Paige EdwardsMar 9, 2024
Terra Field

People responding to legitimate fears about the future of the US for trans people with "VOTE!" piss me off more than almost anything else.

I've voted every election since 2000, I will continue to vote. One person voting doesn't do shit. If every trans person in the country voted 100% of the time it would not fucking change a thing here. Go tell cis people to vote and kindly fuck off from my mentions.

Mar 8, 2024 at 7:44pmWeb
Show threadFree Use BunnyMar 8, 2024
@RainofTerra I got told two weeks ago I should stay in my transphobic province “to fight” by a cis person and I'm just like 🙃🙃🙃
Show threadJenniferplusplusMar 8, 2024
@RainofTerra
Show threadLisa MeltonMar 8, 2024
@RainofTerra This. 💯
Show threadA Slightly Orange CatMar 8, 2024
@RainofTerra "Vote" implicitly endorses the notion that basic rights and safety of vulnerable groups ought to be subject to a vote rather than guaranteed by society.
Show threadTerra FieldMar 9, 2024
@mbrailer thank you, I think you perfectly articulated why it’s so frustrating.
Show threadthedoh 🇨🇦Mar 9, 2024
@mbrailer @RainofTerra It's a way for the speaker to abdicate any responsibility for the safety of vulnerable members of community.
Show threadRev. Bussy Body of The Church of America MLM and Shooting ClubMar 8, 2024
@RainofTerra i keep saying we need to find a way to pressure the democratic establishment other than a lousy non-threat to not vote for them

but i never manage to think of anything

because i can't imagine the dem establishment as a whole to be capable of valuing anything other than staying in office

(actual americans may have more luck discerning something when it comes to their own individual specific congresspersons)
Show threadForRealDoughMar 8, 2024

@RainofTerra

As a cis het white as bread man in a vote-blue-no-matter-who city who gets lectured all the time about voting…

I can only imagine what it’s like for you.

Gaiadamn.

Show threadDelricMar 9, 2024
@RainofTerra when all the liberals and progressives I know actually vote, I’ll stop encouraging citizens to do more than talk and actually vote. Awesome that you are already of course.
Show threadTerra FieldMar 9, 2024
@delric that’s fine just don’t do it in response to someone saying “I’m worried they’re going to put my family into camps”, it’s obnoxious. Like if we voted harder maybe our right to exist wouldn’t be under siege.