• finkrat@lemmy.world
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    This doesn’t seem to mirror my experiences, is the DNC actually pushing a position of not worrying about the situation? Or is this in relation to lack of newsworthy action from a lot of the party heads? /gen

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      As a trans person that has been begging anyone to intervene in my state for the past 4 years - being told over and over again that the shit that was happening was not happening… yeah.

      Kinda like how Nex Benedict murdered and no one cared. A trans woman in Grove disappeared a few years ago and her body just turned up - cops probably did it but no one will ever look into it.

      It’s been happening here ALREADY. I’ve been SCREAMING about it for years and no one’s listened. Now the fascists are at everyone’s door.

      Cops in Oklahoma routinely slaughter people. The feds have been trying to shut down OKC County jail for years because people die. They’ll often kick them out right before they are about to die so it doesn’t draw attention. Multiple deaths in Cleveland County jail too. Ten deaths in three years - just the ones they can’t cover up ofc.

      Wanna see an OKC cop slam a geriatric man into the ground? I can’t watch the video - but our AG Drummond didn’t think it was worth pursuing charges. I’ve always felt safe - one year walking to Pride overhearing them complain about needing to protect “the gays, the Mexicans and the Asians.”

      (If you really really want to go off the deep end - look up what happened to Terrence Yeakey - and think about how many shitbag OKC cops would have been upset about Waco. Flowers of the Killer Moon is a good indicator of Oklahoma’s commitment to investigations and justice…)

      Idabel cops wish they could still lynch people.

      Cops in Tulsa drug and rape kids.

      Edit: re NEX because HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHY HAS NO ONE DONE ANYTHING

      Hey doc - what’s the LD50 on Prozac and Benadryl? You can take a bottle of Benadryl - certainly a very bad time, but not particularly deadly. I know drugs have interactions, but that’s a pretty mild one. If it was the Prozac, wouldn’t the COD be serotonin syndrome…? Combined toxicity… hmmm…There wasn’t a chief coroner at the time either - Stitt was doing the Trump thing by just leaving a bunch of government offices unfilled while waiting for friends special enough to give the money and power to, and also was trying to pretend that COVID wasn’t happening.

      First reports said they died of head injury in hospital. I hop onto /pol/ as I’m want to do, they start speculating on suicide. Pretty sure Alex Jones said it’s suicide? Lots of eyes on the state, National media attention. Owasso might have already even been under investigation for fucky shit with sped students (which, tbh every school in Oklahoma should be). Lots of talk about terrible Ryan Walters policies (he appointed LibsOfTikTok to like a content review position - she got death threats called into Union High I think - near Tulsa - because she harassed some librarian there).

      [No one seems to acknowledge that trans teachers exist/are affected by these things lol - another of those things where I’ve called and been ignored by everyone from Lambda Legal to Tim Walz - like sorry, I shouldn’t be pissing next to your 14 year old daughter. Like yeah we had the staffs, but I also can’t make it there and back in 5 minutes without all of my bathroom scales being disappearing to be reused for far more economically productive uses. Fucking sucks, because I had year 3 of 4 done of the TEACH grant and was hoping for public service. Alons-y with the dreams of elsewhere.]

      We wait for the report. (Istg people were pointing out the lack of coroner at the time.)

      Report comes out. Ope, it was suicide. Sad sad sad. Another statistic. Another dead trans kid. Maybe it is a mental illness after all and they just need treatment. Lots of “her” and even lots of kinder but maybe misguided “him.” A complete amnesia that Nex was indigenous, tying this further into the curse that underlies all Oklahoman soil.

      The Owasso investigation concluded with some really damning results. Those are worth digging up at least. I can tell you it’s bad everywhere. I’ve BEEN TELLING PEOPLE (FEDS, CONGRESS PEOPLE, DEMS, ADVOCACY ORGS) THESE THINGS FOR SO FUCKING LONG IM SICK OF IT!

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        “We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights.” - also Schumer, immediately after saying that.

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          Exactly. In the cartoon above, “pulling the trigger” would be “the most important fight”.

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      This doesn’t seem to mirror my experiences, is the DNC actually pushing a position of not worrying about the situation?

      Biden had immunity to do literally anything to prevent the rise of fascism. What he did: nothing.