• BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz
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    3 hours ago

    I would MUCH rather LITERALLY LOSE MY ENTIRE INDUSTRY AND WAY OF LIFE then to have ONE Trans Kid NOT feel suicidal!

    -LITERALLY all Republican Voters!

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      This is hilarious and I upvoted. But it’s also not accurate, and presenting it this way makes Trump look like a giga chad tricking bullies into punishing themselves, when he’s more like just king of a mentally ill cult. I won’t take my upvote back because I voted for Trump one time 9 years ago and I can’t take that back

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        I regret your use of the word “gigachad”, but “Tricking bigots into punishing themselves” is the precise description of the Republican party.

        That’s not a good thing. The theme of American history is “Rich whites convinced poor whites to destroy their own public goods out of fear that someone not like them might benefit too.”

        It’s not mental illness. It’s not economic anxiety. It’s not ethics in gaming journalism. It’s white supremacy.

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        If you’re committed to unlearning the fascism, you should know that the narrative that it’s just “mentally ill” people that voted for him is also not accurate and is infact ableist. White affluent Americans have been primed to endorse these values for centuries, it isn’t new and it isn’t disabled people’s fault.