The KKK is feeling pretty empowered

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This is what happens when a man like Donald Trump gets in power.

These are the people who feel empowered.

While MN celebrates the " only two genders ", people of colour in Kentucky are scared.

I've seen threads on here wishing the UK had Trump. Is this really what you want?

Is this really the type of people you want in power?

Those that voted for Trump over trans issues, what about shit like this? Or women dying from lack of abortion access? Or climate change? Or the casual revisiting of gay marriage rights?

According to GLAAD all resources referencing LGBTQ and HIV have been removed from the White House website. Gay, lesbian, no results come up in the search.

" Pages removed include WhiteHouse.gov’s equity report (no longer accessible), a fact sheet with information on expanding access to HIV prevention and treatment (no longer accessible), and information about LGBTQ Pride Month (no longer accessible). Agency page removals include Department of State’s LGBTQ rights (no longer accessible), and Department of Labor’s LGBTQ workers page (no longer accessible). "

glaad.org/releases/breaking-trump-administration-removes-lgbtq-and-hiv-resources-from-white-house-and-other-government-websites/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/kkk-immigrants-flyers-kentucky

This is scary shit. I don't get how any one envies?

‘Fangirls’ is ridiculous term. Do you use it for those who go on glowingly about Starmer?

You are singling out WOMEN who support Badenoch by calling thim ‘GIRLS’, and explicitly excluding men (or boys) from your derision. The ECB and many sporting bodies have officially banned the use of ‘girls’ for the over 18 Womens’ teams precisely because it is officially considered misogynist and infantilising, especially against the fact that the Men’s teams are not called ‘boys’ teams. The BBC and Sky commentary teams have adopted this terminology accordingly.

You are being pejorative by calling them ‘fans’ because implicit with that term is a concept of fandom - the uncritical, enthusiastic admiration held for a thing or person (dictionary definition) rather than a critical support for the political ideas and policies of a party leader.

I note you haven’t referenced fanboys anywhere in your patronising and utterly tone deaf little TedTalk…

But laugh away.

What a fool cannot learn he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of latent idiocy. Marie Corelli

I’m guessing you are a Starmer fangirl

Fine if that’s how you want to do politics.

It's not. I was responding to a poster who said her death was attributed to going to another state. It wasn't. I was stating that she died from sepsis brought on by sepsis.

Am not a Badenoch supporter at all, nor a Tory supporter. I am capable of critical thought though. Unlike some starmer ‘fangirls’.

Additionally, in case it makes the slightest bit of difference, my grandfather was born in the hills of Afghanistan and was 2nd secretary in the Iranian embassy when he became a political asyllee (along with my 7 aunts and uncles and my dad) in the late 70s. He and his family would have faced imprisonment and, potentially, death had he returned to Khomeini’s Iran, so forgive me if I think I know more about the atrocities of the Taliban than most. My family sought leave to remain here, and avoid returning to Iran, largely to ensure my aunts were able to access an education and live free lives in the UK. I’d recommend reading Persepolis by Marjan Satrapi if you have any REAL interest in the background to the lives there and the way women’s rights were so perniciously eroded by little slights of language, amongst other things.

If you have an ounce of decency, I’d appreciate an apology for your blatantly offensive and insensitive comment and the total lack of understanding how the erosion of women’s rights begins with pejorative and misogynist language like ‘fangirls’.

You're not getting an apology because I said the word fangirl. All the best.

This is the problem. You have posted educated and well positioned posts, but I'm afraid you're wasting your time with some people. The left thinking will never agree with anything you say, probably don't read most of your post. Theyve decided to stick with the lazy arguement that anyone who doesnt agree with them are bigots. And are so arrogant to think they are right whilst the majority of Americans voted Trump in, therefore implying most Americans are bigots and stupid. The lefties just dont get it, and will never get it...

No decency. Noted.

And clearly really don’t actually give a shit about the actual women of Afganistan as you’re just a Labour supporting keyboard warrior wanting to score points and not engage in good faith at all. Easy to pay lip service to the welfare of oppressed women when you have to sacrifice nothing in return.

All the best.

And ultimately, they will suffer because of it as this is no way to win hearts and minds.

I hope the Democrat party will learn from this. Though all signs so far point to them doubling down.

I object to that. I'm a woman, I've given birth to 4 children so I think that's pretty conclusive. I have no uterus, no ovaries. I am still a woman.

You know what I meant

I know what you said and it was deeply unpleasant. If you hadn't thought it through maybe do that next time.

I know 2 friends who had breakdowns after a hysterectomy, imagine how they would feel when you confirm their feelings that they are no longer real women. I never felt that as I am intelligent and confident in my identity to still know that I am a woman.

Like the Bishop said have some compassion.

I was adjusting someone else’s post with the quote. Or did you actually think I mean to exclude those who’ve had those uteruses removed?

And stop with the ridiculous hyperbole. I never said women without uteruses are or “real women”. Nobody thinks that

Literally nobody has or will say that women who have had hysterectomies are not real women, because only women can have hysterectomies.

That particular piece of legislation is outdated. Employment should be based on the best candidate for the job. Not to tick an inclusion box.

Well good on you! I don't assume that just because a party is not 'far right' that all their policies are the best for female people.

Not only that, but there are political parties that are mis-categorised as 'far right' when they are not but people do like to misuse the term.

Having a democracy requires the acceptance that people who have different views to you will get elected and sometimes people who have radically different views to you will be in power. That includes people who support the KKK or similar groups. If enough people want to "kick immigrants out" and enough people vote for candidates that support this, then there is a chance that someone will be elected with a mandate to enact it.

Laws are not set in stone, they change. What is illegal today may become legal tomorrow, and vice-versa. We've been through an extended period of moving to the left and if we don't take enough people from the right with us, eventually there will be a snap back. That's all that's happening now.

The important thing is to remember that Trump is only in power for four years. He and his supporters can make if very unpleasant for immigrants during that time. But by January 2029 voters will have had another chance to select people whose views are closer to their own.

Imagine if Harris had been elected - lots of right-wing people would genuinely believe America and the world was coming to a very abrupt end. That's how losers think, they think their way is the only way and anything else is a disaster. It's why the rioters stormed the capitol/there was a peaceful protest about the transfer of power in 2020 (delete as appropriate to your world view).

Agree 100%

You’re right and (sadly) there in lies the cleverness of Trump and his approach. It’s so frustrating to see but in some ways you have to hand it to him, despite appearing to be a blithering idiot he knows what he’s doing. He’s still a complete wanker but he’s far from stupid.

Have you heard the phrase "even a stopped clock is right twice a day"?

That's how I feel about Trump.

I don't believe for a second he gives a shit about Women's Rights or even just women in general.