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Also I believe we are often fooled into thinking that people are more hateful on average than they are. Lopen is correct that most just don't give a shit. It says something interesting that Biden could barely talk, Harris had barely any time to run a campaign because reasons, and the entire world was pushing hard against those in power and the dems actually did remarkably well compared to almost everyone else in power. There is some pushback against these issues, I have seen multiple polls that state that the trans issue really wasnt a winner for republicans like we think it was. It just didn't hurt enough when so many things were against dems.

I have had this discussion privately a lot with close friends about 'it isn't my job to to do this or do that.' If you're waiting for the ignorant to educate themselves you will be waiting a very, very long time. I would never claim that there aren't a lot of vile, hateful people in this country. Obviously this is inherently true. But it's not the people who switch party votes every time it seems like. It's not the people who didn't vote. These aren't zealots, they are just disaffected for the most part. We can shit talk hardcore republicans all day - as well as their leaders - I am very much here for it. However, if we want to have a meaningful discussion it can't start and end with 'well everyone hates me who voted this way'

This is just my view though, ultimately these issues only matter to me because I believe in human rights and it hurts to see them taken away from others cruelly. It's not my life, directly, on the line. Not this time anyway. They find more creative ways to kill me, like the healthcare system broadly. If I make it to 50 I'll be impressed with my will to live tbh.

At any rate I am not meaning to lecture or anything, the hardships that many in the trans community face in 2024 are horrific and beyond the pale. I just, despite knowing that, want to find a path forward even when there seems like there isn't one because accepting there isn't one feels horrific.

I can just as easily shut the fuck up and just provide empathy, but I am in a lot of queer spaces as well as very working class spaces and often I see both sides of these issues play out and do what I can to massage the apathy out of people.