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I don't know how to say this in a way that will matter, or even get noticed, but I really need cishet people to understand something:
The people labelling LGBTQ+ folk groomers and pedophiles know it isn't true.
They aren't spreading false information accidentally. Their goal isn't to raise an alarm about something they think is a legitimate threat to children. Their goal is to vilify LGBTQ+ people to set us up as targets for violence, persecution, and death. They are fomenting hate deliberately, because they know how to harness it.
By positioning themselves as the leaders of a violent movement against a manufactured enemy, they gain credibility, exposure, and ultimately control over large parts of the American populace. By pretending to be the vanguard of a defense against predators, they become heroes within their movement.
But at some point, if this continues, they will run out of LGBTQ+ people to target. They already are starting to run out of trans people and have begun expanding their rhetoric to include non-straight cis people as well. It won't stop there. They will keep finding new targets. This is the thin wedge of fascism that they hope will eventually topple, not just trans rights, but then gay rights, women's rights, and finally human rights.
They cannot be convinced they are wrong. They know they are wrong.
They don't care about truth. The only thing they care about is power.
And the only thing that can stop them is direct opposition. This is not a difference of ideas or beliefs. This is not a debate. If you actually want to interrupt this power grab, you will not do so through dialogue, discourse, discussion, or protest. This is a fight. This is a dirty fight.
These people don't care about rules, or ethics, or morals. They do have a fairly simple ethical code, however. It's the same one fascists always adopt. That code is: if you are powerful enough to accomplish something, then you are right to do it. If you don't want that to be the foundational principle of our society, you're going to have to accept that This Is A Fight.
I am not advocating violence. I am informing you, plainly, that the violence has already started. The oppressive, evil laws being passed at the state level all across the country are violence. The groomer and pedophile rhetoric is violence. The kidnapping of trans kids in Florida is violence.
People are dying. Innocent people just trying to exist.
Want to make a difference? The next time you run across someone pushing this agenda, punch them as hard as you can. The only way they lose is if it is too painful, too costly for them to exist in the public sphere. They won't stop lying until someone is willing to stop them. Get ready to defend, using every means at our disposal.
We are already at war. This is a battle flag.
@LadyDragonfly The kidnapping of said children is literally #Genocide [§6 Section 1 Number 5 #VStGB] and the silence of @AuswaertigesAmt is so numbing that I hope affected ones will be able to flee and press charges in Germany as well as seek asylum.
@kkarhan @LadyDragonfly @AuswaertigesAmt they won’t listen. You think the same thing isn’t happening here? You think the german state is on our side? It never has, and never will be. And the same goes for all states.
@enby_of_the_apocalypse @LadyDragonfly @AuswaertigesAmt
Considering the big talks about "historical responsibility" it only seems fair to get that litmus test done.
@kkarhan @LadyDragonfly @AuswaertigesAmt the litmus test has been done a long time ago and many times since then, I don’t think it will be different this time
@kkarhan@mstdn.social@enby_of_the_apocalypse @LadyDragonfly @AuswaertigesAmt Well, you do realize that things shift and the current German Government Coalition did promise some #SelfID legislation...
And I think people do have the right to force the state to change for the betterment...
@LadyDragonfly @AuswaertigesAmt @kkarhan believe me, I’m well aware. And have they fulfilled that promise? Look how they keep stalling. Look how now suddenly they bring up terf talking points.
I don’t think it’s possible to do that, since the problem is the state itself. Even in a state with all the queer rights we are not truly free since those rights can always be taken away, and since the state is a machine of violence, a prison. But if you think it is possible, then asking nicely isn’t the way to do that. Rights are concessions the state makes when it’s threatened. So either way the state is not our ally.