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BonnieIndigo t1_iuftvxn wrote

Reply to comment by EvetsYenoham in Big Thanks to the local businesses putting election campaign signs on their windows by LockedOutOfElfland

How lucky for you that you can conceive of a life in which politics don’t govern your ability to obtain services or healthcare.

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CDewfus t1_iufwthc wrote

Or get married. Or even hold hands.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iufzm0w wrote

Where can’t you hold hands with someone?

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xWhiteRavenx t1_iug6qzr wrote

69 countries have laws against homosexuality and many of those offenses can be subject to the death penalty. In the US, there are cities in the Deep South (and some in rural PA), that would make you a target if you hold hands with someone of the same sex. And now, there’s been an uptick in homophobic hate crimes, while a member of the supreme court (and many anti-gay politicians) have called for a repeal of gay marriage and a reversal of many laws protecting gays in the US. I get that some issues shouldn’t be worth dictating your life, but others are actual life-or-death issues for many of us.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iug8zzc wrote

I thought we were talking in Pittsburgh sub…maybe don’t visit those places? I bet a ton of women aren’t flocking to Iran to go sight-seeing…

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xWhiteRavenx t1_iug936j wrote

My point is it can easily happen in Pittsburgh…

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CDewfus t1_iujrw4s wrote

Maybe not as easily, because trump types seem really scared of cities. Until they get a license to kill.

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Cl1mh4224rd t1_iugvelw wrote

>I thought we were talking in Pittsburgh...

Pittsburgh is the only place where politics don't matter? Hmm...

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djn24 t1_iug84zp wrote

Or where politics encourages hate crimes against their place of worship or in their neighborhood.

Dude reeks of privilege and still doesn't get it in 2022.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iufz4bp wrote

I guess lucky me. You truly believe it matters and it doesn’t. Either party could care less about either of us.

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BonnieIndigo t1_iug0330 wrote

One of them will let me govern my own body. The other one won’t.

No way do I think the Democrats are the world’s best political organization. But they’re leaps and bounds ahead of Christofascists.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iug299v wrote

As soon as you start saying shit like “christofascists” I just stop listening. And I don’t follow party politics so it’s not personal for me. You could say “libtards” and I stop listening just the same.

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BonnieIndigo t1_iug2hnx wrote

I mean, you weren’t listening to start with, and you are clearly so privileged that none of this stuff that affects non-white-males matters a jot to you. Your apathy hurts everyone. But you do you. I’m sure you sleep well at night.

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EvetsYenoham t1_iug3j6w wrote

You think I’m insensitive etc but I’m not. I simply don’t allow politics to guide my life and be the basis of how i judge people’s character. Why is that hard for you to understand? Why do you go about judging me? I do sleep fairly well at night.

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chad4359 t1_iugks98 wrote

I stopped listening as soon as privilege was brought up, what a wild thread this is lol

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