And it won’t even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

I just have to start distracting myself when it happens.

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    That sounds like quite the position of privilege you’re coming from.

    I’m stressing over it because I don’t want my daughter or any other queer people put in “conversion” camps. And then we move on to all the brown people that will also be put in concentration camps…

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      17 days ago

      Are you me? We moved from the deep South, in large part, because our daughter is queer and things got so nutty.

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        17 days ago

        Sadly, we are in Indiana. Thankfully, we are right on the Illinois border. Between that and my dual citizenship with the UK, I should be less worried. I’m not.

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          We’re in a purple state now. Best we could do. Started saving and planning during COVID when we saw friends and family go down the rabbit hole.

          We looked at Canadian citizenship but it was to expensive. We’re pretty much resigned to riding it out here, nothing else we can do.

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      I’m voting for Kamala but it’s not like her victory will remove that threat to queer people and minorities. All the people that want to harm them will still be here gearing up for the next election and blocking anything positive from happening. It will never end.

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            17 days ago

            From a literal genocide Trump is planning? Of course they will. What a silly thing to say. You remind me of people making the ludicrous claim after Roe got struck down that SCOTUS would have done it with Hillary’s justice picks too.

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              Sure it’s better than Trump, but that doesn’t mean she will be safe. All the people who want to harm her will still be out there working to do so. This doesn’t go away when Trump loses.

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                17 days ago

                Me: I think I know which is safer for my kid.

                You: but that doesn’t mean she will be safe.

                Are you seeing the issue here?