sometimes i think people don't want to mask in crowded spaces because it will make them notice that most indoor public places/businesses are crowded and/or have people who are visibly ill which would logically mean they should just mask "everywhere" generally
> “What are the names of the ICE agents who killed my dad? Why do they get to be protected by anonymity while my brother and me stand before cameras…?”
Republicans want to make it illegal for children to speak to doctors and teachers without their consent because they are worried about what the kids will say.
Study after study showing evidence of brain damage in children following MILD COVID infections, yet ppl continue to ignore it simply because they don’t want to deal with it and don’t want to know. Kids never consented to accept this risk.
The last face you see before your 3 week absence from work followed by new onset chronic migraine followed by losing your job bc you keep having to call out/ can’t look at screens without triggering migraines, followed by having to pay $700/month for an ACA plan w/out FT income
If progressives are honest, the fascists have been given the pandemic response they were originally demanding, i.e. no masks, no protections, no vaccines, the weak will fall by the wayside, back to normal, and progressives and justice advocates, generally just let them have it.
read this article that debunks practically every argument on how trans women are supposedly not biological women from a beauvoirian perspective, i think everyone should check it out even if they're transfem themselves it was really interesting
https://t.co/eFvCn90UJe
people genuinely think the holocaust "just happened" instead of being the end result of a decade+ of incremental legislation against jews, LGBTQ+ (and yes, that DOES include trans people at the time), and political enemies
Not even that but 10 years ago bathroom bills were so despised that NC governor lost his job over it and it was repealed really fast. And now they're getting passed with no backlash.
Centrists and Democrats just hate fighting for anything and can't market ideas worth a damn.
We moved on way too quickly from the fact that Charlie Kirk’s last words were racist dog whistling that both downplayed gun violence in America as well as blamed it on Black people and then he was immediately sniped tf out by some white dude
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
Bill Clinton when he ran in the 90s did the “strategic retreat” gimmick due to “democrats losing because they’re perceived as soft on crime”. Did it lead to more progressive policies when he won? no. It in fact accelerated the mass incarceration era and ushered in 3 strikes law
this is why trans people dont really tend to trust a lot of 'allies' either, because the second the going gets rough we're suddenly a business expense and not millions of living breathing people
"Why are people acting so weird?"
"Why can't anyone to simple tasks anymore?"
"Why so many medical errors?"
Well, a 2025 meta-analysis covering more than 4 million patients reported substantial rates of memory problems, attention impairment, cognitive impairment following Covid.