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[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 16 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

But shitting on that pink hat (which is clearly a symbol for queer/trans people) is just unacceptable

That isn't what that is a symbol for at all. It was a knit hat made for an ineffective Trump protest in 2017. Actually queer and trans people found the hats exclusionary. So did non white people whose genitalia aren't that color. The entire pussy-hat movement was feel-good liberal activity that accomplished nothing and made no difference. Much like the liberal "support" for Ukraine.

but i don’t like guns

This is extreme privilege. None of us like guns just to like guns. Brother Malcolm was being threatened with his life daily and his home was firebombed then he was assassinated, he was trying to protect himself. Fred Hampton was literally murdered by the police. The Zapatistas and Palestinians don't resort to violence because they "like it" either, they are targets of the state that act with violence on them and both have learned that civil disobedience has its limits. Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists that were executed by the state after being framed and falsely accused of a bombing, armed robbery and murder which the state of Massachusetts apologized for in 1977.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

None of us like guns just to like guns

[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

LOL yeah... I don't really fetishize them in the NRA sense but I shouldn't speak for everyone I guess.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 15 hours ago

I do! More dakka is always better!