I don't think folks who aren't in the queer community (or a PoC or Jewish) quite understand how concrete our plans are to GTFO of America if needed. Access to medication (including hormones) is a worry if we needed to leave.https://twitter.com/skimbrel/status/1058349202370027520 …
I thought about that as well. However, a white nationalist party is now the second most popular political party. Steadily gaining momentum since 2006. So it seems like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
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You do have to remember that the PVV only won 13%, even though being the second largest party, and all other major parties wouldn't allow a coalition with them. And for LGBT issues, if you are white, it's historically the safest place in the world.
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Yeah, I personally had some issues with the international press repeating "second largest" to an audience unaware of how just how many parties the country has. Then again, there are some regions where PVV is really big.
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Do you know which specific regions the PVV is big in? The Netherlands is about a fourth the size of the state I live in (Oregon). I imagine they might be hard to avoid?
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They're the second largest in places like Rotterdam and the Hague, but the most popular in relatively destitute areas of the country. But remember, even though the Netherlands may be the size of Oregon, it has the population of New York state.
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I'm not Dutch and rely on foreign reporting, and despite the clear wave of xenophobia and racism (Belgium had the same with Bart de Wever), I'll take 13% as opposed to 40%+ any day.
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Yeah, my problem is I do diversity and inclusion consulting. I may be white, but that doesn't mean I won't become a target for fighting racial discrimination.
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You can get detailed results from the latest parliamentary elections here.https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/03/15/tk2017-a1550054 …
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Places where you'd feel at home as a highly educated English-speaking immigrant mostly coincide with GroenLinks/D66 strongholds: Amsterdam, Leiden, Utrecht, Haarlem, Wageningen, Nijmegen, Groningen, Delft...
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