Morons Running Placing Bandages In Fire While There's Too Many Fires Happening Everywhere. This Has Always Been My Opinion And That Will Never Change That. I Hate What You Did. Who You Put To Power. That Isn't Racism That's Against You Waste Than The Worthlessness Dying In Their Deathole That Kills Paraphilia & Lgbt For Fun. The "Saving" Of Taking Too Much Without A Thing To Gain. In The End That's Less Oppressors In The World And No Resources Lost. If The Harris Doesn't Wanna Do Shit That Isn't A Loss. Either Way There's Fire Nobody Cares About. Instead Of Donating To Palestine Or Whatever You Could Do Something Much Much More Usefull And That Makes You A Worthless Idiot I See Most Fake Leftist As. Why Would Human Domestication Guide Change My Opinion? The Story Is At Best Palestine Propaganda In Which Case The Affini Could Never Care About The Lgbt Or Be Lesbian. And Man And Children That Aren't There Out Of Agephobic DNI Agenda (Suddenly "Values" Are Allowed With That And The Uninclusion Of Someone...)... That Never Was Just Fiction Just Political Propaganda. That Would Be Laughable Coming From A Republican. Why Should This Waste Be Any Different. Whatever Lgbt Palestine Person Probably Voted. Either Way Inaction Is Sui****.

Everything Is And Should Be Political. Want Or No That Is Always So. Human Domestication Guide Is Nonsense And Political Aswell And The Politics Are Done So Badly.

We Also Need Better. Human Domestication Guide Is Vulnerable And Easy To Destroy. Something Their Fans Admit But That's Problem They Don't Even Stand For Us Oppressed But Against Us Like Any Other Capitalist Creation.

Human Domestication Guide Is Garbage Commentary On Racism Sanism Oppression Just So Many Things Trans People Included. The Affinis Have Israel & Hitler Coding And Believe In Eugenics And Lobotomy. They're By Default Sanist Ableist Anything Oppressed Bigot And That Is SICK And DISGUSTING To Justify Them. That's Just Fiction And That's Just A Genocide Nothing To See Anywhere That's A Propaganda. They Think They're Flawless Despite Clearly Having Problems. They Think They're Superior... Odd. Where's All The Diversity In The Affini? Attack On Titan Is A Garbage Nazi Story For Us Vs Them. Are You Arguing Eren Jaeger Will Give You Free Hrt Than The Obvious Bigoted Series Answer? Is Darth Vader Going To Make You His Pet Anything Can Be "Wish Fulfillment" You Just Have To Believe That? Isn't Those Reasons Completely Irrelevant When A Bigoted Male Power Fantasy Is Problematic? Typical Ignorance Us Smart Criticizers Of Many Things Have Experienced Many Times Coming Ay Their Worst From The 1 Thing That Shouldn't Have Done That Liked By Everyone That Isn't Me. As A Racial Allegory The Affinis Fail As All They Do Is Justify Hitler Himself. If Your Wish Fulfillment Is Eugenics And Fucking Hitler You Need To Stop Being A Fascist Bigot A Worthless Waste Of Space. You're A Problem And The Conversation Is About How Horrible You Are Try To Keep Up. They Make Identity Something That Makes You Less Aswell As Easy To Exploit. The Series Try To Normalize Abusive Relationships And The Fans Completely Support Them. That's Okay To Be Dependent. The Affini Are Bad People To Rely On Though And As A Dpd Woman This Is My Biggest Nightmare I Live Every Day Than The Fantasy I Wanted. They Neither Care Or Accept. Bigoted Garbage. Bad Writing That Fails Every Single Theme Present. That Is Important To Remember That This Junk Is Being Made The Norm As We Speak. And The Critique Torwards Things Like Attack On Titan Or Whatever Else Is Suddenly Attacked Depowered And Nullified When Torwards This Series. Even Harry Potter And FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S???? MEDIA CRITIZISM AND SEX AS A WHOLE!!!! ARE BEING NULLIFIED AND UNIMPORTANT TO TALK AND THINK ABOUT!!!!

