Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties

  • tree_frog@lemm.ee
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    28 days ago

    I said they are coming for everyone, I didn’t say I wasn’t going to fight.

    But folks need to recognize what the end goal is. And how serious attacks on immigrants, trans, and disabled folks are even for folks not targeted yet.

    A boot on our face for eternity.

    • girlthing@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      28 days ago

      Fair enough. You can probably tell that I mostly wrote that reply to work through my own despair and apathy.

      I’m just personally done with Orwellian imagery. As a faraway threat, the fear it inspires used to motivate me. Now it’s no longer a faraway threat - it’s right here. Now, after learning about ever-worsening mass surveillance, after seeing popular movements crushed, after years of burnout and despair, I find it only makes me want to curl up and die.

      In general, I see a lot of people react this way to what’s happening right now. So I try to share what little hope and strength I can muster. Maybe it’ll help someone.