twovests

twovests OP wrote

I want to emphasize what I mean here:

If DIY HRT becomes associated with the same level of illegality as child sex abuse material, then you don't want to be buying that with your credit card. You want to be buying your HRT with the same money that people use to buy CSAM.

(I'm also increasingly worried about how credit card header data can be used, but that's a separate thing)

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twovests OP wrote (edited )

two of my trans friends killed themselves during the trump presidency and MAGA is successfully and increasingly associating trans identity with pedophilia. pick your favorite transphobic slur, your favorite far-right forum, and your favorite search engine, to see what the winners were and are saying about us

most americans believe in christianity and we're living like the world isn't burning. people actually believe in christianity! that's wildly delusional! not transitioning is, like, third or fourth on the list of ways i'm living inauthentically

i will feel meaningfully safer and more secure in a life under trump if i don't continue my transition

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twovests wrote

Exactly correct. I think the "corporations produce greenhouse gasses, carbon footprint is a myth" is actually just corporate propaganda.

Individuals have carbon footprints which have a small impact on climate change and a large impact on their local environment.

If individuals focused on their individual carbon footprint, it would be good, but it would mean buying less, and that would impact their bottom line.

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twovests OP wrote

Absolutely.

This is a forum where January 6th was kind of planned. I balked at them for saying some hilarious shit, like "I can't go because if I leave, who will stop commies from killing my family?" or "I have to go, because if I don't, commies will kill my family." I'm not exaggerating here. Then the riot actually happened, so I went here to check the pulse again.

Now, it's really a lot of practical "growing the cult" mindset, but yeah, they're totally right here.

I really attribute the community here at JstPst for taking opportunities to educate me. I had a lot of bad thinking in me that some of the people here were able to comb out, and they gave me a lot of patience and grace. That was 12 years ago, but I think it's a winning strategy.

I've had increasingly few opportunities to "reach across" a divide, given the pandemic and the tea party / MAGA / whatnot.

There is a grave feeling in my heart currently

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twovests wrote

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I hope you are okay, and still with us somewhere out there 🫂 We love you

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