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From A tehrani resident who barely got out let me inform you of some of the things currently going on here:

Israel bombed two of the highways leading out of tehran, both are blocked now. The remaining highways had heavy traffic until few hours ago. After israel bombed every oil tanks and refineries around tehran, a shortage of petrol happened. Now most petrol stations are out of work and if you're lucky enough to find one that's still operating, you have to stay in hours long lines in hopes of getting max 15 liters of petrol. So even with a car, it's not guaranteed you can get very far from the city.

There's also the matter of where to go and stay. The bank system is half working, no cash available at the time. And you can't exactly sleep in the deserts around the city. Most people still stuck in tehran don't have anywhere to go and they don't have the money to afford relocating themselves (it's always the lower class that gets the worst hits)

All of these are beside the fact that most people can't leave the city under any circumstance. They have chronic illnesses, they have sick family members who needs care, they work as emergency workers and can't leave their lines of duty.

But these mfs don't care about human life getting destroyed. It's just numbers to them, expendables. Our own government has abandoned people to die horrible deaths, they never cared and they don't care now. People of iran are worth nothing to nobody. It's Gaza all over again.

I have family and friends still in tehran who can't leave. I'm bracing myself for the worst case scenario. I hope all those who start war, add fuel to the flames of war, encourage it and cheer for it, burn and rot in hell. I don't really believe in hell and afterlife, but I hope it's all real just to see these people get what they deserve

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now feels like a good time to reiterate that Iranians have been martyred by america + israel already, both empires that possess nuclear weapons, and that Iran does not have nuclear weapons. so now is not the time to joke about america getting nuked-- any retaliation on Iran's part is justified and the only way we escape this situation, but Iran is not going to nuke us, because the entire premise that Iran has nukes is how america justified bombing them and also the exact same rhetoric we used against Iraq and how we killed my countrysmen when there was again no evidence of nuclear warfare. New York City is not going to get fucking nuked. go listen to a podcast or something

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A trans man who spent most of his life identifying as a woman and who is still seen that way despite years of transitioning is likely going to have more valuable insight on misogyny and the patriarchy’s effects than a newly-out trans woman who’s barely a year removed from her 4chan radicalization pipeline. Conversely, a trans woman who has fought for access to care and legal legitimacy, and has been subjected to years of transmisogynistic harassment in and out of queer spaces is likely to have more valuable insight than a perisex white wealthy trans man who got on T immediately as a teen and started passing with no issues. Neither of this is to say that one group is more worthy of being listened to than the other, but instead pointing out that individuals within the same broad demographic of trans identities can have wildly different experiences and therefore shouldn’t be seen as a monolith of “has this experience” and “doesn’t have this experience.”

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overemphasizing any type of trans person has the capacity to be misogynistic is gunna make you sound like a transphobe just like overemphasizing that gay people have the capacity to be child predators makes you sound like a homophobe.

It ain't rocket science.

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like, okay, consent does literally just mean agree. which is what enables this little rhetorical trick. because there's all this cultural emphasis on sexual consent, which is just expressed as consent, a lot of phrases whose intended meanings are "rape is bad" can be taken literally to mean "i should get to agree to everything that happens in my vicinity."

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all of the terfy anti-transfem shit drops right off into nonsense as soon as you are in community with trans women. “they’re evil Men up to Nefarious Deeds” no they’re my friends lovers and sisters. these girls have held me in my darkest times and i have done the same for them. you, on the other hand, are less than nothing to me

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hello white transgender person. in front of you is a computer displaying a post by a trans person of color discussing racism within the trans community. you may either respond to the post or close the window and move on. if you choose to respond to the post, just know that if you say anything to the effect of "it's not that big a deal", the bomb i have placed under your chair will explode. good luck.

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If a regional war breaks out between Iran and Israel, Gaza will be forgotten. We will continue to suffer this suffering and will not be mentioned in anything. We will be forgotten forever.

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Make sure you don't accidentally punish people for communicating their needs and boundaries. When someone cares enough to have the uncomfortable conversation, that's a compliment and a clear sign that they are invested in the relationship. Yes of course it's uncomfortable to hear that something you've been doing has been upsetting someone you care about when that was never your intention, but people generally only bother to have these conversations with the people they want to keep around - the people they trust to care. If they just didn't like you, they'd probably just try to avoid you. So make sure you don't make it into a more punishing experience than it has to be. Try to see the care and the trust behind the criticism, even when it triggers uncomfortable emotions. It's a good sign that they're there telling you.

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And I just fundamentally don't believe that no one would ever want to do anything productive if not forced under the threat of homelessness and starvation. I believe that if physically and mentally able, most people would want to do things to help out their loved ones and support their community. I don't believe "laying in bed all day" is so fulfilling to the average person that that's all anyone would ever be doing if we didn't force a 40 hour work week on people under the threat of not having your basic needs met. I think most people have an inherent drive to learn and create and contribute and connect and help each other out. I see it everywhere, even in this hell world.

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is this a safe space to say that the additions to the LGBT flag (“progress flag”) are well meaning but undermine the fact that the original colors symbolized vague concepts that could apply to anyone, rather than signifying specific types of human beings, which is, ironically, more “exclusionary” since it begs the question of why “X specific group of humans” aren’t being represented in the imagery now. the original flag completely avoided that conundrum. also it’s a little ugly. But don’t mind me lol.

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i love illegal immigration like yes bitch get in here

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I saw this post on tiktok and as soon as I opened the comments I started sobbing

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the way the ipad has undone literal decades of tech literacy is actually unforgiveable

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animals dont know or care which pronouns you refer to them with so you could theoretically declare your dog trans if you wanted. most passerbys arent going to know or care. it's free. free transgender dog.