So, the trans genocide, in America, has kicked off, it seems. My partner and I have a couple of spare rooms in our house, in Alberta, Canada.
We would like to open these rooms to queer individuals, from America, who need to GTFO.
We have two big dogs, and we both have some mental health issues. As much as I wish not to discriminate against people addicted to hard drugs, I am approaching my third year of sobriety; and, I cannot risk relapse - so, I cannot offer housing to those in
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@fcktheworld587 I do think the word genocide is mischosen. No one is planning to kill them. I do not think that the regrettable plan to deny them hormone treatments is lethal. I just think it's wrong.
@JohnShirley2023
"No one is planning to kill them."
Today in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a guy walked into a university class, then confirmed that it was the class teaching about expressions of gender identity and when the lecturer confirmed it, started trying to stab everyone.
I dunno, but that sounds pretty "planning to kill them" to me.
Granted, all the students likely weren't all trans, but it seems he was determined to kill the people he deemed as the "source" of it.
@fcktheworld587
@Blort @fcktheworld587 I meant there is no concerted giant plan to wipe them out in a concentration camp, there's no Auschwitz. But I'm aware that violence breaks out against LGBT people of all kinds. There will be sporadic attacks and the people who attack trans folk must be stopped.
@JohnShirley2023 @fcktheworld587
Early stage, vs late stage, but the same pattern.
In the early rise to power of the Nazi party, there were no concerted plans for deathcamps for marginalized groups yet, either.
It was preceded though by hate campaigns, just like now, with totalitarian ideology, just like now, which inspired groups and odd individuals to attack, just like now and a rise of political acceptance of hating marginalized groups, just like now.
How far to go before calling it so?
@Blort @fcktheworld587 A lot farther without calling it so, out of respect for the 6 million plus murdered in the Holocaust and other genocides. NOw, I have not only said we're in danger of a fascist state--a fascist theocracy used by racists and amoral corporations to overthrow democracy in the USA--I have also written a three-novel trilogy showing how it could happen in this century. So the danger is there. But we're not there yet--we need to be taken seriously, you see.
@Blort @fcktheworld587 Basically I'm with Naomi Klein: the danger of a racist theocracy or another variant of fascism is very real. They're banning books in some places; they're oppressing minorities including trans.They've packed the Supreme Court with right-wingers. DeSantis is a dangerous demagogue. Antisemitism is on the rise. But Trump was rejected by the nation in 2000, and antifascists in America are working hard for democracy. The violence against Jews, LGBT is sporadic but terrifying.