Sunshine@piefed.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoDonald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midtermswww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down16 cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldtransgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midtermswww.lgbtqnation.comSunshine@piefed.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square80linkfedilink cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldtransgender@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoYou can connect those dots back a little further, if you try. “Okay smart guy, so Nixon?” Yes, but… “Ah, you’re about to mention the southern strategy.” Which happened because? “Alright, but it’s pretty tenuous to attribute the modern rise of fascism to failed reconstruction!” I wasn’t. I was going to attribute it to the existence of slavery in America. The seeds of this destruction were already planted at the beginning. (Sorry for this writing style, it started as a joke and I couldn’t make it properly funny while also making my point.)
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAdd in the north being settled by a mix of Christian fundamentalists and tax cheats, and you get whatever we’re calling this now.
You can connect those dots back a little further, if you try.
“Okay smart guy, so Nixon?”
Yes, but…
“Ah, you’re about to mention the southern strategy.”
Which happened because?
“Alright, but it’s pretty tenuous to attribute the modern rise of fascism to failed reconstruction!”
I wasn’t. I was going to attribute it to the existence of slavery in America. The seeds of this destruction were already planted at the beginning.
(Sorry for this writing style, it started as a joke and I couldn’t make it properly funny while also making my point.)
Add in the north being settled by a mix of Christian fundamentalists and tax cheats, and you get whatever we’re calling this now.