Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Background Pony #D717
First off, you need to properly assess your situation. Why do you not feel safe? Who are you in danger from? Can you afford to keep yourself safe? If you’re afraid of hypothetical death squads roaming around and killing anyone who isn’t white, then I wouldn’t worry because that hasn’t happened yet and probably never will. If you’re afraid some MAGAtard is going to shoot you because they’re having a mental breakdown, keep in mind these kinds of people existed before Trump and were always here.

Second, if you’re being serious about immigrating to another country then you have to ask yourself. What country? Do I speak the language? Is my passport up to date? What sort of job skills do I have? How much money do I have and is it enough to afford a house or apartment in the country I wish to immigrate to? Other countries aren’t going to take you in out of the kindness of their own heart. If you don’t have a very specialized skill that they need then they don’t want to have anything to do with you ESPECIALLY if you don’t speak the language or know the culture.

Third, keep in mind other countries have their own societal issues that are sometimes even worse than the US. Issues such as racism, xenophobia, authoritarianism, wealth inequality and poverty, corruption, crime, and many more have to be looked at.

@Background Pony #D717
Welcome to Finland! Oh wait we too have right wing goverment now… all immigrants must find job in like less than 6 months or leave.

@neutralgrey
Well, first off, it’s my home country. They adopted a new set of rules for renewing passports during the pandemic that requires citizens to have an ID card, so I’m basically forced to go back there via emergency travel order.

Also English is a second language in my home country and I have family there.

Trump Tarriffs it will effect all states.

I live in a purple state right now. Get ready for more expensive stuff at the supermarket.

@Background Pony #D717
Then I wish you safe travels. Feel free to come back in like 2 years when Trump loses steam and/or possibly dies due to his old age and unhealthy habits

The LGBT+ community needs to arm up and fast because it’s no secret magats wouldn’t mind pulling a Hitler on them.

@lonewolf
No shame in self defense, especially when crazy people are out for blood and will lie to justify it.

@lonewolf
And the Left in general. Being anti-gun has made them weak.

@kleptomage
Don’t you mean ‘anti-mass murderers and crazy assholes shooting up the place’? Because standing up to gun nuts or people literally claiming that school shootings were staged isn’t ‘weak’. Some gun nuts are fucking nuts, and the worse of them are very well funded.

Oh we are.

@lonewolf
The LGBT community and minority groups in general need to start arming themselves.

MAGA and the far-right have made it crystal clear that they would start killing them as soon as they get the chance, they need to fight back.

Though I imagine that as soon as minority groups start arming up, that’s when the 2A people will start passing themselves and start begging for regulations so that only the straight white man can own guns

@neutralgrey
Wel, I’m stuck here until I get at least an associate’s, so…

Also worth remembering that Trump just appointed failed House candidate Joe Kent to the Counterterrorism dept. He has close ties to the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer, and is chomping at the bit to crack down hard on “antifa” and “Islamists.”

Leftwing activism and marginalized groups are going to be firmly in his crosshairs, especially if that bill to designate “antifa” as a domestic terror organization goes through.

That way it’s as simple as declaring any anti-Trump/anti-ICE protest as “antifa” and therefore “terrorism.”

@lonewolf
I’m always an advocate for self defense but I’ll believe in the roving death squads/day of the rope when I see it. American, especially MAGAtards, are too stupid and lazy to organize something like that.

Elon Musk needs to be arrested, but he is not going to be arrested. Trump is more likely going to pardon him.

@Background Pony #980E
Yup, Trump needs to be impeached first which won’t happen.

Well, you say that, but …

r/iselondeadyet has been banned, and r/WhitePeopleTwitter has been temporarily banned. The reason for the latter is because Musk claimed the subreddit “broke the law” for re-sharing memes and posts about DOGE employees, including some with threatening comments, despite active moderation removing them. This is another case of “free speech for me, but not for thee.” He can just go and say “these guys hurt my feelings and have committed a crime 😢” and ban whatever he likes.

@Ciaran
But did they actually hang anyone from it? No. Most MAGAtards are either obese diabetics or weirdos with a mental disease and a criminal record after they were caught doing inappropriate things outside a playground.

If given the choice between gorging themselves on cheap gas station food while watching NASCAR or putting in the effort to systematically hunt down and kill anyone they deem an undesirable, they’re going to do the former. They don’t want to personally carry out the day of the rope, they want someone else to while they look at crappy AI generated memes on Facebook.

…Well, shit

@BlueYoshi
Related to that, but Elon is apparently banning accounts on Twitter who are naming the other people involved with him overthrowing USAID and saying they are “committing a crime”… despite their names being public knowledge and NOT being a crime.

Ironic for Elon going around calling other people criminals despite all the crimes he’s committed.

@Background Pony #1F81
“Rules for thee, not for me” mentality.

There’s a long article that someone wrote on Substack showing that the Democrats are indeed fighting back. Examples:

-A top ranking FBI official, James Dennehy, who heads up the largest FBI office in the country based in New York, vowed in a defiant email to his staff to “dig in” and prevent themselves from being purged by Trump’s attorney general.
-Director of Security John Vorhees and Deputy Director for Security Brian McGill at USAID refused Musk’s demands to classified documents. They were placed on leave on Saturday as a result.

Long story short, the Democrats are filing lawsuits and raising alarms to show that what Trump’s team and Elon’s team are doing are highly illegal.

If they had managed to get their hands on any of the senators or Mike Pence then they would have ended up like Officer Sicknick.

You know you fucked up when even Wall Street’s busting your chops. “Art of the Deal” my ass…