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It's very clear what he meant. It's very, very clear what he meant.
That does it. I'm gonna exist even harder
When you agree that even bad spies deserve to exist, I can't wait to see how :amerikkkunt: fight.
Firing someone for being trans is wrong.
When are Amerikkkants going to fire the white cis predators?
As soon as a Democrat gets into office
Someone didn't read the Epstein files🤣
I don’t see how that is relevant. He was prosecuted by Republicans.
You don't see the relevance of Democrats raping kids in Little Saint James and Great Saint James, that are still in Congress?
That is news to me. Which Democrats?
I asked for a list of Democrats in Congress and you gave me a list of Republicans and CEOs. Which ones did you mean? Maybe I missed them while skimming.
Jax?
Fax
As much as the Fascist that the fools who voted for his very specific promises to destroy freedom of the press("We are going to jail journalists!" crowd roars (paraphrased, but not far off, I think the original was even wilder)) and being the Project 2025 Puppet is a Worthless Tool, I do have to clarify something here.
The implication was very much clear, but he did not explicitly say "trangender people will end." He intimated that if they lose the ground they deserve to lose that it "will never end."
We have to be accurate in our commentary about and towards the Fascists. To devolve into their tactics is to give them ammunition to fuel the brainwashed.
He absolutely wants our Family dead and gone--Project 2025 literally laid out the plan to make our Trans Family illegal(criminalize porn, redefine porn to include transgender persons, thereby making it illegal to exist). But we have to report accurately, not fuel the Apologists who will look at this article and go "look at this radical--Fearless Leader never said that."
The Annoying Orange will eventually fade, but the Nazis(GOP) will remain trouble nonetheless. Let us accurately report their idiocy so people can wake up.
To devolve into their tactics is to give them ammunition to fuel the brainwashed.
I agree with this message but not your reasoning. Fascists don't care about what is true. If we only speak objectively, make rational arguments, emphasize logical consistency, stick to our principles, etc, they'll just lie and take things wildly out of context to feed to their base. They don't need us to feed them ammunition.
However, we should still do these things for our own sake. If we fight their misinformation with our own, we erase any hope objective truth and shared reality have of coming back. A lot of Trump voters and supporters don't support every aspect of modern fascism. If the Epstein files or Iran war gets some of them to realize they've been lied to, they might look around to other ideologies. We need to represent the values of transparency and truth that the MAGA movement pretends to uphold. If manipulation and deception eventually defeats fascism, it would still be bad. The new normal and values of the new leadership would continue manipulating and deceiving people to the benefit of the rich.
Fair and valid--They absolutely do not need us to feed them ammunition. But still, donating it, as we both agree, is not beneficial.
The hardliners are not going to be swayed by "radical leftist," things like..compassion, understanding, and respect. But those who are in the herd at large, strung along, they are who can be swayed as you mentioned, and it is to them that we must maintain the discipline that you expounded. Not owed to them, but as you said, "for our own sake." We owe it to ourselves to remain honest and true.
I actually know someone funnily enough who was a Trumpet until she came to realize the Monster she helped get elected for a second term. We do not talk politics much, but I do know that even if not progressive, she at the very least supports our right to exist(even though she does have some hesitances about some things that we have not had a chance to discuss much). People can certainly change.
I hate when people joke about trump by making up things he didnt say. He spews enough nonsense, we dont need to imagine more of those things. It also makes it look like we are making shit up when we quote him verbatim
I can't wait until we end Trump.