AnthonyJK-Admin
The basic irony of some trans liberals that "Well, less genocide is better than more, so if voting for Biden and rationalizing away Palestinians and other marginalized folk means more trans folk are saved, well better hold our noses and vote for the "less genocidal Democrat!!"
No. Absolutely NOT.
NO Genocide is better than even a little.
And, Democrats have no intention of either stopping the Palestinian genocide NOR even lifting a finger to prevent or slow down the antitrans onslaught.
AnthonyJK-Admin
Also...to boldly say that "we are the targets of the fascists", as if the Right hasn't been targeting ALL marginalized folks, including queer/trans folk, for the past 70 years at least, is parochial.
Sacrificing Palestinians just to save your bacon is not the solution, no more than sacrificing trans folk to save Black/Brown folk is.
An injury to one is an injury to ALL.
Also, the Democrats have FAILED to even mount even a suitable defense of trans folk against the assault of the Right.
AnthonyJK-Admin
And before you hit me with: "But, Dawg, don't you know Hamas is religious fundamentalist Islam who would hang queer/trans/gay folk from trees?"
Look, I no more like Hamas than I do any religious fascists. But, they're defending a group that has been directly targeted for complete liquidation for no reason than White Supremacy and the coveting of their homeland. NOTHING JUSTIFIES WHAT ISRAEL IS DOING AND HAS DONE. NO DAMN THING.
AnthonyJK-Admin
Also, it's not as if the biggest boosters of Israel's genocide are the biggest boosters of sexual liberation, either. Christian Zionists tend to be hardcore fundamentalists with desires to kill feminists, queers, trans folk, and the like as well.
Plus...why should the majority of Palestinians who are NOT Hamas be slaughtered and displaced merely for the actions of a few? Some of THEM are trans/queer folk too, you know?
SocialistStan
@AnthonyJK This lesser-of-two-evils path started with "less wage stagnation is better than more wage stagnation!" and has moved us all the way to "less genocide is better than more genocide!"
It's a stupid game and the only way to win is not to play.
It's Pronounced DEETS
@AnthonyJK That last part is what many really don't get. They will sacrifice trans folks the first opportunity they have to do so to help get something they actually want - like, I don't know, a new missile system or something.
Morgan ⚧️
@AnthonyJK like, I know Hamas is queerphobic, and why the fuck should that make me not care about Palestinian civilians? If Israel managed to kill all of Hamas without harming a single civilian I'd be like "well that was harsh" but I wouldn't be 24/7 angry and sad about it like I am. Because that's not what's happening, that's not their goal. How am I supposed to lose empathy for innocent people over someone else's crimes? People still cared abt me when Trump was president 🤷
DieMadColonizer
@AnthonyJK what liberals never get is the nice life they get comes from the suffering of the colonized in the US & Globally.
Colonizers think Biden should be acceptable because they really dgaf if people die over there, or across the traccs. Despite their protestations otherwise.
They missed the part where allowing genocide at all meant it can and will come for them too
J.H.Noyes
@PaulDitz
I thought this was histrionic when I saw it as a teen in the 90s, but then COVID came and I realized how accurate it was.
It's worth a watch, if overly optimistic:
AnthonyJK-Admin
Was that the episode where the country decided by national poll to sacrifice the entire Black population to aliens for permanent slavery in exchange for endless renewable non-polluting energy??
Uh-huh.
Saw that episode. The epitome of the lameness of liberalism against fascism.
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