Hamas is monster fed by Netanyahu while he starved all better alternatives. It’s complex, but the fundamental answer is still Zionist imperialists bad.

This should be a wakeup call for service members everywhere to plan their exit now before they end up deployed against the homeland too.

We’re not really so exceptional. Other police states exist.

US democracy being dead isn’t a problem because it never worked by design. It’s not lost on me that while danger is more real, at least we aren’t bound to controlled opposition anymore. I really want people to realize that.

You’re right. I should’ve focused on how you assume me saying American democracy is dead means I’m giving up. It’s an annoying ass strawman that assumes harsh statements must inspire apathy.

We need to not look to the Democrats as an ally against fascism or national politics as the focus of our efforts. We don’t “give up” resistance in any sense, just refocus our strategy to avoid mistakes the left made electorally. Non electorally, joining militias if capable, volunteering mutual aid of the basic necessities is also essential.

We couldn’t have a useful discussion when you never properly understood my position in the first place. We just continue talking past each other.

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homie took you at face value

Or chopped into pig food 😊

that is 1000% sweat

Maus except literally cats and mice (｡╯︵╰｡)

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I get that. Like I’ve said elsewhere, long-term relationships require comfortable familiarity. This familiarity may or may not occur regardless of what we do, and some relationships just aren’t meant to work forever.

People really are clueless when they have a certain idea of you built up in their head. I would have strangers thinking I was a girl without question while people I’d known for years struggle to adjust. Any obvious hints would go against that image hard enough to get straight up ignored

I don’t see how being an aromantic guy means you don’t wanna wear Hello Kitty PJs with friends :3

The US vice president. He was picked specifically because he’s a charisma black hole that nobody really likes. Trump prefers weaklings who know their place.

Read about resistance to the Third Reich for pointers on how the needle might be moved. It’s not a perfect comp, but it’s the mindset you’ll need. Targeting the rich is more important in our case.

Unfortunately, not being brown is a perquisite for avoiding an easy ticket to the camps. Maybe if I was white, cis, and het, but my countless intersecting identities make me public enemy number one for these guys. They could not make an easier target if they tried.

It certainly pissed people off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Again, you’re assuming that “the end of American democracy” = “it’s all over, we should give up” I long wrestled with the basic knowledge that the climate crisis would get worse for the rest of my life, but I eventually found a way to move past it:

I’d rather be prepared for that suffering so I can appreciate the joys I get along the way even more. There will be suffering, so I need to stock up on happiness whenever I can. I need to love myself so I can be more optimistic about my future without staking it all the world’s future. I have certainty there will be some level of deeply bad shit, but that’s more comforting now than disturbing. I’ve moved past wanting the world to be good; it just isn’t, and I can work with that.

This type of radical acceptance eases the dread without making you believe you don’t need to work to make things better. This way I can see the truth AND not feel hopeless and apathetic. It’s not easy to think this way, but it is totally doable.