Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by HDThoreaun on Thursday April 03, 2025 @04:35PM
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No it isn’t. When people see the anti trans party winning elections they see that as permission to bully trans people. The vote directly leads to abuse.
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Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by fastball on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:00PM
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Yes, it very much is indirect. Direct would be the "anti trans party" passing a law saying that you must bully trans people.
Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by HDThoreaun on Friday April 04, 2025 @11:58AM
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Your definition of direct is terrible
Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by fastball on Saturday April 05, 2025 @10:46PM
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I'd be happy to hear your definition of direct, which somehow includes a bunch of indirect things happening.
Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by HDThoreaun on Sunday April 06, 2025 @12:11AM
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voting for trump tells everyone in the country that you dont mind if trans people are abused. This creates a culture that is uninviting even if no one acts poorly beyond the voting. You dont have to physically abuse someone for your actions to have direct consequences
Re:Why I don't discuss politics with friends
by fastball on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:59AM
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> voting for trump tells everyone in the country that you dont mind if trans people are abused
It literally does not. You can vote for Trump without ever having thought of trans people a day in your life, much less thought of "abusing" them.
AFAIK, Trump himself has never expressed a desire to abuse trans people, according to a normal and accepted definition of "abuse".