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Like literally everything involved in the slow creep towards authoritarianism, it seems obvious to those who are looking for it, yet is innocuous enough to be easily dismissed as coincidence or meaningless by those who value their peace of mind more than justice.
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Quorum posted:Like literally everything involved in the slow creep towards authoritarianism, it seems obvious to those who are looking for it, yet is innocuous enough to be easily dismissed as coincidence or meaningless by those who value their peace of mind more than justice. When Romania massacred many of it's Jews in WWII, a prominent Jewish author found out about it from a friend who took part in the massacres, and had come back home on leave. There's pretty much no bottom to that attitude. Schizotek fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Jan 21, 2017 |
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Yeah... not unexpected, but certainly a very bad sign. http://www.hrc.org/blog/president-trump-appoints-lawyer-who-defended-discriminatory-hb2-to-key-civi
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The all-Republican Supreme Court of Texas has agreed to rehear a case challenging benefits offered by the city of Houston to same-sex couples.quote:The state’s highest civil court had rejected the case in September with only one of nine justices dissenting, prompting a backlash from opponents of gay marriage who saw an opportunity to strip away same-sex spousal benefits offered to employees of state and local governments.
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Brace yourselves http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/01/sources-report-trump-executive-order-lgbtq-community-coming-soon/ quote:An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today.
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This, plus Raul Labrador's federal FADA will take us all the way back to sit-ins and arrests. I suspect that's what NC republican's insistence on a 'cooling off period' for anti-discrimination ordinances was all about. They were assured that their HB2 bullshit(and even worse) was going national soon, so they knew they were going to break the state boycott regardless.
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B-BUT GUYS, HE'S SOCIALLY LIBERALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL More and more all the time I want to strangle the people that kept somehow repeating this damned lie to themselves and any other dumbasses that would listen.
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Yardbomb posted:B-BUT GUYS, HE'S SOCIALLY LIBERALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 
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And when you least expected it: https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/the-boy-scouts-just-announced-they-will-allow-transgender-bo?utm_term=.uePo3D94B#.vuOKzkr1m quote:“Starting today, we will accept and register youth in the Cub and Boy Scout programs based on the gender identity indicated on the application. Our organization’s local councils will help find units that can provide for the best interest of the child.
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I had literally just read on Huffington Post about the family of a trans boy being excluded from the Cub Scouts. The article ended with vague talk about a lawsuit, so I'm not surprised they're buckling down this quick! The Girl Scouts are fantastic about accepting trans girls, and I don't think the Venture Scouts have ever made gender related exclusions with regard to trans folk in general.
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There's been talk on Twitter and other places this may not happen. However, I am not optimistic.
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Krysmphoenix posted:I had literally just read on Huffington Post about the family of a trans boy being excluded from the Cub Scouts. The article ended with vague talk about a lawsuit, so I'm not surprised they're buckling down this quick! The Girl Scouts are fantastic about accepting trans girls, and I don't think the Venture Scouts have ever made gender related exclusions with regard to trans folk in general. Venture scouts is part of BSA, but they're also co-ed so it's less of an issue.
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there wolf posted:Venture scouts is part of BSA, but they're also co-ed so it's less of an issue. I grew up with a completely co-ed Scouts Canada, so learning about how conservative the US Scouts were was disappointing.
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The Dark One posted:I grew up in Canada, so learning about how conservative the US is continues to be disappointing. fixed that for you that said, since we still raise boys and girls in very different ways, I can still see why wanting separate scouting programs may make sense to some, but it's still obnoxious at time. Maybe in time the US scouting programs will merge.
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The Dark One posted:I grew up with a completely co-ed Scouts Canada, so learning about how conservative the US Scouts were was disappointing. Co-ed is only progressive for boys. It's actually harmful for girls, so you have to be careful slinging it around like a gold standard. Boy Scouts of America is also heavily backed by the Mormon church, which is why it lags behind pretty much every other scouting organization (there are a bunch) as far as dealing with the queer community and atheists.
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Hello thread. So as a trans man in the U.S. how worried should I be right now? I'm having trouble settling on an appropriate level of terror.
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RabbitMage posted:Hello thread. Well if you liked having any legal protections I have some bad news
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*starts to open closet door, looks around, quietly closes and barricades door*
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RabbitMage posted:Hello thread. Up your t doses to get real buff and hairy and get a good packer. All the trans hate is really directed at the girls and further still at the ones who don't pass. Trans men don't exist.
