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Trump tells DOJ to prosecute teachers who “unlawfully” support trans or nonbinary students
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Ordinary people are going to have to start accepting the risk and actually fighting back. They're a week and a half in, and already ordering Americans not to even recognise the existence of trans and nonbinary children, on threat of prosecution. It's not just about denying them healthcare now (which in itself is terrible), it's about preventing trans kids knowing anyone even sees them for who they are, or that they are seen and loved. The only outcome will be depression, loneliness and suicide, and Republicans want your kids dead if they don't fit some very narrow mold they've pulled out of their own violent insecurities.
People need to fight now. Each day people lie low and wait to see where this is going, the chances of ever fighting back get slimmer.
People tend to follow by example. "People should do this" and "people should do that" is all well and good, but unless you're saying it while doing the thing you're telling others to do, it's not going to make much impact.
Agreed! In my little online ecosystem, there's been a number of stories of federal workers resisting, cities teaching people their rights to thwart ICE, etc. Since that may or may not make it out of certain bubbles, we should be boosting stories like that and sending them around so others don't feel alone and do feel empowered to resist.
I agree, mere talk online isn't going to achieve much, but it might help demonstrate that this sense of urgency is shared.