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AriaOfBolo posted...

Chicago and NYC are very big fans of the police, including, as I recall, in the middle of the George Floyd protests. NYC, specifically, just called in the national guard so they can have ARMED searched of "random" commuters on the subway. Lots of states are pushing anti-trans legislation through, not just the deep red ones. KOSA has Biden's backing, and a lot of the Dems in Congress. California has had a couple things, but the only one I can remember three hours after my bedtime is a local thing from a red area, so I'll temporarily retract that.

Those are fair points, thank you for giving examples.

I find this difficult for genocide-level events. This is not intended as a value judgment, part of me thinks you're the smarter one on this point.

I meant that we can't do anything. Protesting genocide is objectively a good thing to do, but if the entire government is pretty much okay with it, I unfortunately don't think protests will make an actionable difference. Especially not during an election year when Dems are scared of putting off swing voters. The only way to fix that is just elect a bunch of people who aren't okay with it, and that will take...a while.

Maybe I'm just fatalistic about different things than you are!