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:Well if you liked having any legal protections I have some bad news Well yeah I figured that. But really. My fiancee is really freaked out and talking about having things in order so we can run to Canada on short notice and hope for mercy/living in the woods maybe? I feel like we're not there yet, but with how quickly things have been happening I honestly don't know. I feel relatively safe here in California, but.
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RabbitMage posted:Hello thread. Get as many firearms as you can afford, train with them, and carry at least one on your person at all times. Be alert and be ready, they are coming for us soon.
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RabbitMage posted:Well yeah I figured that. I wouldn't run into the woods yet. But you should probably keep that as a serious back up plan. Trans people look like they have a really big target on them now. I also wouldn't start buying guns for a final stand. I'm not going to criticize if you go that route though.
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RabbitMage posted:Hello thread. As a man, you will probably be OK. You might have to rejustify your T doses as helping you "build mass and get big boners, the best boners -- you won't believe the kind of boners I get." It's not going to be pretty be feel free to lean on your male privilege in the coming years. You'll need it.
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Shbobdb posted:As a man, you will probably be OK. You might have to rejustify your T doses as helping you "build mass and get big boners, the best boners -- you won't believe the kind of boners I get." Hey Nazi, get the gently caress out. No one wants your bullshit here either.
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My boners are Yuge. Everyone loves them. Thanks for the words of...well, not comfort, but thanks for the words. I have zero gun training and don't really feel comfortable having a gun in my home for a few reasons, but it's a possibility down the line. Might look into other ways to work in self defense and take some reasoned, not-quite-wildman-living-in-the-woods just yet. Though I gotta say, I've got some fine woods around here to vanish into.
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RabbitMage posted:My boners are Yuge. Everyone loves them. Accept your calling and become a literal bear.
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well at least this is gives us a minute to breath but who the gently caress knows whats coming https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/obama-trump-protections-lgbt-workers.html?_r=0
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Glazier posted:Hey Nazi, get the gently caress out. No one wants your bullshit here either. LOL
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:well at least this is gives us a minute to breath but who the gently caress knows whats coming i won't believe it'll last until the day trump leaves office, but i'll take what i loving can
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Small benefit of Trump being a loose cannon I guess? I do enjoy the general indifference and contempt he presents to the religious right. Maybe he can disillusion enough of them that they go crawling back into their churches and out of the political sphere.
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He seems to have made a sort of political calculation where he will try to molify the evangelicals with abortion stuff while being more liberal on gay stuff, probably because he doesn't give a poo poo about women's rights. He's already done executive orders on abortion and his one promise for SCOTUS justices is that they would be pro-life. But there's still FADA to worry about, which could be worse. MaxxBot fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Jan 31, 2017 |
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Glazier posted:Get as many firearms as you can afford, train with them, and carry at least one on your person at all times. Be alert and be ready, they are coming for us soon. Get help.
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I mean honestly depending on where you live, owning a pistol or something for self defense isn't a bad idea, just don't own it for crazy  reasons.
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Krysmphoenix posted:fixed that for you Oh, sorry, to be clear, Girl Guides of Canada is still its own thing. Scouts Canada just allows anyone to enroll. My troupe had two girls and my gender-non-specific self in it.
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The Dark One posted:Oh, sorry, to be clear, Girl Guides of Canada is still its own thing. Scouts Canada just allows anyone to enroll. My troupe had two girls and my gender-non-specific self in it. Isn't that normal for non-US western countries? NZ is the same, pretty sure Australia is too.
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RagnarokAngel posted:Get help. I did, from Blazing Sword
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Yardbomb posted:I mean honestly depending on where you live, owning a pistol or something for self defense isn't a bad idea, just don't own it for crazy Owning a gun for self defense is a crazy reason.
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Shbobdb posted:Owning a gun for self defense is a crazy reason. *dies by police-involved shooting/home invasion for being trans*
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Shbobdb posted:Owning a gun for self defense is a crazy reason. There's really no situation where a gun helps. Like we always tell conservatives guns either escalate a situation or are useless against the threat. If the gestapo come after us for realsies were not going to be able to fight back with guns. All you're going to do is accidentally shoot some dude I'm a trenchcoat because he looked kinda shifty.
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