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Oneironaut

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28. No offense, but that's absurd. There is an ongoing campaign to ban transgender people from

Thu May 17, 2018, 07:36 PM

May 2018

the military, and deny them access to public bathrooms. Don’t kid yourself - both fights aren’t over.

Furthermore, I have no desire to get into a “he demonizes us more!” debate. That’s the high of absurdity.
None of it is ok, and all of it is vile.

Please understand that Trump has been an absolute disaster for LGBT rights - especially for transpeople. I’m happy Trump has had astounding failures in trying to oppress the LGBT community, but he’s had some success as well. The worst part is both his normalization of hate and support for candidates who want to erase us as human beings. It doesn’t matter if he failed - the psychological impact should not be ignored.

It is as commonplace for the LGBT community to be lectured by others on why their problems aren’t real as it is for women to be lectured on how their problems aren’t real.

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We cannot let Trump become worse than Bush. [View all] Oneironaut May 2018 OP

If you're not a woman. Or POC maybe. But to the Dem base, he's horrid. bettyellen May 2018 #1

Good thing I never said Trump is "not so bad." Oneironaut May 2018 #5

He already is, if you're a woman losing her rights or a life endangered bettyellen May 2018 #10

I'm LGBT, so I would probably be first in line for the Pence express. Oneironaut May 2018 #15

Is this a comment on Trump? He hasn't had any success harming LGBT but please do go on. When you bettyellen May 2018 #18

You're right. He has only been making transpeople his punching bag since he first started. Oneironaut May 2018 #21

He's not caused nearly the huge denial of reproductive rights or endangered LBGT citizens with hate bettyellen May 2018 #25

No offense, but that's absurd. There is an ongoing campaign to ban transgender people from Oneironaut May 2018 #28

His normalization of hate has been completely directed at others. bettyellen May 2018 #29

Um, no. EffieBlack May 2018 #2

K... Oneironaut May 2018 #6

Bush did not dissemble America...he did horrid things but trump is beachbum bob May 2018 #3

Time will tell, I suppose Oneironaut May 2018 #4

he lied us into war! unblock May 2018 #8

I agree. Trump is already 10x worse and he has only been in office a year smirkymonkey May 2018 #22

hmm, a pile of damp, decaying dead skunks; or a giant vat of bodily waste and sewage in the hot sun? unblock May 2018 #7

trump is much worse. bush's warmongering was deplorable, but he didn't deport immigrants and Hoyt May 2018 #9

can you imagine if 9/11 happened under Trump grantcart May 2018 #11

Thanks. Now I've got something else to lose sleep over. LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2018 #19

Sorry Mate he already is. apnu May 2018 #12

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2018 #23

He already has, elleng May 2018 #13

True. I feel like it's the Odyssey, where you dodge one monster, only to land on another's island. Oneironaut May 2018 #16

I don't remember W conspiring with a foreign hostile govt to dismantle our democracy nini May 2018 #14

He was just dumb enough to destroy us from within. Oneironaut May 2018 #17

It's hard to say northremembers May 2018 #24

He's already worse than Bush. MariaCSR May 2018 #20

He's already worse. This is not a defense of Bush, but The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #26

Seriously? Clarity2 May 2018 #27