cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/2089998

Archived version: https://archive.ph/X5D30
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230830081318/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66654134

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    Why are you so adamant in downplaying the crimes of a nation that has passed almost 500 anti trans laws this year alone?

    • imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Because these are the games of politicians. Try being trans in rural China, India, pretty much anywhere in the African continent or anywhere in the middle east. Come visit and see if you'd like. I've been to these places and if you don't believe me look at other travel advisories. The risk to travelers is being blown out of proportion and just because the media is doing this it doesn't mean that educated individuals hanging out in Lemmy communities need to propogate this garbage. Do I want politicians to get their shit together? Yes! Do travelers need to eat up the media fear that pours out like a fire hose these days? No, it's rubbish.

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        I'm not saying that other parts of the world are all safe, i'm saying that it's entirely proportional to issue a travel warning for the US, and that you're deliberately downplaying the rise of institutional and societal transphobia in Amerika.

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Do I want politicians to get their shit together? Yes!

        I want politicians to get their shit chopped apart