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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 65 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It’s shaping up to declare us all mentally incompetent so that they can institutionalize us. They won’t stop here.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 27 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a stepping stone. First they'll target trans people, than anyone LGBTQIA+, then minorities, then anyone with liberal views, then anyone who looks weird to them. That was the purpose of that EO dipshit signed a few weeks back directing is admin to explore how to institutionalize anyone deemed mentally incompetent. All they have to do is declare "x group" is mentally ill and then they'll round em all up. It's fucked.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Some asshole already tried declaring trump derangement syndrome a mental disorder so they could say anyone who dislikes the orange turd has a problem.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Especially funny because he proposed that bill mere hours before being charged for soliciting a minor. Once again, all the claims they make about trans people are just projections and admissions of guilt.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What a nightmare, and AFAIK no country will accept trans people from USA as refugees (yet).
I hope you have options.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think Canada does from what they reported of asylum sellers from the US and mostly were trans.

I hope if shit pops off they can send us care packages from the north.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Last I checked (last week? Does time mean anything anymore?) canada doesn't want poor trans refugees more than any other country. A few people have gotten in, but the vast majority of applicants are being denied asylum.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

we're a good deal, if anyone wants to take us. a lot of us are reeeaaallyy good at science, math and programming. like the Jews fleeing Nazi Germany were pretty great for the countries who took them in as refugees.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's only so many network engineers one country can actually make use of.

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

we're not all network engineers! there's also uh... rust and haskell programmers, reverse engineers, hardware engineers, category theorists and topologists, uh.. biochemists and physicists probably?

also there's not like, loads of trans people. that's why we're so easy to attack.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's so many trans people in my life I sometimes forget ya'll are basically the shiny pokemon of queers...

[–] missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

I'm holographic 🤗

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Source for that claim? I'm pretty sure Canada is unfortunately still very backwards on granting asylum to people who need it (like most countries in the world are), but I'd love to be wrong about that.

[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I think you might be right. Couldn't find the article I read on Lemmy or online.

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

Only people who have been vaccinated. They aren't monsters. /s