"To everyone who feels like their heart has been ripped out of their chest, I feel the same. To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important, and I need you in this fight with me.
As we confront a second Donald Trump presidency, we have two tasks ahead. First, try to learn from what happened. And then, make a plan. …"
—Elizabeth Warren
Time article: https://mastodon.social/@sfdb/113445173965889877
@aby I will seem like an asshole, but this comment is genuine. While this might wery well be true, providing anecdotal evidence to support the notion that every (or most) white cis men are like this, and then immediately saying "This is not a debate", or "White, cis men need not comment" sounds toxic to me.
As we are dealing with anecdotes, I tend to say yes to all of my friends, including female ones.
The argument might very well be sound, but it's being handled poorly.
I had a funny post drafted up and everything, but ze German man pleasantly surprised me.
As chief retard king ambassador, PhD, I have ensured that NAS, clew, clubcyberia, decayable, DRC, eveningzoo, freeatlantis, FSE, gameliberty, gleasonator, KFCC, merovingian, mugicha, nyanide, poast, ryona, seal cafe, SPW, spinster, teci, and a bunch of names I don't recognize will soon be off ze list.
Yeah.... it sure would be nice if I could do a bank transfer to Germany and pay the consultant working on a little projec. t for me.
As it is, the bank people look at me like an pig startled by an alarm clock.
I noticed this election that pundits and politicians have shifted from using the phrase "working class" to using "middle class" instead.
So, I'm just going to assume they aren't talking about me, or to me.
As a trans person, I'm used to that anyway. The only time the media talks about me is if it has something hateful or completely fabricated to say.
The media is one privileged demographic addressing other privileged demographics. They usually don't notice us unless they have lies to share.
New rooster (Schnitzel) in the bachelor flock learned _very_ quickly that I do not tolerate fighting around me.
As a general rule with animals your goal is to prevent them from fighting around you or doing things that create a safety risk when you are there, but also not preventing them from Working Their Nonsense Out™
Humans preventing flocks or herds (or packs) from Working Their Nonsense Out™ often make it worse, not better. But you _can_ say "okay you can do your nonsense, but not near me"
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