RainAndSadness
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- Jun 12, 2018
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I wrote a thread about the political developments in the US back in 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, and I could write something again in response to the election results but it would be an almost identical thread, calling out the theofacist Republican party. Instead I just want to offer my condolences to anyone who lives in the US. Many of us probably didn't expect this outcome, some might have a dejavu to 2016. It must be horrible to go through this election cycle, especially if you're part of a marginalized group yourself and therefore at a higher risk of targeted legislation in the foreseeable future. Like we all know what prominent members of the Republican party said about women, migrants and queer people in the last few months and which plans were unveiled to crack down on minority rights. I'm trans myself and I feel for everyone who is under attack and threatened in their very existence by the upcoming Trump administration and I've already drawn out the dystopian future that awaits the country in the thread I posted back in 2022. We don't know yet how bad it's going to be but your fears about your future and rights are valid in my opinion.
But I hope this forum will be one of the safe places where you can express yourself in the upcoming months. I can't speak for other members but I believe in many of the values that lost this election and I'm definitely on the side of civil rights and personal freedom, things that might come under attack very soon. This forum will be a safe space for the people who need it, it has been in the past and nothing will change that. My post history probably already gives away my personal bias but I just wanted to let you know.
And sure, you could ask the question now, should an admin of a forum like ours even make political comments? Yes. This forum is in a way inherently political due to the nature of the discussions that take place here. This forum is universally condemned in the media and there have been political attempts to get rid of us, yet it's elections results like these that drive members to us. A large part of the electorate just said "I don't care about suicides" because the upcoming 2-4 years will drive up suicide numbers in marginalized communities, without a doubt. It's unbelievably hypocritical to attack this forum as "pro-suicide" when we're merely pro-choice and in support of individual autonomy and then they vote in politicans with a pro-suicide agenda. How does that make sense?
And again, threads like these where I talk to the community directly regarding political developments which are harmful to the most vulnerable groups of our population won't get mentioned in any news article about our "pro-suicide" forum because again it's inconceivable for the media that we're actually people with empathy and that the entire moral framework for the existence of this forum is based on compassion and bodily and individual autonomy. The values of this forum are basically very basic humanist values. No, it's totally not worth talking about that when describing the entire forum as collectively pro-suicide, it's not like many of our members are in some way directly affected by such harsh political outcomes which puts someone like Donald Trump into the White House.
The results of the election and the harmful implications will without a doubt drive more members to us, who have intentions to escape whatever is inflicted on them by the current political landscape but I hope we can all make it together through the next 2-4 years. @rainwillneverstop created a thread with some resources for those who live in the US: https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/usa-election-a-note-from-staff.185146/unread
To the people who belong into the camp that won, be nice. There is a reason why we have so many queer members in our forum and many of them live in jurisdictions that are threatening their existence. And many of our members living in the US will be affected by policies put forward by the Trump administration. I sincerely hope time will prove me wrong but I'm not very optimistic.
Thanks, everyone.
But I hope this forum will be one of the safe places where you can express yourself in the upcoming months. I can't speak for other members but I believe in many of the values that lost this election and I'm definitely on the side of civil rights and personal freedom, things that might come under attack very soon. This forum will be a safe space for the people who need it, it has been in the past and nothing will change that. My post history probably already gives away my personal bias but I just wanted to let you know.
And sure, you could ask the question now, should an admin of a forum like ours even make political comments? Yes. This forum is in a way inherently political due to the nature of the discussions that take place here. This forum is universally condemned in the media and there have been political attempts to get rid of us, yet it's elections results like these that drive members to us. A large part of the electorate just said "I don't care about suicides" because the upcoming 2-4 years will drive up suicide numbers in marginalized communities, without a doubt. It's unbelievably hypocritical to attack this forum as "pro-suicide" when we're merely pro-choice and in support of individual autonomy and then they vote in politicans with a pro-suicide agenda. How does that make sense?
And again, threads like these where I talk to the community directly regarding political developments which are harmful to the most vulnerable groups of our population won't get mentioned in any news article about our "pro-suicide" forum because again it's inconceivable for the media that we're actually people with empathy and that the entire moral framework for the existence of this forum is based on compassion and bodily and individual autonomy. The values of this forum are basically very basic humanist values. No, it's totally not worth talking about that when describing the entire forum as collectively pro-suicide, it's not like many of our members are in some way directly affected by such harsh political outcomes which puts someone like Donald Trump into the White House.
The results of the election and the harmful implications will without a doubt drive more members to us, who have intentions to escape whatever is inflicted on them by the current political landscape but I hope we can all make it together through the next 2-4 years. @rainwillneverstop created a thread with some resources for those who live in the US: https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/usa-election-a-note-from-staff.185146/unread
To the people who belong into the camp that won, be nice. There is a reason why we have so many queer members in our forum and many of them live in jurisdictions that are threatening their existence. And many of our members living in the US will be affected by policies put forward by the Trump administration. I sincerely hope time will prove me wrong but I'm not very optimistic.
Thanks, everyone.
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