that soldier in Vietnam writing to his congressman because his m16 didn’t go bang when he was about to assassinate his commanding officer makes me proud to be an american
A middle school in Achille, Oklahoma is closed following violent threats by parents on social media against Maddie, a 12-year-old transgender student who identifies as female and used the girls’ bathroom.
Maddie had been using the staff bathroom at her old school but used the girls’ bathroom at the new school because she wasn’t sure where the staff bathroom was. She was then accused of peeping under a bathroom stall. Her mother said it was probably because she “leans very far forward to use the bathroom.”
Then the threats began on a private parents’ Facebook group for the school. The parents called Maddie “it” and “thing”, suggested that her genitalia be mutilated to make her female (“a good sharp knife will do the job real quick”). One said it was “hunting season on them kind” and said there was “no bag limit.”
Maddie’s mother Brandy Rose said she fears for her life: “These are adults making threats– I don’t understand it. She’s an awesome kid. To see any fear in her, I can’t explain how bad that hurts me for them to hurt her.”
KXII reports: “The sheriff said the mother filed a protective order against one parent but no other arrests have been made, however several agencies including the FBI are stepping in to see if any comments constitute a hate crime.”
See the screenshots:
Sorry to say this but if we have to think about whether or not threatening to cut a 12 year old child is a hate crime means there is no hope for us. What has this nation become when it’s citizens feel they have a right to threaten minorities with no fear of repercussion. The only ringing heard now is the death knell of freedom..
The official story of the Trump administration’s family separation
policy is that it came about as a result of “zero tolerance” in which
every person who could be charged with a crime would be, and that meant
that parents were arrested too, and since the parents were going to
jail, their kids had to be held somewhere.
But as Congress has delved into the process, grilling the Trump
officials who enforced the policy, an even crueler, more awful picture
has emerged.
It turns out that border guards charged “less than a third” of the
adults who crossed the border since the policy began – but that they preferentially brought charges against parents so they could take their kids away.
In other words, child separation wasn’t the inadvertent side-effect of a zero-tolerance policy.
There is no zero-tolerance policy. There is only a family separation policy.
like, being visible as lgbt is rarely even a good or nice thing let alone a privilege. at best it’s uncomfortable and at worst it’s actively dangerous, bc, u know, homophobia and transphobia!
and yeah sometimes visibility can be a good thing!! like if i was going to a gay club and i wanted other women to know that i’m a lesbian then being read as such would be handy, but i don’t have that level of control over my visibility – if i want to be read as a lesbian to women in a gay club i can’t choose not to be read as a lesbian by the men there, the people outside, my taxi driver, etc. etc. my visibility can be very dangerous! it’s a constant mental maths of who is and isn’t safe to let know and even then they might read me as a lesbian anyway! and that’s only talking about personal aesthetic types of visibility let alone the visibility of lesbians as a whole in culture and media which i have no control over and often sucks!!!
this issue is v important for trans women especially bc being closeted and passing as a cis man or being out and passing as a cis woman can be so important for their safety and survival, be that in emotional, physical, or mental health.
so basically if you’re asexual or similar and you’re complaining about lgbt people being privileged or oppressing you bc they have more visibility actually think for a second about what you’re saying and the violence you’re idealising.
this goes for non-binary people as well!! i’ve met dozens of NB people who are under the impression that somehow trans women have it easier than them because people “know what we are” or “know that we exist” and honestly it’s the opposite of the truth; that’s what makes it that much harder for us.
i know it’s exhausting to not be recognised for who you are but you need to stop and think about what would happen to you, and what IS happening to people because bigots DO know
how is trump alive?? like hes rlly gone thru his whole life like That …. and no one has ever just fuckin decked him?? gave him the ole one two? knocked his lights out??? incredible
sorry to improve your day without much notice but
NEVERMIND REBLOGGING AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED
ETA: I have been informed that 1. the lady beside him is Stormy Daniels and 2. this gif is PROBABLY fake
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