Swap out "transgenderism" for literally any other minority group and see how this sounds. See who it sounds like. See how far those people went to achieve their promised eradication. And then see what it finally took to stop them.
That's where and when we are, right now.
That's where and when we are, right now.
https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1632088542837981185
The smaller and more vulnerable the minority, the better for fascists. Pick a group that's already historically ostracized, with a tiny sliver of the total population, and you maximize the power of stereotypes, while minimizing the chance the average citizen knows any member.
When people don't know any members of a minority on a personal level, it's incredibly easy to dehumanize them. Turn them into the "Other," the enemy. Throw in some blood libel about how they're a threat to your women and the future of your children and boom, you're almost there.
And the smaller the minority, the less political and cultural power they hold. The less effective they will be organizing and defending themselves, either in the "Marketplace of ideas," or in the literal, physical sense.
Trans people account for less than 1% of US citizens today.
Jewish people accounted for less than 1% of German citizens in 1933.
But the Nazis didn't stop with Jews. They moved on to to the next most vulnerable minority group. Then the next. And then the next...
Jewish people accounted for less than 1% of German citizens in 1933.
But the Nazis didn't stop with Jews. They moved on to to the next most vulnerable minority group. Then the next. And then the next...
First, they came for the transgender, and I spoke out immediately even though I'm straight and cis because I've read the rest of the fucking poem.
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