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Dr. Joe's avatar

Touching, reverent story. Sad news but also a loud reminder of the danger of rhetoric in our society.

Hound's avatar

The rhetoric done by the crazies on the right is about causing confusion and chaos. The single an idea or a group that is not even close to a threat to them and they milk it for all it’s worth.

RESIST | FIGHT's avatar

They turn a small, vulnerable community into a public threat because fear is easier to sell than truth.

That rhetoric creates the permission structure — first people are dehumanized in language, then the violence around them becomes easier to ignore.

Hound's avatar

It’s like Nazism 101.

Some people are bigots out of ignorance and other ones are bigots because it’s their nature.

The way I see it LGBTQ is a plus for society and their community.

I wrote a song called XY Girl that points out the virtues Of having a trans female Has a life partner.

The Angels are depicted as androgynous. I also wrote a song that’s instrumental called Doria/Dorian. The Greeks carved statues Of intersex people. The term they use was hermaphrodite.

In Christianity Before it got corrupted The angels are androgynous.

RESIST | FIGHT's avatar

The history is older and wider than the hate machine wants people to know.🔻

That is why they have to manufacture fear. Trans and intersex people have always existed; the lie is pretending their existence is some new threat that needs to be punished.

Hound's avatar

There are miserable people in the world and they think they will be happy if they’re able to make other people miserable. Trump is one of them. Sometimes these people are called crazy makers. They love creating chaos. They are like pyromaniacs. They are like mass shooters.

In the case of trans folks they know trans people are a threat to nobody. They know that transgender threatens no one. They are on a mission to delete a benign reality.

Sometimes I think that if I could press the reset button and go back in time I would be very happy with a transwoman for a life partner.

Suel J's avatar

I am so very sorry

Hound's avatar

I have been advocating for a criminal database created by the government that identifies criminals once they’ve been convicted.

It is important for Americans to know who they’re dealing with particularly in relationships. If someone has a violent past people shouldn’t have to find out the hard way.

Spousal abusers often have a violent passed. These are the kind of people that should be avoided. Peaceful people don’t murder their significant others.

American government is failing the people. The disregard for trans women by our government is a violation of their right to protection. The violation of anyone’s rights regardless of their status or orientation is a violation of everybody’s rights. Americans need to wake up to that fact.

Pasqual Allen's avatar

Tired of reading about boyfriends killing trans women. Why do they do it?? Because they think no one cares. Thank you for giving these women faces. And I hope they prosecute him to the highest extent. He’s a piece of shit. And she was a beautiful woman. R.I.P. prayers to her and her family. Blessings to her and her family.

Amy Dalton's avatar

Say her name - Eryka Caldwell.

Ben's avatar

This “She did not write like someone empty of feeling. She wrote like someone full of it — sentimental, reflective, proud, and connected to the people who shaped her.”

In a country that seems to be losing its feeling more and more on a daily basis this represents a significant loss.

Mal Pronouns's avatar

What a life she lived as her full self. Sending light and love to all who loved her.

JoAnne's avatar

So so sad.

There is a terrible understory developing too - if formal records do not capture gender, all of us disappear.