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Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden bound and gagged
(www.seattletimes.com)
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This specific thing is the equivalent of throwing a pebble into a lake. The one thing that's actually dangerous about a Trump presidency is the policies that may destroy the lives of whatever minorities the Republicans decide to target. However, brewing an imaginary of committing violence against your political enemies is one stepping stone towards legitimizing it. The same way that fascist fucks joking on Twitter about shooting a gay bar paves the way for one of them to actually go and do it, this paves the way for Trump to have his own Brownshirts.
Yeah it's a ratchet effect. One click on a ratchet may not be significant, but you keep on ratcheting eventually a nut comes loose and things fall apart.
What paticular policies could do this?
But do you not understand my point, I feel like this whole post is the meme where you have the dog in hell saying "At least we dont have mean tweets!" I look and see multiple things about how trump is mean and then there is not a single notice how things are falling apart (other than gaza).
Anti-abortion laws, and laws targeting trans people are local legislation that have already destroyed people's lives, in some cases, quite literally.
By laws targeting trans people, are you referring to "gender affirming care" for minors?
Abortion doesnt target any group in particular.
You mean abortion laws don't literally target all women?
So men cant give birth?