HUMAN DOMESTICATION GUIDE IS IGNORANCE AND OPPRESSION IN REAL LIFE NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER. Please Join Me Let's Do Something Usefull.

"That's Just Fiction" Implies They Don't Care About Their Story A Gasslight As They Obviously Do Propaganda Every Single Day. The Same Way That's Such A Fuck Your Feelings Triggered Snowflake Thing To Say (Omg Dudebros!!!!) To Someone That Cares About Something. Except Fiction Does Impact Reality And Without Human Domestication Guide We Literally Wouldn't Have Been Banned.

I Have Learned The Voting Was A Failure In Liberal Ideology. That Doesn't Change The "Leftist" That Did This For The Same Reason. You Can't Exclude The Paraphobia And Lack Of Perfection Before Pointing Fingers. With This Fact The World Feels Alot More Hopeless Again. All Countries Are Stuck In The Same Status Quo Of Republicans Trying To Ruin Everything And Liberals That Do Nothing. Where That's A 50% Chance Each Time Things Will Fuck Or Nothing Will Happen.

Meanwhile The Progressive People Just Stand And Do Nothing.

If You Truly Believe What You Do Why Haven't You Done Anything. Finger Off Me. I'm The Last Person That Will Do Something Like That. I Want To See All You Worthless Take The Hit Each Time. Sacrifiece Yourself For Me. You'd Me Acceptable. But With That Power They Would Spread Paraphobia Right? You Can't Trust Anyone. To Do Anything. This Is The Purpose Of Those Below Me. They Have Betrayed Me With Their Inaction. They're Useless Capitalist Police. I LOATHE THIS WORLD. THEY'RE AGAINST ANGEL SOCIETY. THE LIGHT WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING!!!! THE REVOLUTION IS COMING!!!!

[titleknown]

...On the voting discourse going on, I have a few thoughts I may as well articulate.

Like, firstly... witholding votes as a way of "punishing" the Dems or getting people to engage with alternate political systems hasn't worked. Like, ever.

If anything they've seen it as carte-blanche to go further right while ignoring the reasons why their "base" is disengaging due to the awful Skeksis running the party.

Granted an organized "boycott" of the Dems could theoretically work, but if we had an org powerful enough to do that (Which we don't at the moment), we could probably spend our time way more productively in other ways.

Like, I do not get why we think that "vote shaming" will work for us when it works for the Dems...

...But that's not to say I have many nice things to say about the whole "Vote for the lesser evil" dynamic either. Because "telling people not to vote doesn't work" and "telling people to vote for the lesser evil doesn't work" are statements that can very much coexist!

Like, even beyond the burnout as things still keep getting worse, there's people who the US state has never done a decent thing for, and of course people who's families overseas Biden is currently paying for the bombing thereof.

Like,from talking to them, the "read Settlers" sort of leftists often have very good reasons from their personal lives for being as pessimistic about voting's capacity to change things as they are. Especially those who're marginalized and living in the South, they have every right to be disillusioned and angry with the society of the racist; bigoted monsters they're surrounded by.

To hold that wonkish realpolitik "hold your nose" as a cudgel those people is not only more than a little ghoulish, but more relevantly ineffective. You're not going to get past trauma with Facts and Logic (TM)

Like, for all that Trump's Project 2025 is fucking terrifying and (full disclosure) I think voting for the sake of avoiding that is warranted, I also think vote-shaming to that end is also Not Helping, and we're going to need to put our organizational energy elsewhere if we want to get out of the deathloop of voting for DemSkex or RepubliSkex.

Like, relating to @mostlysignssomeportents idea of activism, if activism is an ant moving forward on its legs against the flood, and one of the legs can't go any further, they should probably try to find where the other legs can go without the other one going into the drink.

So, fuck "Vote Blue, no matter who," or "Fuck voting" it should be "Either way, join the DSA," at least IMO...

