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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 366 points 2 days ago (66 children)

I'm trans and I'm terrified, terrified for my queer friends and family, terrified for Ukraine and Palestine, and terrified for the planet.

If you didn't vote or voted for this piece of shit, fuck you. If you voted for him, you deserve the massive inflation and shit he's about to put you through.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 142 points 2 days ago (8 children)

I’m straight and white, and I am also terrified for my queer friends and family. I figured Israel was always a lost cause but Ukraine is going to be so fucking stupid and painful when they get starved after we offered support.

If you didn’t vote or voted for this piece of shit, FUCK YOU

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 103 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Harris got 15 mill less than biden. Trump got same number of votes basically.

They just slept

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago (2 children)

America made it clear that they will not vote for a woman. Especially a woman of color. Fuck America

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I suspected if she lost it was because she was a woman. Others are saying it was all Gaza and they didn't vote in protest. A commentor replied to me showing the margins are like 10s of thousands in one state.

She seem way better than Hillary too. Hillary reminded me of my grandma but in all the bad ways.

Guess Trump may nuke the whales. Tried to nuke a hurricane.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone who didn't vote in protest needs to shut the fuck up now. I don't wanna hear another damn word out of them regarding Gaza, or moralizing to the world. They will now get to see Gaza be dismantled.

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They really stuck it to the Democratic party, hope they're fucking happy that their solution to the Gaza situation is to accelerate wiping Palestinians from existence. Blood is on their hands now more than anyone that did the bare minimum to keep democracy alive.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 13 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Nobody learned the lesson from 2016. We can't stick it to the dems until the GOP goes away.

I bet the dems are high fiving each other right now from all the donations they are going to get.

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The genocide will continue until moral improves.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Either that, or that America will not vote for the status quo again.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago (13 children)

Trump is the status quo as well so apparently they will

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 71 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being that I'm not transgender or American I don't think I can personally understand everything you're feeling right now. All I can say is be strong for yourself, and your friends and family; we all need to support each other if we are going to get through this.

And a double fuck you to anyone who voted for Trump.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're still going to get fucked. The whole planet is going to get fucked. The MAGAs abolishing the EPA and going full-throttle on fossil fuels is going to make sure of that.

[–] Count042@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The climate is one thing that both would fuck the world.

That's a done deal at this point. The Democratic party would have slowed the rate of increase, but given the tipping points we've already crossed, we require actual massive amounts of removal of greenhouse gases, and major geo-engineering projects to try and prevent everything coming our way from climate change.

This is less of a politics post, and more of a 'we're so fucked, and most people aren't aware of how fucked we are that they think what the Democratic Party wants to do for climate would actually do a damn thing'

Seriously, at this point it would require a complete overhaul of both our political system and economic system such that life would be unrecognizable to forestall gigadeaths.

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[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 49 points 2 days ago

Not even there.

All I have to say:

What....

The...

Fuck....

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The only silver lining is that maybe the Republicans will just forget about trans people until it’s time to stoke the hate again for the next election.

But yeah, very disappointing result. The country was willing to vote in a twice impeached convicted felon (whose sentencing will be postposed indefinitely, I suspect) over a gasp! brown woman.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exit polls show 12% of lgbtq voters voted for Trump. 12% of lgbtq voters voted to be jailed, castrated, and discriminated against by their country. That is not only terrifying but also embarrassing.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Jews for Hitler vibes.

It didn't go well for them either. Being "one of the good ones" won't save you.

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