If Democrats said murdering trans folks was necessary to beat Trump that means the overton window is too far gone and I’d be looking to ship as many trans folks out of the country as I could manage with my means. If and when it reaches that point, US democracy would be too far gone to even consider saving it. I don’t believe it is right now, as flawed as it is currently. Which is why engaging in harm reduction is still worth it.

Oh, please tell me which third party candidate not only has a real shot at this election but is also not just a far-right grifter in disguise.

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Trump was already president once and my political work was actually easier because liberals were outraged and could not understand the complicoty of their representatives.

Hope you can look trans and queer people in the eye and tell them their genocide will be worth it in the end because you’ll stop all genocides. You know, after they’re dead and gone.

How dare you be 100% correct

Looking into this.

Shareholders need to get comfortable not buying a new yacht

That’s some Evangelion shit

It’s a major reason why I only watch independent sex worker stuff now. And even then you can’t be 100% sure…

What do you mean by this? Are you talking about OP’s argument? I don’t get it.

How do you know for sure your brain is not doing exactly the same thing? Hell, being autistic, many social interactions are just me trying to guess what will get me approval without any understanding lol.

Also really fitting that Photon chose this for a placeholder right now:

Just because it’s not human doesn’t mean I can’t show some basic manners. 😅

Gemini Advanced (Ultra) gets it right:

That does make sense. It is a country with a fairly small population, so I begrudgingly have to accept that it has to have some control over this kind of thing, not to overload its public systems.

On the whole I think the concept of countries in general is bullshit but that’s a debate best had in another thread.

The thing with the children of migrants being denied residency is truly heartbreaking. Do they become stateless as a result?

I found out about the autism because I am autistic and I was considering New Zealand as a potential country to migrate to until I found out about that. I also found out about the plethora of other conditions that bar you from immigration but it started with my personal search.

I also wonder whether they measure the “burden on the healthcare system” in a fair or ableist/biased manner. Your link seems to suggest the former, but it also excludes ability to pay for private healthcare/insurance, which would preclude one from putting said burden on the public healthcare system and leaves the decision up to a medical professional, who may hold said biases, so…

It includes autism, which really enraged me when I found out. That’s one less country in this already progressively anti-immigration world… Well two, because Australia does the same wrt autistic people (and likely other health conditions).

Unless you think the point of feminism (for example) is to make men second class citizens. That’s just not a thing. It’s a rhetoric created by assholes to get ignorant people on board with their continued grossness.

I think there may be some radicals who genuinely wish for that, but those don’t represent the entire movement and usually only pay lip service to the cause where it aligns with their personal beliefs. They should be ignored.