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   Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:03:20 JST Jasmine running

   Earlier I mentioned that fascists love transphobia because it makes people cease to think.

   I also mentioned how it's beneficial to them to stigmatise the voices of trans (and gay) and neurodivergent people: An important way of controlling people is to make unwanted thoughts too uncomfortable to think, which can be done by association to stigma.

   But trans and ND people are often sufficiently different in how we perceive stigma that it doesn't work on us. And were not actually less rational than anyone else. So our voices must be associated with enough stigma that nobody will listen when we happen to say one of the uncomfortable thoughts out loud.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:18 JST Jasmine running

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     @terraboops I'm not 100% that that's where it's from, but it could be, because the whole series is absolutely brilliant

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:19 JST Jasmine running

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     @terraboops

     the alt-right playbook:

     https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ

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     terra - jolly bitch (terraboops@girlcock.club)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:25 JST terra - jolly bitch

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     @jasmine what!!!! no way...

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:26 JST Jasmine running

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     • terra - jolly bitch

     @terraboops i did get it from a cis guy, if I recall correctly, but I'm not sure who's listening to him either.

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     terra - jolly bitch (terraboops@girlcock.club)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:30 JST terra - jolly bitch

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     @jasmine nobody on this planet will ever listen to this

     we could write a new york times bestseller and people would be like "why didn't you tell us sooner" when it happens

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:31 JST Jasmine running

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     And if you try, you are really just doing the same thing as they are: Escalating the level of violence because of a small minority that will never disappear, until you eventually reach the point where you must declare martial law to keep it up.

     So if you try to stop the fascists by removing us from the equation, what you're actually doing is falling in line with the rest of them.

     And you're not gonna believe this, but

     THAT'S THEIR FUCKING PLAN

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:33 JST Jasmine running

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     But if you think getting rid of trans people would actually help against fascism, then you haven't been paying enough attention.

     They need us because you can't get rid of us. If you could, they wouldn't need us.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:35 JST Jasmine running

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     So the fascists actually need us. And you might think that getting rid of us would solve the problem. It's tempting if you're scared and cis and saw all the propaganda, I'm quite sure of it, because as any trans person can confirm: In social media there are droves of people who already went down that path. They are the proof of what I'm telling you now. The proof is that it is already happening.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:37 JST Jasmine running

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     Trans people, and further down the line all gender nonconforming people, are the "threat" that just won't go away, no matter how much violence is used. And that's what fascism needs to escalate the violence until they can declare martial law.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:38 JST Jasmine running

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     And we won't go away. Unlike racial minorities, if you eliminate all of us, new trans people will take our place, because we're already there. Lots of cis people just haven't realised yet that they aren't actually cis, and many inevitably will, because living in denial is painful. And as if that wasn't enough, we're part of every generation born, all around the planet, everywhere.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:39 JST Jasmine running

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     So trans people are easier targets. It is much easier to lie about such a tiny and heavily misunderstood minority, especially when it's so dispersed geographically, making us quite isolated in comparison.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:40 JST Jasmine running

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     What doesn't go away is people. Racism works for this, because you can't just stop being who you are. It's not the best target though, because ethnic or racial minorities usually have a community with some strength. And once you get rid of an ethnic minority, it's not going to magically repopulate.

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     Jasmine running (jasmine@chaosfem.tw)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 07:23:41 JST Jasmine running

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     But there's a third reason why fascists love transphobia. Fascism wants to declare martial law and end democracy. But you usually can't just do that without a threat. And most threats go away when you fight them, because they're actions. People who do the actions will either be eliminated or go into hiding if put under enough pressure, and then the escalation of violent power doesn't have a reason to continue.

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