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At what point is America no longer a safe place for me to live?
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At what point is America no longer a safe place for me to live?
So, this is something I've asked some friends on facebook.

I'm a trans woman who lives in America right now.  And America has taken an alarming turn to the hard right.  Even with democrats in control of both houses of congress and the white house, the GOP has found a way to get significant wins through a partisan supreme court.  It's alarming that a political party that's won the popular vote in exactly one presidential election since 1988 has this much power.  They're also more than willing to use tremendous gerrymandering and voter suppression to give themselves in even more power, despite the fact that the will of the people doesn't want them in power.  I can also see the Trumpanzees taking the next step and setting up a way for the states to reject electors they don't like.  If they get that, and I can easily see them fighting for it, democrats will never be able to wield any political power again.

The supreme court has already shown me they're willing to pretty much let republicans get away with whatever stunt they want.  Between gun control, abortion and school prayer, I have no reason to believe they're going to make any ruling that's going to protect me.  Republicans in congress are more than willing to obstruct anything as long as a democrat is president while being a rubber stamp for any republican president.  And the democrats won't fight back on any of this.  

And..... where does that leave me?  The GOP is already pretty hostile towards LGBT people.  For now, they're restrained because they have to win elections and they have the bill of rights and the constitution to deal with.  But if they keep cutting corners and bending the rules about as far as they can, it's only a matter of time before they realize they can do whatever they want and nobody will stop them.  And what happens when a party of religious fundamentalists have control of the country I live in?  Will I be safe anymore?  Will I have to go somewhere else, just so I don't wind up in another detention center like they're putting immigrants in?  And if I do leave, when?  And where would I go?  

I don't know if I'm alone in this concern; I can easily see them instituting a policy that lets them round up atheists in general.  At very least, I don't figure they're going to invest a lot of time or money or effort into protecting atheists (or LGBT people) who are being targeted by proud boys or militia groups or neo nazis or whoever.

I'm terrified that Christian theocracy is coming to America and I don't know what to do.
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At what point is America no longer a safe place for me to live? - by TaraJo - July 7, 2022 at 11:42 pm

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