Kansas goddamn.
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Don't get it twisted this attack on trans people in Kansas (how did they identify the people they sent those letters to? They have a list, the monsters.) is a trial, a test. Let them get away with it they will move on to the next smallest group they feel they could target without public backlash.
That is how this works.
@futurebird they likely generated the list from social media images and declarations they considered worth adding to the list (a grey area), then from that list they found the ones with addresses...
It's just data that they connect. It's imperfect. Imperfick.
Fun thing to do in the US is a change of address form backdated. Keeps them busy at one level.
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It's kind of obvious that what the Republican Kansas legislator would like to do is make being LGBT illegal. I find it somewhat promising that they have done something technical, creepy, and obnoxious instead. But they are pushing that boundary in the most obvious ways.
They are still too scared to do what they really want. The public ought to be disgusted.
I am.
@futurebird Obviously a test case, but I don't know how they get to wiping Obergefell off the legal map from this absurd overreach into private life.
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@RogerBW @futurebird
I just can't wrap my head around that way of thinking. Why are they so hateful?
Why do they want to live in a world where everyone, including themselves, has to be scared of being declared unacceptable at any time?The general public is mad at the ruling class, mad at the powerful and wealthy -- I think some of these people lean into this kind of thing in hopes that it will quell the cries for retribution.
There are other forces at work, but very cynically it is clear that the right is desperately looking for anyone who can take the blame for the gross decadence and inequality.
If they weren't doing this their only political activity would be defending rich MFers from higher taxes.
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It's kind of obvious that what the Republican Kansas legislator would like to do is make being LGBT illegal. I find it somewhat promising that they have done something technical, creepy, and obnoxious instead. But they are pushing that boundary in the most obvious ways.
They are still too scared to do what they really want. The public ought to be disgusted.
I am.
@futurebird I read an account around the time of the presidential election, of Vance telling a journalist, on the record, that what he really wants is for women to be legally subordinate to their (presumably mandatory) husbands, but that he recognized that that wasn't an acceptable thing to advocate for in the then-current political atmosphere
clearly they have been working hard to change that
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@RogerBW @futurebird
I just can't wrap my head around that way of thinking. Why are they so hateful?
Why do they want to live in a world where everyone, including themselves, has to be scared of being declared unacceptable at any time?The filthy rich have always used a simple formula for wealth extraction, enforcing borders and division of various means among communities, and claiming them as revenue.
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@futurebird. Let it out! Don't hold back.
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Don't get it twisted this attack on trans people in Kansas (how did they identify the people they sent those letters to? They have a list, the monsters.) is a trial, a test. Let them get away with it they will move on to the next smallest group they feel they could target without public backlash.
That is how this works.
@futurebird I was wondering this too yesterday: how did they know to whom to send these letters? I suppose they have a record if you changed your license gender marker, but this seems broader than that. Creepy.
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The general public is mad at the ruling class, mad at the powerful and wealthy -- I think some of these people lean into this kind of thing in hopes that it will quell the cries for retribution.
There are other forces at work, but very cynically it is clear that the right is desperately looking for anyone who can take the blame for the gross decadence and inequality.
If they weren't doing this their only political activity would be defending rich MFers from higher taxes.
@futurebird @Anke As they always have. It's the immigrants, it's the gays, it's the freethinkers, it's the heretics…
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@futurebird Thank you for the fire today. #kansasgoddamn
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The GOVERNMENT will tell you (yes you) how to be your gender correctly.
That's all this is. It's bullshit.
@futurebird In reality: The government shouldn't tell you what color the sky is, nevertheless "how to be your gender...." We have eyes, and and a brain.... Geez.
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@futurebird Personally I blame Chucky Heston in 'Planet of the Apes' for all of this.
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@futurebird They could never have read Pierre Boulle's novel if it had stayed a book!!!
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@futurebird It's heartbreaking and mind numbing.
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I'm also very curious if any cis people got the letter by mistake. It seems likely.
Nearly all of the people who have been harassed in public over restrooms rules tend to be cis women who look a little butch or like a bowtie or something.
This isn't a flaw it's a feature. Because part of the purpose is to make a gender dress and behavior code for adults.
No men shall wear pink or nail polish. No women shall have whiskers on their chin or leave the house without a layer of foundation.
@futurebird This right here. I know so many people who are going to be harrassed because their physical appearance represents them differently than their sexual identity. It could easily turn into absolute mayhem and violent assaults.
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I'm also very curious if any cis people got the letter by mistake. It seems likely.
Nearly all of the people who have been harassed in public over restrooms rules tend to be cis women who look a little butch or like a bowtie or something.
This isn't a flaw it's a feature. Because part of the purpose is to make a gender dress and behavior code for adults.
No men shall wear pink or nail polish. No women shall have whiskers on their chin or leave the house without a layer of foundation.
@futurebird my best guess, the list is compiled from historical records of which Kansas residents have gotten the gender marker changed on their ID.
Monstrous regardless.
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@futurebird @Anke As they always have. It's the immigrants, it's the gays, it's the freethinkers, it's the heretics…
"Its the predatory financiers and their friends... wait no only some of their friends!"
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The GOVERNMENT will tell you (yes you) how to be your gender correctly.
That's all this is. It's bullshit.
@futurebird Yes, from reading that letter, they want to use state power to punish anyone who steps out of their assigned place.
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It's kind of obvious that what the Republican Kansas legislator would like to do is make being LGBT illegal. I find it somewhat promising that they have done something technical, creepy, and obnoxious instead. But they are pushing that boundary in the most obvious ways.
They are still too scared to do what they really want. The public ought to be disgusted.
I am.
@futurebird I want to ask bigots to read the science on the prenatal brain development that fixes gender identity & sexual orientation. But I'm also afraid they'll decide to order amniocentesis for every pregnant woman & try to "correct" intrauterine hormones to some cis template.
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I'm also very curious if any cis people got the letter by mistake. It seems likely.
Nearly all of the people who have been harassed in public over restrooms rules tend to be cis women who look a little butch or like a bowtie or something.
This isn't a flaw it's a feature. Because part of the purpose is to make a gender dress and behavior code for adults.
No men shall wear pink or nail polish. No women shall have whiskers on their chin or leave the house without a layer of foundation.
@futurebird whether or not cis people got sent the letter, they sure as hell will be pulled over in 'random' traffic stops by especially hostile cops. women will get this worst, of course. and don't be surprised is cops start intentionally targeting cis women they want to to trap in a less public space
cops already get away with literal murder on the basis of them having 'suspicions' about someone. you know what will happen if they're given more things to get 'suspicious' about
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I'm also very curious if any cis people got the letter by mistake. It seems likely.
Nearly all of the people who have been harassed in public over restrooms rules tend to be cis women who look a little butch or like a bowtie or something.
This isn't a flaw it's a feature. Because part of the purpose is to make a gender dress and behavior code for adults.
No men shall wear pink or nail polish. No women shall have whiskers on their chin or leave the house without a layer of foundation.
@futurebird Sounds like a return to colonial times with rigid gender norms.
