Taking Rights Away From People Makes You the Bad Guys
Period, full stop.
I am really tired of hearing about state legislatures passing bills that strip rights from trans folx, drag queens, women, BIPOC folks, and pretty much anyone who isn’t a straight white guy. It is clear to see that the Republican party in America has descended into full-on fascism at this point. Between the solid attempts at trans genocide, striking down Roe v Wade, and their unabashed hardons for murdering liberals and black people, I’m done.
You are the bad guys. You just are at this point. You have decided that banning and burning books is just dandy. You have declared whole subsets of people to be lesser and passed laws to that effect. For the love of all that is good, you have white supremacists and, I cannot stress this enough, literal Nazis as core members of your party. You have openly declared war on the left and encouraged your followers to commit violence and murder against liberals, minorities, and queer folx. You asked literal children what kind of guns they want to be shot with.
How can you look at all of these things and decide, “Nope, we’re fighting for the side of good and righteousness!”
Nobody has banned and burned books and been seen as the good guys. Nobody has ever decided that whole groups of people are not equal and have…
