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[Vector]

which serial rapist bigot?

[McTraveller]

I think "they" are not sad - I know many people who specifically voted for Trump purely on the basis of him saying he'd stack SCOTUS to repeal Roe v Wade.

They tolerated all his other terrible things simply for that goal.

[Vector]

I would like to emphasize: I'm pretty sure that you're talking about Biden, iduno, but this court decision was made by three Trump justices, not anyone from the Biden administration or placed by a Democrat.

[Lord Shonus]

Indeed, this wouldn't even have been possible if the same people eagerly sucking down anti-Biden lies hadn't happily sucked down anti-Hillary lies while screaming "DON'T LECTURE US ON THE SUPREME COURT, BERNIE OR BUST!!!!!".


"If I lose, Trump will appoint Justices that will overturn Roe" was a major plank in Clinton's 2016 platform. And Bernie Bros mocked her for "fearmongering".

[dragdeler]

Thanks bobarmer.

[Kagus]

There was a mass shooting in Oslo last night. 2 dead, 21 injured. The cops managed to apprehend the suspect, and while there's no official motive given yet, considering the timing and the locations of the shooting it's assumed that this was a terror attack against the LGBTQ+ community. As such, Oslo Pride, the country's largest and most influential Pride observation, has been cancelled on recommendations from the police.

I'd been in Oslo most of the day, along with a couple friends who are very much in the community. We were all back home and safe before any of this started happening, but of course it's still just a horrifying turn of events. We're still going to be keeping our colors up, as it seems now more than ever they're needed.


And this coming right on the heels of the supreme court decision is just... Deeply saddening.

[scriver]

Take care, Kagus!

[MaxTheFox]

Oh my God, that is terrible.

[martinuzz]

Yes indeed, that's terrible.
Sad that the government decided to cancel the parade too, I don't think that was nescessary.

[Kagus]

Yeah, there have been a number of eyebrows raised at the decision to cancel all Pride-related arrangements and recommend that people stay away/home from the city center... But I'd rather not delve into conspiratorial thinking, and would prefer to just see it as an overabundance of caution.


On the brighter side, a significant number of people decided that they weren't going to let something like that stop them from having Pride, and met up for a spontaneous parade anyways, marching through the city and finishing at the main gay bar that had been shot up. Still getting out there and showing their colors.

Similarly, there was a huge outpouring of support and everything resembling a rainbow flag or Pride bracelet was completely sold out everywhere around the city. To the extent where I had to buy some multicolored yarn and just tie my own janky-ass bracelet to have anything at all at the music festival we were attending It was the only thing left.

[scriver]

Gotta show that bracelet, man!

[Rolan7]

Just crying for a moment.  No big reason.  Music inspired by the current situation.  Wiping tears away, getting ready to forge out again.

(Also I guess I'm afraid to get my "life is worth living" juice from the place which is now under assault.  I'm legally fine, but the website doesn't work)

[dragdeler]

There is allways something new to keep the stress levels on top... Oh you think you can handle things here we turned off the cold water deal with it. They do it because it's too annoying to wait for hot water.... When I say hot water the thing shoots fucking allmost steam. I'm not a plumber there were two valves but they didn't fix it so after twisting them around in all senses without effect I ooga booga kicked the boiler off the wall... Now I have cold water it doesn't even make sense everything is still attached pipewise....


Ugh I want to cry and walk home and not answer the phone. There is allways something entirely unecessary.

[Frumple]

one grandparent basically broke down for a while today, largely because dementia has fucked their brain just enough they can't tell how miscommunication is causing most of the problems they're having with a child while still leaving them coherent enough to tell something's wrong without being aware of how badly the shit's fucking with their brain

"but i haven't changed" says the person that just gave four different and conflicting accounts of something that happened the day before

just. fuck dementia. so hard.

More than anything, living with folks having this happen to them has convinced me beyond the shadow of a doubt there either is no god, or god is an evil piece of shit. There's no holy scripture in the world that can excuse the existence of this. Whatever led to this world existing was either unthinking or malicious, and there is no third option. No one should have to live with this. No one should have to live with this happening to others. There's no sin great enough to warrant this.

[ThtblovesDF]

I feel the same about dementia and can only recommend to not underestimate one owns need for support while supporting.