Electile Dysfunction (Current students plz look!)

[CaptainHenreh]

Thoughts on this?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...de/616424/

And I'm glad my links/proof/etc of why this administration has felt like an attack on me and my friends for the last four years has been helpful. It bums me out that I had to provide it in the first place. We're all busy, but one idea that's been reinforced lately for me is that if you're going to call yourself an "ally" to people who aren't like you, you need to do more than just say that. You need to follow the news that affects them, perhaps not at a microscopic level but at a macro level, so that you understand the struggles (and successes) of others.

There are a LOT of people who I have as friends and/or acquaintances, who I think have good intent, but literally only think about stocks/personal finance and the second amendment. But they claim to care about the gays. I'm sure they claim to care about women and non-white races. And they still feel okay voting in a way that keeps the GOP empowered, because even though they know OF people who are different, they don't really take enough time to understand the struggles.

I sincerely hope the people in here who are claiming "I'm not voting for Trump" are going to actually vote for Biden, however much they like him or not. Third-party right now seems like a big idealistic slap in the face to people who are a part of non-white, non-male, non-straight, non-Christian communities, either by choice or by birth.

Well so don't take this the wrong way, but "Removing LGBT language from the State Department Website" is easy to get lost in the noise. I *have* been following things like, say, permitting transgender folks in the armed forces, but I have a close transgender friend who served pre-transition and she seems to think that doing a transition while active duty is literal insanity. Since she's bt,dt, I trust her opinion on the matter. Just as an example, not as a comprehensive point. "Gay couples who use a surrogate that isn't american citizen and the child is born overseas" is another example where I see why it's problematic, but I also see why you'd want to have clear rules about that sort of thing.

As to your last point, "Am I going to vote for the guy who wants to put me, personally, in jail?" The answer is no. 100% absolutely not. And this isn't some kind of hyperbole or sarcasm, either. It's right in his platform.

So...no thanks. Maybe after 4 more years of Trump the democrats will leave me alone and I can consider voting for them.