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You're stating something that people directly affected already know on a 'waking up anxious about it' basis. This may be interpreted as 'failure to read the room', 'ignorance of history on the topic,' or possibly 'failure to identify on a human level in the face of minor differences.' -- all treatable, but unhelpful to people who are actively discusssing survival of self or preservation of self expression as a genaral liberty.
tl;dr -- you sound like an ignorant or selfish jerk, or a 13 yo who hasn't had a thought of their own yet. Critical thinking and listening more are usually the cure #recoveredassholesanonymous
also, for Us: running helps least on a social outcome level -- better to use temporary evasion tactics and stay close or return to areas familiar enough to play gorilla tag. Duck and run, but also Hold the line.
Thank you. It gets so tiring seeing these people constantly shouting "WhY ARen't YOu FIGhtinG bAck?" Whenever someone expresses fear about what's been happening. Oh I don't know about anyone else, but I'm a little preoccupied wondering how my family and I are going to fucking survive the next four years in the first place.
My wife's disabled, we've got multiple autistic kids, my health isn't the greatest, I'm trans but luckily I can still play cis. We can only afford to live because my wife gets Social Security Disability, and we have Medicaid and SNAP. All things they're certainly going to be targeting. Yeah we'll likely be shielded from some of the worst of this living in a blue state but I'm not sure how much even that's going to protect us anymore.
Myeah... That sounds like something I'd get angry enough to strike over rather than to put my head down and “survive through it”, but that might be easier for me to say living not in the US.
What part of I care for multiple disabled family members and live in poverty did you miss? Yeah I can totally afford the financial upheaval of a strike or to get arrested or injured protesting. I'm sure my spouse can handle things without me.
I just hope the pseudotumor doesn't act up and cause her to have a seizure at an unfortunate time. Or maybe it'll be one of the ones where she temporarily loses a random chunk of her life and she won't remember who they are or why she's there that'd be fun.
I think we can both agree you're quite an exception.
That's my point though. None of the people who keep commenting these things seem to give any thought to the possibility that the person saying they're scared might not be able to actively resist. It never seems to be "if you're able, you could try A, B, C. If not, then X, Y, Z, might help you stay safe." It always seems to come off as them saying "Oh, you're scared? Fight back then lol."
congrats: we have support roles. pestering you elected reps helps more than it seems. continuing to exist does spite the fasci agenda. starting or supporting an interest club or mutual aid group locally with pro diversity moderation just to connect and build community does A LOT.
i can't hit the street much anymore, but i can help neighbors and friends switch to FOSS, and i'm trying to put together enough garden in my limited space to undermine the grocery monopolies with fruit and seed sharing. there are lots of support activities needing doing :)
not really that much of an exception. most queer folk deal with bullying trauma, neuro spicyness, and are much more prone to poverty due to work discrimination and shunning by families and neighbors. All of that tends to snowball, and most of us end up with chronic inflamation and/or anxiety disorders. #thebodykeepsthescore pew trust has some useful stats.