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[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't blame any non-American for staying out of the insanity soup going on here.

Even as a middle age, "white privilege" guy, I'm concerned about traveling outside the U.S. and coming back through immigration. I'm liberal, protester, and strongly anti-Maga on the socials.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

iโ€™m currently in the US supporting a queer minority group with services to provide access to an event to a global audienceโ€ฆ iโ€™ve done it every year, and this year iโ€™m here only because iโ€™d promised and it seems awful to that group to walk away

next year is going to be really hard: my presence here adds value to the economy and in some small way takes away from the boycott, helps to reinforce american centrism and gives advantage to US citizens (they can attend far easier, etc), not to mention im literally taking a risk that i could be detained for weeks and then banned from coming back

โ€ฆ but on the other hand, if i donโ€™t come am i abandoning the community? am i abandoning a vulnerable group that needs support, and to be shown theyโ€™re not alone now more than ever? that globally, queer is normal, fine, valued - that theyโ€™re wanted and whatโ€™s happening is not normal

i hate that im having to make these choices, and i hate that i feel bad even for feeling conflicted when im not even living through it

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

IMO: you are tremendously more vulnerable than I am.

If you can leave the U.S. into a stable "home base", you absolutely should.

From there you can try to use any open source Social groups to continue protesting against Trump.

Protect yourself above all else. Unless you've reached a point in your own "circle of life" that you're willing to die for the insanity of America's shit storm.

I'm at the age and experience I'm willing to die in defense of kind humanity vs. whatever the fuck is imploding in the U.S.

Best of luck!