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Trump winning supports the genocide of every LGBTQ+ person in all of North America, be it directly or indirectly. No one wants what is happening in Gaza. But, I have to say the potential genocide (in the sense of complete erasure of culture as well as open murders with little to no consequences sense) here is even higher.

I have the unfortunate circumstance of being a trans woman in GA. I already have had to completely shut off most contact with people, both work and personal.

I’ve already had rocks thrown at me in an attempt to kill me (this was years ago, even). I already feel like I have to carry a gun. If things go the way they seem, I will even have to order in groceries because it will further empower the people that hate my existence.

The foreign policy is shit, no question. However, I don’t like the possibility of being raped and murdered by some asshole that thinks he understands Co² emissions after watching some video.

I have a lot to say here, especially as a very blue collar machinist. I will refrain, though.

In conclusion: by “avoiding” the genocide in Gaza (which would have in my opinion had a much higher chance of being resolved with Democratic policies), you have also doomed people like me to maybe live in fear for the rest of our lives.

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[–] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. It has been really rough. I realistically can't work for someone else at all. Glad I have some really good contracts that keep my poor 40 year old Hurco churning stuff out.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm putting our little play farm together and then I'll be doing machining again. Have a potential contract for remote work that would be real nice. Otherwise, I'm going to have to go work in a shop for a little while and save up so I can build my own shop.

Luckily, I pass as a standard machinist good 'ol boy. Just have to keep my mouth shut and let them assume.

I've always heard and seen good things from Hurcos but have never ran one. I'm hoping to find a nice old Fadal mill and maybe an Okuma lathe here in the rust belt.