• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    According to the article, there is no law on the books in south carolina against this.

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      7 days ago

      Ah yes, that bastion of the union, the shining light of human rights, spreading love, peace, prosperity, and enlightenment to all.

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          6 days ago

          South Carolina is in the south. Where racism, religious fervor, and conservative bullshit is rampant.

          The victim in the article is probably lucky all that happened is his wrist and finger were bruised.

          He’s resisting money to relocate, which is prudent I think.

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            6 days ago

            Feels a little victim-blamey to basically say “what did he expect, living there”. Trans people are everywhere, by definition. He deserves better than this.

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              6 days ago

              He does deserve better. Plenty of people in oppressive societies do. I was noting the environment, anything else was what people choose to read into it.

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            6 days ago

            that is what I was getting at – this can all be the case in place with no such law on the books. It’s not necessarily worse in the UK.