I kinda feel bad for the people who think Trump would only hurt us and not them. At the same time, they’ll have a lot of fun harming us.
It’s much more likely now that vigilante bigots will feel emboldened, so keep an eye out and never count on anyone to save you. Find allies and avoid being isolated if you live in red country. Groups of fascists will not hold back on killing, and the cops will do more than passively allow it. The danger is very real, and you will not be able to resist multiple people on your own. Fight unfair because they never will. Get every advantage you can.
That’s a horrible way to think about it I’ll say it’s more accurate to think that about 10% of those people hate you beyond reason and may attack you the other 90% don’t care, or they have eaten enough propaganda to have a negative opinion but actually don’t care either
When the 90% do nothing about the 10% that harass or assault trans people, we still have a colossal fucking problem.
When you got 10 nazis in a room of 100 people and they aint having their ass kicked… you got 100 nazis.
In other words they’ll just look the other way as you get dragged off…
Real fucking consolation that. /S
10% of 1000 is 100. The issue is that attacks will be more likely, more dangerous, and harder to deal with because the government is a more active enemy. And that’s if the government isn’t who attacks you!
The point is not to vilify people. The point is you do not know until it’s potentially too late who the 10% are.
I did not take this as a call to demonize “others”; OP quite clearly framed this as a reminder to stay safe. Minimizing the very real risk of violence puts you in a position where by the time the violent extremist has revealed themselves, it’s likely too late.
It is possible to both recognize the dangerous reality of these modern times, but to also do so without adopting the bigotry of our enemy.
The paradox of tolerating the intolerant must be remembered.