Nowhere Girl

I don't necessarily think "the young people will save us" because white supremacy is intergenerational and a lot of what's happening today are bigots ensuring their bigotry gets passed on successfully.

But age is just a number and I don't inherently respect anyone because of theirs.

All most people seem interested in is buying their way into these power structures so the enshittification affects them as little as possible instead of trying to fucking fix it.

Apr 15, 2023 at 7:02pmMastodon for Android
Show threadNowhere GirlApr 15, 2023
The number of grown ass adults I end up arguing with because they have goldfish memories for events that happened in their own lifetimes.
Show threadNowhere GirlApr 15, 2023

"If it's not a social contagion, where are all the older queer people we violently and relentlessly persecuted?"

They're dead. You killed them. AIDS killed them. And you laughed about it.

Show threadNowhere GirlApr 15, 2023

I'm almost 46. There have been many, many times where I might have failed my saving throw vs. suicidal ideation.

A lot of other people did.

And what made me suicidal? It wasn't being trans. It wasn't even dysphoria. It was shitty cis-het white people making my life a living hell for fun.

Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveApr 15, 2023
@gwynnion This. The main reason I am still here is because I am too stubborn 🤪
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Apr 15, 2023

@gwynnion

Very sorry to hear that.
Don't know where you live (and not asking) but maybe moving might alleviate your problem should you live in a Red state.

You are obviously already doing a great job at networking here on SM.

Show threadOrange LanternApr 15, 2023
@gwynnion I'm cis and I was close to this edge a few times because of cishet people. 47 years of this bullshit and everytime it seems like a little bit might be changing, it's fascist 'o clock again. I think there is something seriously wrong with most cishet people, mentally.
Show threadNowhere GirlApr 15, 2023
@orangelantern There's like a solid one-quarter to one-third of people who only seem happy if they get to hurt others.
Show threadNowhere GirlApr 15, 2023
@orangelantern And I think we could reduce that number by building a society that cares for people. But they fight you tooth and nail over it.
Show threadOrange LanternApr 15, 2023
@gwynnion That seems a fair estimate, yes.
Show threadXillian SalgadoApr 16, 2023
@gwynnion 🫂💕🌸
Show threadGinnikinApr 16, 2023

@gwynnion

❤❤❤❤❤ I'm happy to know you!

Show threadapophisApr 16, 2023
@gwynnion just the other day i was reminded of an argument i saw a couple years ago on facebook where a notorious transphobe activist was on the defensive saying they had no problem with gay people

when that exact same person's group had been making the exact same arguments, that he was now deploying against trans people, against gay people back in the 90s
Show thread 🦨💾💿scamp  ||🏪📺Apr 15, 2023
@gwynnion imo "the young people will save us" sucks ass
Show threadKalshannApr 15, 2023
@crashkeys @gwynnion It's such an attempt to absolve themselves of responsibility too, "I don't have to fix the thing that's bad now and will get worse for the kids - the kids will fix it!"
Show threadno more strolls for empressesApr 15, 2023
@Kalshann
Let's not do to young(er) people what harm older generations did to us
@crashkeys @gwynnion
Show threadFeralRobotsApr 15, 2023
@gwynnion Fuck. Those 'young people' are my grandchildren. Every time I think about it I could weep for them.