Donald Trumps comments about women normalize this treatment. His comments about the police normalize this treatment.
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It should be clear to everyone that electing this man is absolutely untenable. But it CANNOT stop there.
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I have a long-standing unwilling relationship with violence that I've been trying to walk away from. But it's impossible.
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Almost every trans person I know has been crotch-checked by someone who felt entitled to know what was in their pants.
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Most of the women in my circle have endured unwanted sexual contact.
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Every single black person in my neighborhood has had an incident with the police. Every. Single. One.
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Trump normalizes all of these behaviors. And something like 42% of the country, regardless of how the election turns out, is ok with them.
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If you've been shocked or hurt by these comments--especially if you're a well-off white man--it should be a call to listen harder.
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I can't even begin to describe how this is situation-fucking-normal for many of us, every day. Fin.
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