I fully share the “burn it down” sentiment. Trans men get beaten for doing exactly this. A trans man was beaten for using the women’s restroom because it was the only one with a toilet..
I know the trans-masc community knows not to put themselves in danger for this. No one’s going to “prove” anyone wrong. All that will happen is the people who want trans people dead will get trans people dead.
They burned medical supplies. They literally incinerated them. Disgusting.
Why would we want people to read? Sensational headlines are far more compelling. The body of an article? That’s just to legitimize our opinions. How else do we set ourselves apart from the hundreds of thousands of other opinion makers on mainstream social media?
maybe show some respect to this man who got out of his house and tried something. We don’t know how he voted. We don’t know what this man believed, besides that he was rightfully disgusted by the Epstein Files. Lots of people disagree with their parents; like, y’know, the killers behind the last two big assassinations.
THANK YOU. Also the German Army was weak before Hitler’s rise (hence the loss in WWI which the Nazi’s attributed to the “Stab in the Back” theory). Germany also owed significant debt for reparations in the Treaty of Versailles. And the mobilization of Eurasia, the USA and Canada is no small feat.
None of this is true here. The USA has the strongest and most expensive army in the world. The USA largely was the army of the “Free World”—I say was because it’s clear the USA is aligned closer to China and Russia. Sure, the USA is in debt; but it’s all imaginary numbers because the USA also prints the world currency.
Also: nukes. We’ve got nukes. We’ve got TONS of nukes. In WWII, Germany did not have nukes. Japan did not have nukes. Now, nukes are not nation-enders; but they are fierce deterrents, especially against democracies where leaders have to answer questions like “Why did you provoke the USA into turning my family into shadows over foreign policy?”.
[The world unifies to save the USAmericans] is a prediction so self-absorbed and far-fetched, you’d only hear it from a USAmerican. The UK, Canada, Germany; they’ve all got their own rising fascist movements to suppress—and Again, hurting your civilians over foreign politics is extremely unpopular.
It’s relieving in a terrible way to see this acknowledged. I’ve heard far too many people over the last 15 months argue that this is just a roadbump, or talk about it like the typical Republican administration of economic strain and erosion of some civil rights. This is unprecedented in our country’s history. This is not something to hunker down and wait out.
Even the idea that “fascism will inevitably collapse” is an oversimplification and wishful thinking. I understand that much of this inaction is trauma from the strain of us living in a post 9/11 America, which up until now has been a slow-burn erosion of rights and tightening of economic conditions. Trump’s second term is in every way a different beast. It was well apparent that it would be since before the election even happened: Project 2025. The signs reading “MASS DEPORTATIONS”. Hell; I thought the Alt-Right Insurrection on Jan 6th, 2021 was so blatantly anti-democratic that Trump would have no chance of winning in 2024. I was clearly wrong.
Look at China. Look at Russia. That’s where the USA is heading. Those nations are fascist, too. That is the type of fascism I see this country falling into. It’s not going to be loud, with massive parades and MAGA Youth programs—Not in a country with this many people, this large an area; and this many guns. The fascism of the USA will be like it has been for the last year: With citizens disappeared from our streets; Agents exploiting our already shredded rights; and surveillance networks tracking our every move. That is life in China and Russia; and those nations are well-settled in those systems.
The course of the USA is to fall into a fascism of the system. It will not be our military harming our citizens. The violence will be carried out in policies enacted by people with faces and roles; under the guise of “just doing a job” or “protecting their community”. Hell, let’s not pretend like that wasn’t already the case. The War on Drugs, The Patriot Act, the regular abuses of police against protestors… This nation has been one of systemic violence since well before Trump took the stage in 2015. Just look to the population held imprisoned without being found guilty in our prisons, hospitals, and CIA detention centers.
I applaud the resistance in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. What happened in the Twin Cities was the first bit of resistance we’ve seen in this entire administration (excluding one-day attacks—I am not downplaying their significance.) Regarding the rest of this nation: What happened throughout the last year (especially the atrocities of ICE) is well beyond what I inherently assumed would be the “snapping point”. The fact that our economy and institutions are continuing in the midst of such blatant oppression and corruption, has me convinced there is no snapping point at all. En large, no draconian policy will trigger an out-roar, because the masses simply do not have it within them. We’re too worn down, too distracted, too traumatized, and too used to it. What scares me most is how clear it is—by the public conduct of our corporations, our elected leaders, and our government accounts—that our rulers know this.
Y’know some days I’ve thought the same thing, especially with the absurdity of the last few years. To the incident you described, I think that person may very well have been mentally disabled, or on drugs, or otherwise mentally “out of it”. The human brain is incredibly complex and finicky, and that makes sense considering it’s really intricate meat that is zapping itself with electricity.
In my own life I’ve seen a fair number of people who seem fully tapped out. I believe this trend has been amplified by the overstimulating nature of our media landscape; the rise of short-form content; the normalization of outsourcing thinking to “AI” processes; the general stress and tension in the world…
She is accused of knowingly encouraging minors to skip school, disrupt campus activities, and make threats.
Hmm… what might those threats be?
Chollet told students she supported the walkout, praised those participating and indicated a group of adults would join them.
okaaaaay
Her comments, officers wrote, appeared to influence students who later made threats of vandalism and violence toward a specific individual.
Sounds like she’s the next Larry Bushart (a man arrested making FaceBook posts mocking Charlie Kirk; who officers allege distressed local residents of a nearby school).
