• missfrizzle@discuss.tchncs.de
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    22 hours ago

    The US passed laws protecting trans people and many Americans are literally trans or allies. Russia however, is extremely anti-trans.

    ahh, to live in 2014 again.

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      21 hours ago

      It’s still here in 2025. America isn’t a bunch of fascist MAGAs, even if we are being taken over by Russian assets and Russian propaganda.

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        18 hours ago

        You know America is cooked because even liberals are blaming everything on evil foreigners

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          I have no issue with Russian people, I have an issue with Putin and the Russian state government committing atrocities globally including usurping governments. I am not a liberal, I am an abolitionist and socialist.

          Whether you acknowledge it or not, their bombs will blow you up the same.

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            18 hours ago

            I am an abolitionist and a socialist.

            No. This level of xenophobia, American exceptionalism, and McCarthyism are incompatible with actually being an abolitionist and a socialist.

            Whether you acknowledge it or now, their bombs will blow you up the same

            All bombs will blow you up, genius, including American ones, which blow up more people than anyone else.

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              Lmfao it isn’t xenophobia to stand up to a nation or nations actively attacking you with huge military campaigns for millions of dollars. It isnt xenophobia to criticize a foreign government engaging in massive human rights abuses including slavery.

              Where have I stated American exceptionalism even once?

              Where have I stated anything McCarthyism related? Do you think modern Russia is communist? Do you think Putin is communist?

              Can you say anything negative about Putin?

              No shit, I don’t support the US doing this shit either.

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                Lmfao it isn’t xenophobia to stand up to a nation or nations actively attacking you with huge military campaigns for millions of dollars. It isnt xenophobia to criticize a foreign government engaging in massive human rights abuses including slavery.

                OK? That has nothing to do with the discussion at hand, because that’s not what we were talking about. Unless you’re just deliberately trying to motte-and-bailly out of what you said.

                Where have I stated American exceptionalism even once?

                The bit where you assume that none of America’s problems could be domestic, they’re all the result of a grand conspiracy by evil foreigners.

                Where have I stated anything McCarthyism related? Do you think modern Russia is communist? Do you think Putin is communist?

                Lol, so accusing everyone who disagrees with you of being a secret Russian agent is fine so long as you don’t also call them a communist? Fuck off, you’re being disingenuous and you know; constantly blaming everything on massive infiltration by Russian agents, including attacking all dissent by accusing them of being Russian agents, is McCarthyism regardless of whether Russia is communist.

                Can you say anything negative about Putin?

                Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

                No shit, I don’t support the US doing this shit either.

                Sure you do, by claiming that when America does it, it’s secretively Russia’s fault, and anyone who criticizes the US for it is secretly Russian.

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                  15 hours ago

                  I can see you’re having a worsening of your mental health event, I’m done talking to you. Have fun with your creative writing exercise!

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                    14 hours ago

                    I’ve got to ask the liberals of this com: are you really not at all uncomfortable that the liberal discourse has descended to the level of the absolute toxic insanity of the above post? Like, honest question, how is this any different to the average MAGA chud at this point?

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        21 hours ago

        my sibling in Christ, Reps. Mace and Jackson literally shouted the t-slur yesterday and called for all trans people to be forcibly institutionalized. Trump said he “wouldn’t oppose” banning the trans flag when a reporter asked about “transtifa.” Musk retweeted someone who called trans women “perverted, deranged bioweapons” and trans men “osteoporotic, androgynous goblins,” calling us to be contained and forbidden to communicate with each other. along with someone else calling for a total ban on HRT for all ages. we’ve been kicked out of the military, and stripped of security clearances. the DoJ has floated banning us from gun ownership by ruling that we’re “mentally defective.” my passport has an M on it because Trump reverted all the rules on his first day in office. it’s a literal felony for trans women to use the women’s bathroom in Florida, and for trans office workers to use their own pronouns. coverage for trans health has been stripped from nearly every public service. trans protections have recently been eviscerated in Skrmetti.

        it’s really not going great.

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          They are not America even if they seized fascist control of America. America is the people here and that includes activists and trans people. That includes you and me.

          That we cry out and care is evidence the universe cries out and cares, since we are part of the universe as well. The universe through us cries out.

          That we cry out and care is evidence Americans care, because we are both Americans. It is so so so important to not equate America with hate, but instead to equate the MAGA admin with hate.

          And regardless, those anti-trans laws are literally Putin/Russian as a policy - remember how Russia got mad at the Olympic boxer and demanded she be tested? Russia literally funded the politicians for those laws, made all the propaganda pieces and ads, etc etc etc. And ofc some traitors and assholes went with it.

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            Literally just reinventing the Nazis conspiracy theory that Russians are secretly behind all their nations problems.

            They are not America

            You are literally arguing that literal birth American citizens living in America aren’t really American and are actually “Russian” in some kind of ontological way. You have literally defined ‘Russian’ and ‘American’ in such a way that all of America’s problems are, by definition Russia, even if they are caused entirely by American policy made by Americans in America. This is hardcore literal Nazi shit you are doing.

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                When asked for sources for their grand conspiracy that Satanic paedophiles are secretly behind everything, qanoners would machine gun you with articles about individual powerful people being paedophiles, and act like that proved that they were secretly all paedophiles.

                When asked for sources for their grand conspiracy about Judeo-Bolsheriks, Nazis could machine gun you with stories about Jews doing bad things and act like that proved Jews are behind everything.

                When asked for sources for your Grand conspiracy about Russia being behind all of America’s problems, you machinegun stories any Russia doing bad things and act like that proves they’re behind every bad thing

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                  BRICS literal stated purpose is western currency collapse, and they formed a coalition around this stated purpose.

                  Russia is a state run by a dictator who is having them do this, so that’s why they are grouped.

                  It isn’t “any” story, it is literally about their online warfare.

                  Please learn to read

                  Please learn a basic good faith argument

                  I didn’t say Russia was behind all global issues or all of America’s issues. I listed what Russia has specifically been doing because that was the info missing. I even mentioned Dubai and BRICS as you noted, so you contradict yourself here that I say only Russia is behind anything anyway. But the topic was Russia and Russia has all the blackmail so that is why they are the focus.

                  You can’t criticize Putin? Lol you ARE a bot. Not least because you haven’t been able to add to the discussion at all like a normal person.

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                    BRICS literal stated purpose is western currency collapse, and they formed a coalition around this stated purpose.

                    Listen mate, nobody is going to take seriously the argument that trying to form a rival currency bloc to the US dollar is literal warfare except for the most insane fascists.

                    Russia is a state run by a dictator who is having them do this,

                    Oh, so Russia secretly controls India and China now too! Fucking Qanon tier shit.

                    It isn’t “any” story, it is literally about their online warfare.

                    Well that’s just straight up lying; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62465043 this has nothing to do with online warfare, liar.

                    I even mentioned Dubai and BRICS as you noted, so you contradict yourself here that I say only Russia is behind anything anyway.

                    You mean the thing you just said was controlled by Russia?

                    Please learn a basic good faith argument

                    Once paragraph later:

                    You can’t criticize Putin? Lol you ARE a bot.

                    You can’t criticize Obama? Lol you ARE a bot!

                    Not least because you haven’t been able to add to the discussion at all like a normal person.

                    Lol. OK. Apparently “normal” means “endlessly ignoring actual arguments and just screeching ‘RUSSIAN BOT!’ at anyone who disagrees.”