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Since none of you assholes seem to get it, the person responding to the news article is saying that because of the fact that they exist in a gender separate from their sex their very existence is seen as sexual in nature so they would receive the death penalty for merely existing in proximity to children under this law because of transphobia
I'm not going to claim trans people don't face discrimination, since they do. I'm not going to say they should stop trying to fight discrimination.
But when trans people are victims of homicide (for any reason) at less than 20% the rate of the general population, stop talking about how people want to kill you for being trans. If people wanted to kill you for being trans, that statistic could not possibly be true, no matter what. If evil conservatives held such desire to kill you that they pass laws to kill you, that desire to kill you would also manifest as people being motivated to kill you. Murderers are not good at controlling their emotions and waiting for the secret plan to advance sufficiently so that they can commit the murder legitimately.
Do you have a source for the 20% statistic? I'd find it very surprising if it was true.
I'd have less trouble believing that the homicide rate was actually the same as it is for the general population, but I can't think of a reason that it would be dramatically lower.
well the one I did was just comparing the number of people on the "list of trans people killed" lists put out by organizations who have every incentive to maximize the number of crimes reported against trans people, compared it to the population, then compared it to the general murder rate.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5551594/ is a more rigorous study though. table 3 has the data we're looking for. we can ignore the first two columns since the common estimate nowadays is 0.6% of the population is trans. the data on trans homicides is taken from the organizations who want to maximize the number of reported crimes against trans people. this paper was written by someone who capitalizes "Black" and uses "Latin@" and so also has the incentive to maximize the number of reported crimes against trans people.
assuming 20% underreporting, the rate of trans homicide is 14% that of cis people; assuming 50% underreporting, it's 28%. the number is probably in between those (these results are not based on what the police reported which may have misgendered, they are based on reports from the family and friends, facebook posts, etc, as evaluated by an ideologuical group). even assuming 80% underreporting, it's still less than the rate for cis people.
the unique risk it identified was transfem black and latino people age 15-34, whose murder rate was higher than that of cisfem people. but still lower than that of cismasc people of the same demographics unless you assume 80% underreporting in which case it's only 3% higher. since transphobes see transfems as men, that's still a nonstarter for proof of transphobic violence.
why is the number so much lower? probably demographics and risk-seeking behavior. if there is a movement that is out to murder you because they hate you, there's no amount of safer behavior you can knowingly engage in that results in a gap this large.
UCLA allowed Jewish students to be beaten until they were unconscious and attacked with pepper spray, according to a lawsuit against the Uni
A group of antisemitic UCLA students beat their Jewish classmates unconscious, attacked them with sticks and pepper spray and created Jewish exclusion zones — all while the school did nothing to stop it — according to a new lawsuit against the University of California.
The school allowed for vile antisemitic attacks on Jewish students on the campus following the Hamas attacks on October 7, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said in the suit, obtained by The California Post.
“Antisemitic hatred against UCLA’s Jewish and Israeli students reached a point where students were physically assaulted, injured, excluded from campus, and deprived of educational opportunities because of their perceived Jewish or Israeli heritage,” the lawsuit said.
The explosive Department of Justice complaint alleges anti-Israel protesters seized control of UCLA’s main quad in April 2024, setting up barricades and physically blocking Jewish and Israeli students from entering classrooms, libraries and walkways.
One Jewish student was knocked unconscious with an open head wound, while others were kicked, beaten with sticks and blasted with pepper spray. Another victim was assaulted and told “Hitler missed one.”
One Native Jewish woman-who counter protested by holding a sign reading “Hamas supporters are not welcome on native land”-was “violently assaulted,” per the complaint. UCLA police were “directly behind [her] and [did] absolutely nothing,” it added.
Protestors established militia-style checkpoints on UCLA’s campus and refused to allow Jews to traverse public property unless those Jews denounced a core tenet of their religion, per the complaint.
The encampment took over Royce Quad — the heart of campus — with barricades, checkpoints and graffiti including “F*** ALL Jews” and ‘F*** Israel’ scrawled on buildings.
The vile students also allegedly set up “human phalanxes” to stop access for Jewish students for some areas — demanding students renounce Zionism to pass through checkpoints.
By the time police finally moved in, the situation had spiraled into what officials later described as a “war zone,” with fireworks, strobe lights and violent clashes between rival groups.
The DOJ says UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by showing “deliberate indifference” to widespread harassment and discrimination.
More than 100 complaints were filed by Jewish and Israeli students — many allegedly ignored by the school.
Internal findings cited in the lawsuit say UCLA leadership repeatedly refused to enforce its own rules, allowing the illegal encampment to persist for days.
Nearly 60% of Jewish students said they avoided campus at the time, while more than 40% considered leaving UCLA altogether, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims UCLA officials knew students were at risk of assault but “took no serious action whatsoever” for nearly a week.
Instead, administrators told students to “avoid the area if they wish” while describing the chaos as “mostly peaceful.”
Behind the scenes, the school chose a “de-escalation strategy” — even as protesters armed themselves with pepper spray, lumber and makeshift weapons
The DOJ also alleged UCLA breached its federal funding contracts and grants by claiming it complied with its Title VI obligations while allowing discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students to persist on campus.
“Earlier this year, we sued UCLA for subjecting its Jewish and Israeli employees to an antisemitic hostile work environment,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said.
“Now, the Department of Justice calls UCLA to account for its toleration of the equally appalling hostile educational environment against its Jewish and Israeli students.”
Los Angeles’ top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli, First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California, said that universities “have an obligation to maintain safe and inclusive campuses for all students.”
“Universities that violate our nation’s civil rights laws by repeatedly failing to shield Jewish students from antisemitism will be held accountable.”
UCLA has been under increased scrutiny following months of protests and encampments over Israel’s war in Gaza.
