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at least protect my loves rights (trans rights). they couldnt even meet that lowest of bars but hey i really should have paid attention to the "first they came" poem because it warns exactly about what it means to support "lesser evil."

i didn't decide anything buddy. i live in a perma red gerrymandered to all hell red state, so people like me dont even GET to participate in democracy and that's by design. and despite dems betraying me on the immigration issue, i still supported their "lesser evil" in the vein hope they would ->

the patrick star's wallet meme in which man ray is holding a card that reads, "biden harris 2024". Man Ray: wasn't this you lesser evil? patrick: yup man Ray: sacrificing palestinians & immigrants didn't win yo the last election, correct? patrick: yup man ray: so betraying homeless & trans ppl can only hurt your electoral chances even more while also making the the status quo even more fascistic patrick: that makes sense to me man ray: so let's push party policy that isn't cruel and doesn't alienate marginalized voting blocs. patrick goes on to spout a bunch of familiar copy paste phrases: purity testing, perfect, enemy of good, 99% hitler > 100% hitler, trolley problem, enjoy the camps, how's gaza doing, russan bot. the words,"this is why trump" are cut off at the bottom of the screen where presumably more npc dialogue is waiting to scroll up.

probably just gonna get blocked too, but ah what the heck~

i really think these people's problem is just motivated by some subconscious resentment for any kind of minority speaking their mind.

currently arguing with someone yelling at trans people upset with this recent gavin thing. i check their posts to see theyve been shit talking hakeem and schumer so they recognize their own right to be upset at the party, but something about being trans is actually causing them to go into hysterics.

oh, but you see. the sacrifice of my safety & dignity are hidden out of sight and out of mind in a "box that isn't checked off".

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them. Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

because the only argument in these people arsenal is "but trump!"

they want me to consent to their party giving me a knife to the stomach and the only way they can do that is by coercing me with a knife in the heart. but ive been stabbed one too many times. i'm done.

and now they're helping ice? if i go to the camps i'll deserve it, but only because i didn't heed the warning of the poem, "first they came." my vote was an endorsement for your blue diet fascism & now that "lesser" evil is coming for me.

against my conscience, and in spite of dems endangering my safety by caving on the "border crises" framing, i voted lesser evil last time in the vein hope they would at least protect my love & remain cowardly neutral on her rights (trans rights). they couldn't even meet that lowest of bars ->

ok...

but can i take it that you still expect people like me to agree with this sentiment and vote anyway? bc i can tell you that i've been a "lesser evil" voter for a while even though dems havent even checked off even half of my boxes. and in my lifetime ive seen them compromise more and more

the patrick star's wallet meme in which man ray is holding a card that reads, "biden harris 2024". Man Ray: wasn't this you lesser evil? patrick: yup man Ray: sacrificing palestinians & immigrants didn't win yo the last election, correct? patrick: yup man ray: so betraying homeless & trans ppl can only hurt your electoral chances even more while also making the the status quo even more fascistic patrick: that makes sense to me man ray: so let's push party policy that isn't cruel and doesn't alienate marginalized voting blocs. patrick goes on to spout a bunch of familiar copy paste phrases: purity testing, perfect, enemy of good, 99% hitler > 100% hitler, trolley problem, enjoy the camps, how's gaza doing, russan bot. the words,"this is why trump" are cut off at the bottom of the screen where presumably more npc dialogue is waiting to scroll up.

"so what if i'm running away from your inconvenient question by insisting on THE GOD DANG CHEETOH"

yawn. boring. update your dialogue tree.

so what am i to take from that besides you approving of the idea that dems need to be more "flexible" when it comes to protecting us?

you do realize you're in a thread where a trans woman just said she wont vote for a candidate who is bad on trans rights (among other things) right? do you remember responding affirmatively to "Again, Dems always find one issue they won't compromise on and then we get Fascists." right??

i asked you a question first. what's next? how many more minorities or rights do you want to surrender as if some special amount of blood is what will make your party more popular.

it didn't do the party any favors last election, but they'll probably win anyway as per usual letting republicans be cruel so voters comes crawling back with fewer demands.

ohi could have sworn it was you that posted a gif pointing "THIS" at a post that just whined about dems not being willing to compromise with policies cruel to minorities.

go ahead & keep insisting that minorities need to sacrifice our dignity & safety for your team to win if it makes you happy.

between palestinians, the homeless, immigrants (as well as the safety of black & brown americans in general), protestors, trans people and now even prochoice being put on the chopping bloc by some, wow that "one issue" sure is getting bigger. whats next? wanna cave on teaching about slavery?

"i don't compromise with facists, but i'm ready to back a candidate who does."

People like you are why the Laken Riely Act was passed so easily, and we now have ICE agents choke-slamming mothers in front of their kids. Instead of standing up for marginalized communities, you'd rather find compromise with fascists.

THEY ARE ALREADY GONE BECAUSE OF NEWSOM!!! NEWSOM HAS VETOED MORE PRO-TRANS LEGISLATION THAN ANY REPUBLICAN. NEWSOM MADE THE LA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL END HEALTHCARE FOR TRANS PEOPLE.

i know some of you would like us to just die quietly and be grateful that the party stabbed us in the stomach rather than the heart, but sorry. guess we inconvenient minorities are just going to keep seeing value in our lives and rights.

"58 democrats helped republicans pass the laken riley act, which will enable trump's ice to put migrants *accused* of shoplifting in detention without due process."

"the day after trump sent the national guard to crush protest against ice in LA, 75 democrats voted for a resolution that praised ice. meanwhile, only one democrat has introduced legislation this session to protect protesters: ilhan omar." -the intercept

"governor newsome orders additional cops to downtown los angeles for violent anti-ice protests" (note: any talk of "keeping the peace" meant kettling and brutalizing protestors to protect ice activities.)

they didn't say it was the same, but it is valid to bring up the ways in which both parties contribute to the rising harm minorities are experiencing. in example, dems don't control ice right now, but they turned on immigrants pre-election in addition to other ways theyve helped us reach this point.

if the democratic party starts stepping away trans people they might as well sign this country away to the far right forever

oh god. one of these type were defending ice not too long ago. i was right when i said fascists can never settle for hurting just one minority.

i think he's too useful ostensibly running as a democrat; occupying a space that could otherwise have been taken by legitimate opposition.

I wonder how all the people who tried to give Gavin credit for bills the legislature passed that he merely signed will weasel their boy out of this one.

you're lucky the party might win next election just because they can always fall back on their strategy of letting people suffer under republican rule so that they come crawling back with fewer demands. lord knows yall don't win for doing the right thing.

i think its connoreatspants or something like that on twitch? they do interviews with people while playing fortnite.