I'm feeling so uneasy with everything I've been seeing. I keep thinking about what we will be this time next year, and if shit hits the fan, what is your plan? I'm queer and was politically active in 2020, so I would potentially be considered a political enemy.
The only blueprint I can think of is what you do in an active shooter situation; Flee, Hide, Fight.
I know there's that romantic notion of "don't be a coward, get out and protest", but I remember the brutality of the 2020 protests firsthand, and even then I thought "thank god I'm going toe to toe with the CPD and not the CCP". Next time is going to be different. The president now has authority to send drone strikes. Protests and riots don't stand a chance agains missiles and live rounds.
Flee- I have an Uncle in Montreal who my family could potentially use as a way to at least temporarily escape the chaos. The hope I'd have is that Canada and other countries would accept American refugees, however that's not a guarantee.
Hide- If borders are closed, lay low and move away from major cities if possible. If civil war breaks out, try to get away from the violence even if you think your side will win. Todays losers may be tomorrows victors.
Fight- If cellular data/ social media algorithms can keep track of you, and surveillance can make sure there's no movement, this would be the last resort of desperation. I guess if possible try to either find a group for safety in numbers, or conversely go guerrilla as groups of resistance would make easy targets.
Sorry my mind is running and I'm getting scared.
Keep my head down and power through the next 4 years same as last time.
This is VERY MUCH not last time. There's intent this time, you really need to tune in.
I'm on page 449 and there is nothing about banning contraceptives.
Seems to be referring to the whole section
Page 451 (tbh more about voluntary adoption and possibly sperm donation than contraceptives but not that much of a stretch considering the mention of reproductive technologies.)
Page 476 (They really want to promote abstinence and fertility awareness as the end-all be-all methods of contraceptive.)
Page 477 (again more about sex ed than contraceptives but how are adults supposed to know about them if they cant be legally taught at school age, for fear of "promoting sexuality" despite abstinence-based (so-called """risk avoidance""") programs not actually reducing sexuality in young people.)
Pages 483/484 (actually, everything 483 - 485 really, its just a lot to paste here so im pulling out the worst ones. Left out the calls for promotion of fertility awareness, because totally in isolation of the rest of this stuff and with proper warning of its limitations I have less a problem with that than with losing access to more reliable contraceptives.)
Page 490 (they really talk around it here but the mention of STDs, unwanted pregnancies, and again "risk-avoidance" makes this pretty loaded. Hormonal contraceptives could also be considered gender-affirming care, as it alters a person's natural hormonal state.)
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I don't have time/computer access right now to dive into actual doc and work to point you in the right direction work citation. But it's likely discussing measures that would indirectly eliminate access to the so called "morning after pill" plan b, or oral birth control at least. Maybe through something like title X or things like that attempt to enforce that obscure law from the 1800s that didn't ban the drugs directly, but banned shipping them into states (which again, would be an effective ban unless every state stood up its own infrastructure, which of course they'd also likely be trying to eliminate that ability to do that in parallel)
If you're genuinely curious and not just a sad, impotent troll that looks at an entire mountain rocks on "blue mountain" and says, "AHHHH!!! But I found this one greenish blue rock!!! So it's not actually blue mountain!?!?!!!!!" then here is a link that dives into some of the fascist's angles on this specific matter - https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/inside-project-2025s-attack-reproductive-rights-contraception
You have to buy the book dummy - it's always a grift inside a grift. Here, spend some coin: https://www.project2025.org/policy/
I have not bought the book. Many, many scholars have. I suppose they are all lying though, you know, deep state this that or something?
There's a link just above "buy the book" that says "read the mandate" and downloads a PDF of the book when you tap it.
I hate to say it but if Trump wins, it will not be the same as last time. Trump and the Republicans have both learned a lot from their last go around, and they've got the benefit of a captive supreme court at their back this time. Last time they had no clear plan for what to do if they won. This time around their plan is very clear and very scary.
Last time there was a pandemic that killed millions of people....