[hypnoticcastiel]

With not much time left to persuade ANY indep/undecided voter and both factions bombarding swing states with ads and events, i can only wonder as a european in what kind of fantasy lala-lands/bubbles the greatest democracy on earth has plunged itself into. On one side you have (and this is all puzzled together according to recent interviews on mainstream media like CNN) a way too strong focus on women issues/female rights with maybe too much celeb performances and too few Harris policy-plan infos. It's one thing to use the catastrophic RvW bs that Trump is responsible for in a targeted form to give women hope but how much does an extreme focus help when data shows/would later show that it also drew away male voters bc they couldn't connect with this 1-topic campaign. On the other you have a strong focus on the so called hyper-masculine (mostly white but recently also black) male voters, religious bigots of a specific kind of christian worldview and of course anti-liberalism nutjobs who think that the country is under the control of jewish space reptiles.

What a fierce combination. Oh how much the small Green party must hate all of this. How many moderates, middle-ground average Joe americans must hate all of this. But the soup is totally overcooked after 8 years, after the Rep party decided behind closed doors to go full force extremist language, extreme prejudice and extreme ways of scheming (including collusion with russian assets) to get Trump into power and keep him there. Bc that's better than losing to social progress and other factors in the world that can't be pushed aside with a classic conservative slogan.

I could write more but neither would it change the head-to-head race til Nov 5th, nor would it matter to BOTH factions. The Dems are in trouble bc they stopped or seem to have shifted focus away from the most average of american(s) and their daily struggles while absurdly trying to make life better for all?! And the Reps sold their little bit of empty brains to the fastfood-fascism in golden TRUMP letters. It was clear that they could win (except the popular vote.....) some races and maintain power in an increasingly divided nation. But they did not foresee or what's the word that the single most egoistic pseudo- politician in american history would throw all of them AND the country's fundamental principles under the bus as long as it gets him a profit, or a free pass from rotting in jail for that horrifying insurrection attempt.

My closing thoughts are about a random average Joe who is a black union car worker in some rustbelt region whatever, who openly admitted to CNN interview that his entire family asked him to not vote for Trump. His reaction should be a warning for all sane americans. He shrugged it off, he said he just wants to provide for his family and that Trump can't literally be as bad as it seems. The Dems can flood his inbox with 100 emails, but a person must have a a basic moral compass and basic intellectual capabilities. This man clearly never read a newspaper with a good investig. report about Trump. This man doesnt care much about the bodily autonomy of his daughter... and so on. Some things can't be changed within one political campaign. You can't win back some complete idiots (despite B. Obama giving a stark message to fellow american black men after recent allegations that sexism prevents them from voting for Harris). My point with this example is: The Dems can't waste time with niche-groups of complete idiots (whether male or female), but must focus every bit of campaign energy on halfway educated middle-class people in the suburbs.

*STOP TRUMP* = *STOP RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT TO DESTABILIZE THE U.S. WITH THEIR ORANGE PUPPET*

[hjellacott]

housing prices in North America and Europe have been rising steadily since the 1940s. This wouldn't be a problem if the average person's median income were to rise with it. Unfortunately, it has stagnated. Government corruption and abuse of power has also continued to rise since WWIl, with governments taking more control and requiring more people to rely on it primarily in order to survive. Nowadays, when there are more women working most jobs than men, food prices are higher than ever, rent and mortgage prices are higher than ever, gas prices are higher than ever, the rate of virtue signalling instead of actually fixing problems is higher than ever, illegal immigration is higher than ever, and the gender pay gap has been flipped around so now, when every detail is accounted for, men are the ones who earn less than women for doing the same job. Women said they could do anything men can, started doing what men do, didn't like it, thought it was bad, voted to change it to meet their liking, and now look at the world we live in. The fact is, women can't do what men do. They're simply not equipped. That's not a bad thing, women should be doing far more important things than working male jobs thinking they're "empowered". Women have never run a successful civilisation because they’re not designed to as evidenced by the past and present reality.

You are an enormously sexist, misogynistic bigot and I feel sorry for the women you marry or become a parent of