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As bad as his trans stances are, still miles better than even the absolute best Republican
I thought Newsom was a Republican. Like a sheet made from the same cloth, but draped over a more progressive shape. He calls himself whatever and pays respects to the left but it's the same kind of creature inhabiting the position.
you just described the Democratic Party
Yeah he will not support trans rights and maybe even erase some rights.
The current republican party is moving rapidly towards extermination camps
Yeah but we still have a little over two years until the primary circus starts so I can't fault people for wanting to dream of a future they actually want to live in for the time being
No not at all I support that fully, but I really don't want another situation where we have "milquetoast whatever vs Nazi" and people are more focused on how the Democrat isn't perfect enough to not try to stop the nazi
Youre thinking from your own perspective. Is there something I can say that will help you understand that winning the vote means we have to steer towards popular opinion?
Translation: Moving further right is the only option we have. Just stop being queer, an immigrant, or homeless and I'm sure you'll be part enough of the majority to not be disposable politically. Some of you might need to be thrown to the wolves, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
How will you chose to throw me, and not yourself at the same time, to the wolves?
The comment is translating what you said. Hope this helps 💖
And Im challenging your assertion. First, liberalism is not right of MAGA. Second, even a government run by people like Newsom would be a safer place for trans people.
Honestly, given how much the federal government will be destroyed by then, there will probably be more regular violence and more threat of civil war. We're never going back to the stability or liberalism of the past, only an era of opportunists tearing the empire apart.
But yes, we won't be as in danger for our identity as trans people, only more in danger like everyone else will generally be.
Ill believe civil war is a thing when I see it. You cant get people on the left to agree that we should take power away from the GOP any way possible. These arent the type of people rushing out to die for each other.
And if youre speaking from a place of planned chaos: you severely underestimate the complacency of the american people.
Any non complacency will be redirected to serve power hungry separatists or unionists, just like your energy is being redirected to serve Newsom right now. Americans are too in love with serving shitty people to ever not pick another shitty person to support over actual reform. Any hope I had in popular resistance has been snuffed out by people like you. Thank you for confirming that we're on our own.
Sorry, no, leftists would still need to broaden their tent to include those, "americans too in love with serving shitty people" in their revolution but as YOU demonstrate, they never will. You would plan a revolution and start a terrorist organization.
I have no delusions of unpopular revolutions, only keeping other people as safe as possible from the bullshit you shitty people get up to. I only request you strive for the American ideal of leaving people alone instead of the American common practice of genocide and enslavement.
Tis a shame someone from the supposedly anarchist instance is worried about left wing terrorists and opposing a fascist reject.
Every anarchist should be worried about becoming the thing they detest. If the anarchist ever wants to actualize their ambitions they have to rationalize their ideas.
Just because the children you interact with wear an A and pretend they are out there punching NAZIs doesnt mean they know shit.
Not sure what this has to do with refusing to ally with someone who's shown to be a bad ally. It's not ideologically purity, but basic interpersonal relations.
I also get the whole "anarkiddies are weak and foolish" thing is easy, but that doesn't make your shit argument any better.
What dont you get? Its numbers. Do you think everyone you meet is a secret leftist that just needs someone to enlighten them?
You know what. Thats fine, maybe there is some truth there if there was someone who could properly communicate the good ideas leftists harbor. Except, no one has even started to consider how to do it. Instead we have clout chasers vying for views so they can escape capitalism the only real way available to them, succeeding at it.