• Nowyn@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    While trans rights are at least in the US as much or more under fire, in Europe it has also been refugees. On that front, it has gone from “just” criminalizing and harassing that group but also people who somehow are supporting that group. Which is only really relevant to show how far we are in the journey towards fascism in the West.

    It is insane enough that I actually have to weekly remind myself that this is reality.

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      1 year ago

      Oh we are repressing refugees too. They just come from central and South America. They’re mostly fleeing violent regimes that only exist because of US foreign policy.

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        I thought so but didn’t want to assume too much as I am not in the US. Usually these days global fascists are pretty connected and using the same playbook.

        They have successfully managed to further this othering and dehumanizing of refugees to the point where an illegal immigrant is the term that is more commonly used instead of the correct term which is a refugee in colloquial discussion. In legal one, it gets a little bit more complicated but generally people don’t even need to be aware of that.