That looks like a really interesting book! I've added it to my Kindle. Thanks for the post!

I definitely need to learn how to shoot, I did when I was a kid but haven't gone shooting in a long time. Unfortunately, I don't feel safe to actually get armed just because of my own mental health. I do have friends who are armed, though, and they're willing to come help if need be.

Im trans and I have multiple trump people in my neighborhood. My partner and I have agreed us putting up either pride flags or Harris signs would simply make ourselves targets since we live in a red state and county. I don't want people like this to put me on a list so they can come and attack the house if their fascist leader comes into power. Something that while they would want to do, I'm not positive they'd actually have the guts to do.

Regardless, this shit terrifies me.

I know right? They totally aren't actively supporting ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments in a multitude of states that they do and don't have a trifecta in that would protect abortion access. And there certainly haven't been laws passed in Michigan, California, Minnesota, Colarado, Massachusetts, New York and several other states that protect access for abortion seekers and protect abortion providers. Democrats also totally haven't talked about passing a right to an abortion into law if they get a trifecta in November and Biden definitely hasn't signed an executive order that aims to help protect abortion seekers and providers on federal lands. Democrats just don't care about abortion rights.

There "was" a time? The gay and trans panic defense is still legal in a multitude of states and while it's not as successful as it used to be, people still use it and get off without prison time.

I'm gonna assume you're still talking about the Nazis since that was your original comment so let's look at the reichstag breakdown of the election prior to Hitler being appointed Chancellor.

The Social Democrats won 121 seats in November 1932, the communists won 100 seats. The Social Democrats were socialists and the communists were communists. The nazis had 196 seats in the 1932 election. So if the socialists and communists had combined they would have had 221 seats which is more than 196. And those were leftist parties who were bickering. So if the leftists had combined they would have kept Hitler from being chancellor when he was appointed that in January 1933. But what about the centre party? Well, they had 70 seats and had a significant wing that was left and wanted to work with the social democrats. Now if we are conservative about it and say just 25 of those 70 were leftists, that would bring the 221 up to 246. And if the other 45 went to the nazis, which all of them never would because it was a big tent with diverse view points, that would have brought a nazi coalition to 241. So not as big of a majority but still a majority for leftists.

So yes, again, if the socialists, communists, and leftist wing of the centre party had combined their powers and hadn't been bickering, hitler wouldn't have been chancellor.

Basic source for the election results of November 1932. There's more pages for the parties and stuff on there so go ahead and poke around.

Depends on how "safe" the states are. If its by just 100,000 then that's not as safe as you think. If it's by 600,000 then yeah that's pretty safe. But at the same time why vote for a party that won't win?

Also, the PSL is not your friend. Back in 2020 they realized they weren't gonna get the Peace and Freedom nomination in 2020, so instead of having solidarity with their fellow socialists, they threw their weight behind the joke candidate Roseanne Barr. They blatantly sabotaged their fellow socialists because they realized they weren't going to win. They are not a party worth your investment.

Here's a great article about them and their shit.

Number 2 is wrong. The nazis never had a majority, only a plurality. If the other parties, the social democrats, the communist party, and the Centre party had banded together instead of fighting amongst themselves, he wouldn't have been made Chancellor.

If your second paragraph is implicating who I'm thinking since you're basically using a direct quote of theirs, then I'm not at all surprised by them blocking you. They love to take quotes out of context or ignore half of a quote for their own benefit. I love that you're directly calling them out. Good on you for actually knowing how our election system works.

As long as they understand the ramifications of voting for who they want to and don't try to say they don't hold any responsibility for the outcome of their decision.

I think you dropped something from my comment.

I support and respect everyone's right to vote for whoever they want to. As long as they understand the ramifications of voting for who they want to and don't try to say they don't hold any responsibility for the outcome of their decision.

If someone left their partner to be with you, they're capable of leaving you to be with someone new.