#poltical post

[skankhunt44]

Americans should be the last commenting on this war...

Your two party system is falling apart

May I remind you of all of Hiroshima. That NUKE still has horrible effects on people and its been 80 years.

Then we will go to twin towers. I was old enough to actually watch it and comprehend it. The death toll was just over 2000, that was in 2001, ya'll still there killing people and have probably killed 50 times more than that easily. Most innocent, but "you follow your orders" and blow up an entire apartment building to kill two terriosts that weren't even confirmed.

Now the political game at the time Bush Jr. was losing the election, but oppps. He needed to fix his daddy's problem because he put terrorists in charge of Afghanistan during Sr.'s term as president. Which with election numbers down and Jr's second term our of reach. He himself is the terrorist. The attacks on the towers was an inside job. If you know anything about how tall buildings are made to withstand earthquakes. The building should have collapsed onto itself but should have mainly been in tact. And why... why would terrorists want to hit that target? It has no political gain besides engaging your war, gun hungry country.

Now. Believe it or not, your newscasts are biased! :0

So you're not getting the entire story.

And you're too dumb to go to the source so you just spread your stupidity.

I want to ask you something. Someone stabs you in the chest, you are carrying a gun. That person keeps stabbing you, you wouldn't defend yourself? Bullshit! As you hold your 'right to bear arms' so closely, but don't care they are being used by teenagers to shoot up schools. When the US made it legal for semiautomatic weapons gun violence rose exponentially. Look it up.

So. Before you back the terrorists horse, think about if it were you or your country bombed in the middle of the night of Xmas eve.

Yeah fuck you

[firefliesindisguise]

Kosa is the most horrifying thing to think about. Sometimes I want to forget about it but I know that won’t stop it from flying through congress and into law.

Teens will not have ways to learn about what’s happening in the world. Marginalized groups will not have the internet spaces that they do. Mental and sexual health will be censored. Activism will be censored. Everything important that you care about is going to be censored. They do this on purpose, especially to the youth, to keep us uninformed and unrepresented.

I don’t have the words to express how much this scares me. This will impact us all regardless of age, but for now I’m still a minor and it’s even scarier. I have friends younger than me who will have to endure it for longer than I do. I’m completely terrified because we are about to be trapped.

[the-local-bohg-witch]

Utah has set up a complaint line for anyone to submit if they see a person they believe to be trans using a public bathroom

it would be such a shame if people accidently sent spam to the tip line

you know what to do <3 https://ut-sao-special-prod.web.app/sex_basis_complaint.html here's the tip line

TRANS RIGHTS WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cree-n-jewish-thoughts]

22... That's so young... To end your life...

It hits me so hard... I'm sorry you felt so imprisoned in your mind you felt this was the only way to escape the pain.

Shirel Golan, your presence on this earth was a blessing to all who knew you, I pray you are free. Your memory is a blessing.

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[uncanny-tranny]

I think as we grow up, we have to be really conscious of romanticizing the world we grew up in in order to scorn how the next generations are growing up.

Nostalgia isn't inherently bad, but especially in political spaces, be very wary of this idea that there is an Ideal Past we must Harken Back To.

It sucks to feel left behind, but such is the human condition. It isn't bad to feel nostalgic, but that doesn't mean that these new generations are inherently "lost" and "need to be saved (by you)", and I think that is very important to remember and try to be conscious of.

[nyiibat]

A lot of these performative activists are nothing more than narcissists that exist in every group they use fake outrage to paint an image of themselves being the victim whilst attracting the people that are truly suffering the most.

The 4B movement is a white feminist TERF movement that was taken from women in Asia and turned into this liberal far left ideology that if women deny men everything and make themselves unattractive to men that they will be safe.

That’s not the case. This is not feminism this is a white supremacy dog whistle. White feminist hold up these ideals that will always exclude the people doing the actual movements and work. The white women take it and play victim.

These men want to hurt women they’re gonna do it regardless of what they look like. It’s about control.

Y’all want to shave your heads, do 4B, and wear blue friendship bracelets instead of listening to POCs who are telling y’all that this performative shit hurts us the most. You don’t care about that, you just want to play the victim.

Political and social illiteracy is the main cause of white backed movements to gain traction, the misinformation, the white supremacy, the exclusion of POCs, the exclusion of trans people, etc.

Educate yourselves before you go around talking about change. I suggest the book “Notes from the women, White Feminists forgot”

It is and will always be us POCs who are doing the real gritty work to actually make change. This is the time for white women to step the fuck back and stay out of our conversations. If we need you, we’ll let you know. It’s time that white people especially white women actually sit back listen and learn from us.

[elegantcherryblossomsheep]

the thing is that whats happening is really scary. not because everything is going to fall apart - he may do far less damage than we fear.

but because this outcome has people afraid for their lives and uncertain if they want to live. democracy should never leave such a large proportion of people fearful.

yes, there will always be people upset about the outcome of an election - usually around half. but there should never be people interested in harming others or constructing conspiracy theories, and absolutely never people interested in harming themselves.

American politics, radicalism and individualism has gone too far and its dangerous.