“The Board of Regents and administrative leadership have been unequivocal: antisemitism has no place at the University of California,” University of California President James B. Milliken said in a statement to The Post.
“We have instituted numerous systemwide reforms and programs to promote safety and combat antisemitism on our campuses. UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk, whose family was profoundly affected by Nazi antisemitism and the Holocaust, has made the protection of Jewish students, faculty, and staff on campus the highest priority since the day he took office.”
“This litigation — and other actions taken by the federal government targeting the University of California — does nothing to aid our ongoing efforts to address antisemitism and create safe and welcoming campus environments for all members of our community,” the statement read.
this shit from the comments is unironically so fucking sad to me. this is where we’re at now? “aren’t books supposed to have morals?” genuinely let’s all just pack it in and go home, we tried the whole “experiencing life and art at a greater complexity level than an eight year old can handle” thing and it didn’t work out, somebody break the news to oscar wilde, we’re done here. “books are meant to teach you something.” christ.
Except they don't want it to be explicit written standards, they want it to be vibes from angry mobs that often haven't even seen what they're mad about.
One thing about trans vent art, is that it portrays being trans not as A struggle, but as THE struggle.
Like it's the most important and defining thing that ever happened to you, that dominates everything else.
I just can't relate. I had other stuff to deal with. My dad being murdered, my mother's abuse, my country falling apart and turning into a fascist state, my struggles with mental health, lifelong social isolation. All those things would've happened regardless of my trans status.
I don't think so. Or at least, I think those people are incredibly rare. For the most part it's never "just" being trans, but being trans is pushed to the forefront as the cause of everything.
I think instead it might be the whole 'every bad thing in my life is because of X!' response? Rather than recognize that they have multiple different problems, they want one ur-problem so that they can just blame not working on any of the other problems on the uniproblem.
This post just sums everything up to me. “Hey Jews. I heard this statistic. But I’m sure it’s fake. So if you want me to believe you, you better tell me all the horrible things that have happened to you recently.”
“I have found a cause that I believe makes my hatred of the 15 million Jews left in this world righteous and if they call me on it I’m going to use every form of gaslighting and leftover Tsarist slop in my arsenal.”
I feel like this isn't constructive. Attacking someone for asking for evidence instead of giving them evidence probably won't change their opinion. And neither is talking about how anyone who asks for evidence is wrong. You know that stupid argument antisemites use? That nobody's allowed to question the Narrative of Jewish victimization? This isn't helping.
To anyone who thinks all the political hostility is just because Trump is a big bad meanie, Republicans have been treated like that for generations. Bush, McCain, and Romney just didn't fight back.
To anyone who thinks all the political hostility is just because Trump is a big bad meanie, Republicans have been treated like that for generations. Bush, McCain, and Romney just didn't fight back.
Loads of people during Trump's last term pointed out how Bush became idealized by certain parts of the left the second they wanted to make Trump look bad. I remember when the left in general called W stupid, same as they did and do with Trump.
🤔 @dontmeantobepoliticalbut @unionizeurmom @reading-writing-revolution can you comfirm
I do know unionize has daddy’s money, several properties and a house by the beach, but no yacht :( and despite hating capitalism engages in it and benefits from it, you know for the good of the proletariat, the same proletariat he refuses to collectivize and redistribute his wealth amongst
Watching movies with small children is an EXPERIENCE, like tiny human, you have NO sense of story progression
Which is to say we put on the first How to Train Your Dragon
And at the dramatic "first flight" scene, two-year-old shouted "HIM FALL" and started SOBBING. She straight up thought that movie had murdered Hiccup and Toothless halfway through. Had to get double parental hugs and a constant stream of reassurances until they figured that whole flying thing out
All movies could be horror movies if your brain hasn't equipped Plot Armor to the protagonists
Anyway five-year-old is pleased to report that he "liked the part where the big dragon exploded"
#Welcome to the action adventure genre my children#Five year old was VIBRATING through the climax like straight up legs kicking fists clenched#Had to be held by Spouse until we figured out he wasn't afraid#He was experiencing baby's first blood lust#Kid wanted that dragon DEAD and it HAPPENED and he was VIOLENTLY SATISFIED
I took my 5-year-old nephew to see How to Train Your Dragon 2, and I remember him sobbing unconsolably that Hiccup's father was killed. We tried to comfort him by saying it was just a movie, a story, and no one real was hurt, and he said, "They're not real!?!?!" and I noped out of that conversation and started talking about going to McDonald's so quick, let me tell you.
One of life's underrated pleasures is seeing things with children, because they have no filters. If they like something, it is the best thing ever.
I saw HTTYD with some young relatives, and many other shows I would never have seen otherwise.
In the black community, you CONSTANTLY hear people shaming other black people (especially black men) for dating/marrying outside of their race and I have to keep reminding people that we fought for interracial mairrage!
There are a bunch of black movies and television episodes based on the white boyfriend/girlfriend and the disapproving black family. It's a trope at this point.
And that's not even getting into social media drama.
We fought for this, guys. It used to be illegal. You could get murdered for even trying to date a white person.
Incidentally, Guess Who? is a racial inversion of the classic, groundbreaking film Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? Where the boyfriend was Sidney Poitier visiting his white GF's family.
Since none of you assholes seem to get it, the person responding to the news article is saying that because of the fact that they exist in a gender separate from their sex their very existence is seen as sexual in nature so they would receive the death penalty for merely existing in proximity to children under this law because of transphobia
And some people legitimately think men shouldnt babysit or be around children. But the law doesnt cover someone disapproving of you existing near children. It covers legitimate crimes against children.
Saying hello to a child while trans wont result in an conviction. Sticking your hand down the pants of a child probably will though.
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