A lot of my academic and professional career (which has nothing to do with trans issues) has been spent studying adverse regime change, genocides, and the prelude to the Holocaust. So let me say without equivocation: 2/n
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One of things I see repeated by concern trolls is that they only dislike the trans people who are loud and "activists." It's a trap, of course. 1/n
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The world has lurched towards dangerous, hard right, religiously motivated ideologies and autocracies. Russia, Poland, Turkey, Hungary, and even the US have come under their sway. 3/n
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In each country, human rights are actively reviled, while immigrants, Muslims, and LGBT people have become the targets of these hostile, autocratic regimes. Women's rights are rolled back as well. 4/n
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I have a nice, safe, cushy desk job and a fair bit of passing pivilege. I could easily disappear and blend into the woodwork. But here's the thing: I know history too well, and I can say without reservation: 5/n
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Silence never saved anyone in the long run. Being one of the "good ones" doesn't either. In the end, they will come for you too. They just take care of the ones who fight back first. 6/n
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So, to all my friends wondering if they should take this "promise" that silence now will be rewarded with continued peaceful existence: don't. Not ever. The cake is a lie. Fight or flee, those are the options if you want a future. 7/n
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Meekly following directions of those who think America would be better off without trans people won't save you, your community, or anything else. 8/n
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yeah, homophobes used to say this about cis gay people as well
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I feel as though just about everything being said about trans people today was said about gay people in the 80s. Different time, same bigotry.
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The same thing has been used against racial minorities for decades (see: "uppity"), women (suffragism was rife with it), and fights for LG rights in the '60s to today. Same old song.
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