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As a non US person, it's baffling to me that there's this whole background of being "the land of the free", but half the country would want to turn it into Saudi Arabia 2.0, Christian Boogaloo.
That said, anyone of you over there who are opposing these changes, keep up the fight. When one country gets more conservative others will follow. There's no country in earth immune to this.
The very concept of "freedom" has been twisted by conservative media and church leaders into a tool of oppression.
Conservatives have never really been known for their compassion.
Trans folks are just the current target. Gay people, BIPOC folk will be back on the chopping block soon enough. 😔
@Wander Let's not forget the US also has way more influence than any other country. What I've seen so far in my life is that what happens in the US happens a few years later here.
It used to be a 10 year delay, and it was mostly for positive things, like innovations. Now it's more like 2-4 years, and for bad things. The first turning point for the bad, IMHO, was the iraq war and the death of UN Sérgio Vieira de Mello. It was mostly silent but it really changed international cooperation for the worst.
The second big turning point was Trump. It basically told every bigot, racist, ignorant person around the whole world "Now it's your chance". It validated so much of the bad stuff it would soon be felt everywhere.
Its been going on for a while.
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Barry Goldwater has a few good quotes about it.
This recent cascade of drags bans and anti-trans laws being thrown out under the doctrine of "this is obviously unconstitutional and you knew it when you tried to do it" is refreshing
I live in a very rural part of a southern state and the majority of people around me are pro Trump christian conservatives. They went from decrying '1st amendment violations' on old Twitter (even though it's a corporation) to celebrating the recent wave of anti-lbgtq+ legislation sweeping across red states, though it actually does violate the 1st amendment, because 'someone's got to do something about the cultural rot.'
I am very relieved to see the courts not buying it and hope this trend continues.
Hope the young people vote all the Republicans out of office before the US becomes a Christian Nation AND voting is still a thing that can change government.
I vote every election.
Party of individual rights my fucking ass.
Republicans need to figure out who they are instead of "not democrats"
Nazis. They are Nazis.