No countries are going to block Steam for not preventing alt-right hate-groups from leaving hate comments on store pages. Reddit and TikTok are regularly censoring users criticizing alt-right hate groups and international Satanic pedophiles, and no nation has even considered blocking them AFAIK.
and the Jan 6th insurrection hearing… and the 14th amendment section 3…
I hope he’s not the only one…
I imagine you are right. Remember, these folks make $174,000 a year, and have taxpayer-funded healthcare </3
"The goal was to get her – even by denying that she would produce it – to acknowledge that it existed and then raise the alarm,” Scanlon told The Intercept.
Love to see social engineering at work.
As a trans person myself – I want general improvements to quality of life. Don’t single us out. I want to appreciate the effort here, but this is just putting trans folks in the crossfire.
For the last 3 years, the manosphere had radicalized young men on the idea that “women get all the benefits” because of woman-only scholarships, woman-only shelters, and laws from Bill Clinton’s administration that specifically protect women from Domestic Violence. When I read this bill, all I can think of is some muscular tan bro talking into a microphone saying: The world takes care of trans people. We get none of that.
Don’t make the rule that “you can’t deny someone food stamps due to their trans identity”; say people can’t be denied food stamps. Ditto for unemployment benefits, public housing, and (quoting from the bill): medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security. Pass laws for medical dignity and autonomy; not just against doctors refusing or delaying HRT, but for all general elective procedures and medications. Let the transgender news content creators explain why these are good for queer folks.
On top of that, maybe make it illegal to disclose whether someone is trans or not in court to prevent biasing a jury. That would be it IMO.
That mentality pisses me off. Partially because they’re definitely going to rig them; but more because thousands of people are dying every week. Thousands are being disappeared. How many folks were sent to CECOT? How many people were grabbed off the street? The ICE abductions were the tipping point and tragically we failed. (It didn’t help to have all the libs yelling “DON’T FIGHT BACK!!”)
You’re going to sit back and hold a zen zone through 2 years of holocaust? Really? The entitlement of those folks is insane.
Can’t forget the trickle of “Democrats are meddling with the-” right before they realized they swept in 2024.
I’m shocked people are shocked Apple is supporting Trump. Apple’s been contracting slave labor from CCP concentration camps. They sell expensive gadgets that are hardwired to not let people repair them, and harass those who offer fair market repairs. Again, though, slave labor. Apple has not been on the side of human rights in decades.
RFK Jr. wanted to lead the USA’s health department against a believed massive conspiracy by big-Whatever. Trump gave RFK Jr. a slot so RFK Jr. didn’t split the far-right crazy vote in the 2024 election.
In 2024, RFK Jr. launched an independent bid for the presidency after floating challenging Joe Biden’s spot in the Democratic Party. RFK Jr. had no chance of winning the Democratic primary or an independent bid; but being a conspiracy theorist and all-around horrible person, it was possible that RFK Jr. may have split enough of that population from key states to cause Trump to lose. That conspiracy theory nonsense really doesn’t hold water in the Democratic voter base. The folks who would choose RFK Jr. over Harris or Trump, would otherwise choose Trump over Harris.
Recall that in 2016, Trump won many key states with <54% of the vote; and in 2020, Biden flipped those key states after Trump’s mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic and other controversies. Even losing 3% of the popular vote in a few states to RFK Jr. may have cost Trump the election in 2024, or so it was feared.
Lots of people here are giving explanations of why the citizens may support RFK Jr. and, while that is all true, the reality is most of Trump’s campaign staff are just loyalists (i.e. Pam Bondi), alt-right conspiracy theorists (i.e. Kash Patel), and folks who assisted in his election campaign (i.e. Elon Musk, Dr. Phil). Many of these are figures are people largely unknown of until they were appointed to be Trump’s staff. RFK Jr. leads the HHS because he was given that role by Trump. As to why the USA folk chose Trump; Well, we’ve been having that conversation for 15 months now.
USAmericans are living in turmoil, struggling to makes ends meet; We see headlines like this, and then we see our representatives—Democrat representatives—sit around. I’m aware this order is illegal, and maybe it would be “pointless” to reiterate that; but maybe it wouldn’t. Maybe restating the president can’t take control of elections would actually persuade enough of the Supreme Court to tell Trump to ask Congress. Maybe a few defectors would join Democrats in refusing to give Trump that control. What else are our representatives going to be doing? Attending lobbyist parties?
This is why so many USA folks are bitter and jaded about our nation, the Democratic Party, and voting in general. We have seen resistance efforts against ICE, especially now in Minneapolis and St. Paul. We’ve seen lawyers and civil rights activists assemble to assist marginalized groups. Soup kitchens and food pantries continue to get essential support, even during this economic recession. During the shutdown, while SNAP benefits were illegally withheld, even restaurants were offering free meals to SNAP recipients. And not one bit of this was thanks to the so-called opposition party. People with local businesses or full-time jobs—people with family members to care for—are taking on this effort; and the vast majority of the folks making $174,000 a year in their political representative job aren’t involved beyond showing up to their cushy office, walking into the chamber, and pressing the “No” button that they know won’t stop anything. Then, when that vote would have power, they give the All-Clear to the fascists…all three times now.
Not one member of the Senate even requested the “Big Beautiful Bill” be read out in full—a procedure which likely would have delayed the bill by months. Introducing the bill by name alone requires unanimous consent; and Republicans got it. Again and again we watch as limp-spined Democrats follow their geriatric delulu leader Schumer, and their followers yell at everyone who criticizes them—pro-Palestine protestors; Newsom critics; those calling for resistance—It’s agonizing.