EldritchFeminity

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There isn't one. The exact same thing happened to every brand that tried to market to Tumblr users as well, and it's as easy to set up and use a Tumblr account as it is a Twitter account.

Becoming unmarketable is not the same thing as having a difficult account creation process.

Also not safe from being assaulted by a Republican politician in a women's bathroom, which has happened tons more than by trans women - especially since there's no recorded incidents of a trans woman assaulting anybody in a women's bathroom and the group behind the claim openly said that they made it up in an interview 15 years ago.

We do have evidence of the way this is almost guaranteed to go, however. There have been 2 other times in US history where the government has enacted massive tariffs on international trade: in 1828 and in 1930. The results of both times were the worst economic depressions the country has ever faced, and the world in the second case. The economy only recovered the second time thanks to the planned wartime economy, lend-lease program, and post-war rebuilding which cemented the dollar as the international currency, and the consequences of the tariffs were that the party responsible for them didn't hold power again for 60 years.

One is holding ground that you already own vs. taking ground by force. From a military standpoint, there's a massive difference.

Not that I disagree that it's violence either way, mind you. It's just a different scale and situation.

The two heads representing the east and west coasts, obviously (please let us join you, California, when you go).

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For one, because the way that the government is set up means that you would need the cooperation of at least 26 states to ensure control of the legislative and executive branches, and even then, the Supreme Court justices are lifetime appointments, so you'd have to wait a long time to get the judicial branch on board. So you'd have to wage a war of conquest to secure the entire country. For another, much of the country is a burden on California's economy. They're the 5th or 6th largest economy in the world on their own, and many of the states are dependent on their tax money and produce.

I think if you're seriously talking about seceding, the most practical/logical plan would be a coalition of like-minded states seceding to form their own nation or EU style group of nation-states. The most likely to consider it would probably be the west coast and the northern end of the east coast (New England specifically), which would be a logistical nightmare for everyone involved - both for the US having hostile nations on all sides as well as any seceding states trying to trade across a hostile country between them. Though aid from friendly countries would be easily available, as both coasts border Canada (and Mexico on the west) and have plenty of infrastructure for trade internationally.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tear out the lawn and re-wild the yard? Wild flowers, clover, etc. Less watering and mowing, and not just bees will love it - all kinds of insects and wildlife from birds to deer.

All those darn African killer bees! Stealing all the jobs!

A "lost" son is truly just wandering.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Facebook now has a carve out in their anti-bigotry rules that specifically declares it okay to call trans people mentally sick.

Burn the whole thing down and start from scratch.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was going to say the same thing. They started this back in January. Both taking the passports of people with an X gender identification on their passports as well as confiscating the legal documents of trans people attempting to renew their passports (birth certificates, social security cards, driver's licenses, etc.).

That doesn't look like Texas...

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