Reminder for my fellow Europeans;

Itโ€™s as bad here as in the United States, and, in some cases, worse.

The world's deadliest migrant border is ours.

We actually built that wall.

We have the large migrant camps.

We deport migrants to authoritarian regimes outside of our own borders, and pay those regimes to keep them there.

Women's rights are under assault everywhere, including in so-called 'liberalโ€™ countries like the Netherlands.

Same for LGBTQI+ rights.

TERFs are basically a European invention.

Most elections are won and lost on migration, 'anti-wokeโ€™ hate, etc.

We are just as racist, sexist, *phobic, etc.

Wake TF up ๐Ÿšฎ

@sindarina

Yes, I totally agree. Europe doesn't seem equipped to counter American fascism because it's not so far from it ideologically.

As a side nit (about TERF as a European invention), as far as I know the first recorded use of the term TERF was made by the Australian feminist Viv Smythe, who didn't coin it herself. Many of the most active and outspoken TERFs are indeed in the UK. I think it's kind of a global hate group that can't be placed in America or Europe.

@lulu Yeah, the point I am making is that modern TERFism is very much British-led, even though it's not at all limited to TERF Island, the European mainland, or North America, and virulent transphobia has a history that goes back a good deal further.

It is posited as a counter to the general idea that most things get 'copied' from the United States, and that they never originate on this side of the Atlantic, which is an integral part of white European 'not as bad here' arguments.

@sindarina

I definitely agree with you on this point.