[tired-dragon22]

I've been seeing this going around, and I just wanna vent and see if it clears my thoughts. Since last October, and even before then, I've struggled with what's happening in Palestine and Gaza. Because it's bullshit that the US government is funding a genocide, is refusing to listen to what a great majority of the people want, which is a complete cease of aid to Isr@el . I want that so badly, I want to see good news I on my phone, I want to see those families have the room to grieve and to rage and to rebuild their beautiful homes. I want to see Palestinian children play in the sun without having to worry about being labeled as a threat. I've seen the protests and fundraisers, and shared/participated in anyway I'm able to. And I've also seen the shit show that's coming in the US depending on which presidential candidate goes into office. I'm a lesbian, Mexican American woman. Both my parents immigrated from Mexico when they were young. I've got younger siblings, two sisters and a brother. I know so many people like us. We struggled when Trump was in office before. We struggled before then, but it has been even more terrifying ever since then. We're fucked if he goes into office, especially with the layout for Project 2025. All of us are. Every single minority, every single person that doesn't fit into the cookie cutter image that Republicans want will be fucking crushed. Our rights are already being taken away because of who Trump put into the Supreme Court. My family struggles with a crap ton of health issues, my sisters both have knee and back problems. They've had a number of surgeries and still struggle with more issues every day. I thank whatever deity exists that we're able to cover most of their necessities with insurance. And I know damn well all of that is gone if Trump wins. I fucking hate what Biden did during his administration, refusing to see what was happening, refusing to fucking listen. I'm tentatively hopeful things will be easier to protest and try to fix if we were to be under Harris. But I'm also too pessimistic and skeptical to fully believe that. And that's my main problem. I don't want to vote for someone who would support a genocide. I would so much rather vote for a third party. But I know damn well it'll only push things in the wrong direction, considering how terrible this fucking country's election system goes. That's how Trump got elected in 2016 after all. People didn't vote and they assumed cause of the popularity win Clinton had she'd win. And I'd rather fucking rot somewhere than vote for Trump. So my only viable option, it seems, is to vote for Harris, whether I like her or not. And I hate it. I hate it so fucking much. I see people say they're gonna vote for a third party, I've even seen some people say they're gonna vote for Trump because they don't want to vote for Harris. And I'm just begging someone to explain to me how any of that would be better. We can try and fix things if we're under a politician that will at least not practically burn our rights at the stake. I want to have autonomy of my own body. I want that for my sisters, for my mom, for my brother and for my dad. I want that for all the trans kids who'll die if Trump goes into office. I want freedom for all the minorities that live in this godforsaken country, I want Palestine to have it's land back and for Isr@el to fuck right off. I just don't know what to do anymore. Btw, if anyone bothers to read everything I just wrote down, I'd really appreciate any advice.

[mumbos-waffle]

Unrelated to anything ever but how the fuck to people just not know where they stand morally? Like I understand being conflicted but how the hell do you go "oh uh, I dont know how I feel about my government" "i dont know much about politics" brother what.??? Maybe its the environment I've been raised in or the strong sense of justice my autism has instilled in me but I've wanted to destroy the government since I could speak.

How do you not want to march into trumps bedroom and fucminf throw him in a volcano? I want to protest and scream and yell and sing songs and make art about how horribly we've been treated????? How are you neutral????

[aidsyouinthinking]

My Poltical Poem (my pp for short): Fleshy cogs that fester

We, the machine's cogs, lack a nuanced voice;

Do you turn left, or turn right, is no choice-

Binary abstractions twist our tongues to devoice:

Various are we reflecting that we'll rejoice!

Those who shift the gears get utmost disdain;

The machine's movements echos devilish contempt-

But, these abstractions are a shared blinding bane:

Delusional? Deluded! By system unkempt.

'News' -Media; the swaying gears contort our minds;

Insecure parts caught in web of cold machinery-

Dragging out the worst, and us to doom that winds:

Status qou breeds woe: a stagnating scenery.

Hands tied in ribbons shredded by ballot boxes;

The great recession; paper represents litte at all -

Lifeblood of change but many play the part of foxes:

One tighted screw, ripples change, that shall sprawl:

Sprocket springs serendipitous;

Jamming jankly- jaded jolts- "jokes"-

Popular path; Precipitous:

Solo; strayed - jointly judge: provokes!

been a bit since I've done a talky section... I wonder why this topic is on my mind hmmmmm...

Ig I wanna expand on the one line "one tighted screw"- first past the post is archaic and something cavemen could've used, it's basic illrepesentative and so on and so on, but even just letting independents votes go to major parties, would do so much for nuniaced voting, allowing a direct way to showcase desire for what is thought to be mainstream policys.

It helps the anyllitic deriving of voter desires and thoughts by repsenting it in the votes by circumnavigating taxtical voting some what anyway.

The point is that it's so small, but it'd do a lot, obv I'm very pro changing more if not all...

[xtheneox]

[the-local-bohg-witch]

honestly all I can say on the election is that we just have to keep going. I know it feels impossible, but the fight against fascism always has. If we give up, they win. Take a breather now, if you in the us stock up on essentials and have a plan in place, but do not give up. I'm thinking a lot about history and what has happened in the past, and the thing is, marginalized people have always survived through so much horror. We can't fail that legacy with giving up now. Find your community, talk to you neighbours, get a library card, stand up in every way you can. Both to fight for the future and to have some hope. I think of the quote by Ursula K. Le Guin "We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art." we have to have faith that we can fix things, other wise we never will I love you all <3 take care of yourself and the people around you

[sendmyresignation]

finally reading dance of days (thank you ohiolink and oberlin college <3) but my most consistent takeaway thus far. is oh my god. people who think punk is primarily ideological and not subcultural/musical. are so out of touch.

[gorgugplushie]

im very confused by that anon erm lol

[fiapple]

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