"I never want to hear the words 'America is better than this' again.
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"NBC News exit polls report that Kamala Harris won LGBT voters 86 to 12. Joe Biden only won LGBT voters 64 to 27. …
Harris won LGBT voters more than Hillary Clinton (77-14) and Barack Obama in 2012 (76-22)."
~ Evan Hurst
Some of us know who will be first in line for the cruelty as it's dished out to immigrants, people of color, poor people, and, yes, LGBTQ people.
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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"President Biden bet everything on the innate goodness of the American people. We should learn from his mistake. …
Joe Biden was given the choice of betting liberal democracy on structures and the levers of power, or on the innate goodness of the American people. He put his entire chip stack on the American people and lost.
We ought not repeat his mistake."
~ Jonathan V. Last
#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
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The Wookiereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Perhaps we need to stop thinking of America as a "her". It's clearly a "him" that is driven by hate, resentment, and zero investment in democracy for more than 50% of us.
Just an angry white guy who doesn't want to make the world better for anyone. He just wants to make it worse for those that are not him.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to The Wookie last edited by
@NJWookie Thank you. This is excellent and I totally agree.
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slow learner, deep feelerreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
It looks like the only way to read this is download the substack app. I would subscribe to her list, but I don't want to download their app.
But I'm looking for ways to move deeper into a solidarity economy.
Thank you for using your voice to reflect this horrible reality.
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@wdlindsy
I do not deny the fact that the majority of white people voted republican, but that is not why Harris lost if there were more voters in 2020 and white women went democratic to a greater percentage. Unless you want to specifically look at white male voters. -
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@66gardeners I see Robert Jones stating a fact: a majority of white voters cast their votes for Trump. We can, I suppose, ignore that fact or the word "white," but I wonder where it would really get us to ignore a salient point about where our culture and politics are right now.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to slow learner last edited by
@melanie Here's the whole text from which that excerpt was taken:
Checking in... Let's talk.
Hey y'all.
We are one day out, and you've already made it 24 hours. That's good.
I am so blessed to have been able to spend what was otherwise a horrific night with the company of all of you.
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So many of you have reached out to me with stories of your own lives, your own queer and trans experiences, worries, hopes, and fears.
I wanted to share some very practical next steps for my trans readers. Here are the things I recommend:
- Get your passport. Today. It takes time to come in and getting an updated gender marker will likely be shut down under Trump.
- Update every ID your state allows you to.
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- Make sure you have a supply of medication in case of disruption
- If you have a trans kid that is stealth, consider maintaining stealth to get around enforcement of anti-trans laws.
- Watch my risk map and newsletter, I'll be tracking the next wave of anti-trans legislation we are sure to see.
- Stay in touch and ACTIVE with your local (LOCAL) LGBTQ+ org and mutual aid groups. This can help with supply disruptions.
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- If you are considering moving to a new state, this is a good time to do so. Not everyone wants to or can move, so respect that.
- Change your social security office gender marker. Most people don't realize this is a thing that exists. Do it sooner rather than later.
Other than that, check in with each other. And consider this my check in with you, my readers. I'll leave the chat open for the next 24 hours... and maybe will make these chats a regular thing, at least for now.
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"More Americans wanted the 1939 German-American Bund–style hate rally at Madison Square Garden than the big-tent party with high ideals about the American constitutional order. And we can no longer reassure ourselves, as we did in 2016, that Trump voters didn’t precisely know what they were getting or that much of what he promised to do was not to be taken seriously."
~ Jason Linkins
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@wdlindsy I really think a large majority of them were totally uninformed and have no idea about project 2025 and they really don’t believe in the mass deportation. However, we do know that Latino man would not vote for a woman because they think women belong in the kitchen so we have to start addressing their offspring. They are in America. They need to assimilate.
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66gardenersreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
Apathy seems to be a ,much bigger problem if you can't get people to vote.White people voting republican is not a new problem this time.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to 66gardeners last edited by
@66gardeners White people voting Republican when the GOP presidential candidate announces he intends to be a dictator, people won't have to vote again, he'll round up millions of people, put them in camps, and deport them — that's definitely a new problem.
Core phrase: "white people." We can try in every way possible to ignore or deny it, but it's there and needs to be dealt with and thought about, I'd propose.
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@wdlindsy
I agree white people vote republican.Why can't you accept that this time it appears other demographics actually moved into trumpxs direction which is the reason for this devastating loss.