JD Vance poses an international terrorist threat.
Says the couch fucking Nazi wearing eyeliner.
less than 1 percent of shootings where four or more people were wounded in public were by trans people, and that over 97 percent of the mass killings were committed by cisgender men
That’s a useless statistic on its own.
Roughly 1% of the population is trans so they are neither more likely nor less likely. Just like ordinary people (despite being vilified). In fact, if you leave geriatrics out of the calculation, trans folk are less likely to commit these killings.
So the author’s insinuation is correct despite their logic being wrong, however they are not going to convince pearl-clutching conservatives with that article as it stands.
There’s another 1% that should be focused on, and people should be hungry for them.
The conspiracy right claims that every shooter is trans. Every school shooting Alex Jones is immediately on the air suggesting that it’s because of anti depressants or HRT.
That less than is doing a lot of lifting, at least using the statistics from the Charlie Kirk exchange prior to his death.
It’s 0.08% So, less than a 10th of a percent.
Leaves less than 3% for cis women. And the rest of the pie is cis men.
So, one group is far more likely to be mass shooters.
Not that we should stereotype any gender as violent terrorists, but if we were too. It would be folks like Vance rather than folks like me.
too early?
I dont think that a significant part of trans people voted for trump because everyone knew, that he would screw them.
Yeah, but centrists would rather blame the victims than admit that genocide is wrong.
For all their talk of identity politics centrists really couldn’t give a fuck about minorities
Usa is a settler colony, and the largest voting block is still cis het white settlers, you’re basically victim blaming
Keep gloating that you’re getting the policies you voted for.
They’ll try and pin any excuse, on furthering their agenda, even if it has zero data or evidence to support it. Just because you’re terrified of things you don’t understand, Mr distraction, doesn’t mean those things are terrorists. It’s just you.
coming from someone that plays a drag-queen in college, and has a beTERt eyeliner than USHA VANCE.
If they are such a threat then the FBI must have a big list of all the criminals and murders they have arrested, who were trans, that they have based this information on?
Surely…?
“A right wing podcaster got killed by a fan of another right wing podcaster, which is why we’re declaring that trans people are terrorists.”
Iraq war logic, Nazi edition.
Fuck JD Vance and the whole Republican Party.
I’m trans too if they’re coming for you. Not all cis people look like Fox News anchors so there’s no doubt we won’t be exempt. I already removed some of my reproductive organs in response to Roe going down, I have no problem supporting people who want to do what they choose to their bodies.
Trans people do not seem like a threat.
our existence is a threat to traditional gender roles and family structure. the real thing they fear is “social contagion” - that trans kids will see us living happy lives, and realize they can transition too. they’re afraid of gay people for similar reasons, but physical transition is a whole new level - they have a visceral reaction against it, like their innocent child has been irrevocably, physically corrupted.
they realized that using their existing levers of power (cutting off funding, changing curriculum, ID laws etc.) won’t do shit: we can DIY hormones, socialize on the internet and look out for each other. so now they become increasingly authoritarian, hence designating us as “domestic extremists” and calling for our forced institutionalization.
the Heritage foundation is handling us like the SCP foundation handles a Keter-class anomaly.
our existence is a threat to traditional gender roles and family structure.
No, those are the euphemisms the fascists use. The word you’re really looking for is “patriarchy”.
Don’t let the enemy control the conversation.
Not to anything that doesnt deserve to burn, no.
But…
And yet this will not be the first time we suffer for the sins of cis people
neither were/are gay/bi people. Still got thrown in prison for the last few hundred years for daring to love.
turns out the " domestic terrorist threat " was JD all along.
I’m not afraid of trans people.
I can’t really even detransition. I’ve lived my entire adult life as a man.
I’m so terrified. What does this look like? Jail, inpatient institutionalization? Will they take away my testosterone?
My brain is on fire. I don’t know where to reach out for help.
Are you in an organization or a group that advocates violence against the government or your fellow Americans? If not, then probably nothing will change for you. If yes, leave that group. I’m supposing you’re already living in a blue state.
That site is trying to agitate you. Perhaps stay off of it. Just to be clear, I’m not saying they’re incorrect, just saying that it’s not improving your mental state.
Is it too early to start claiming asylum in Canada?
Hey, just jumping in here because this does sound familiar. My nana was a Jew in Poland, born in 1923. She saw the writing on the wall and left for Ukraine and the next 5 years on a farm over there. She came back afterwards and found nothing left for her, and that’s how I’m now Australian - she went to Israel after the war, didn’t much like it and kept moving
Anyway, my point is get out while you still can. My nana was youngest of 7, and she lost 4 siblings. Don’t know what’s going to happen to you there. You can either stay and fight (one of her brothers was a officer in the red army) or just not deal with the bullshit and move on somewhere that you’ll be more accepted.
I’m sorry this is so crap but it feels familiar and I’m worried for you.
Try seeking asylum. Get out while you can.
prepare for surveillance of any social groups you belong to, harassment at security checkpoints, detainment if you say anything they can take out of context as evidence of some crime or threat, and random acts of violence. have armed security at any event where large numbers of trans people attend. improve your opsec - switch to Signal, get an iPhone or GrapheneOS, migrate from Discord/Google/Instagram. start carrying a taser and take self-defense classes. put together a bug-out bag. stock up on HRT if you can. don’t break any laws, no matter how minor. if you are arrested or detained: comply with orders (under protest), don’t tell them your phone PIN, say nothing except “I exercise my right to remain silent and I want an attorney.”
it remains to be seen how bad this gets. if they start rounding people up in masse, we’ll all need to flee and request asylum.
good luck.
Trans allies are going to need to start setting up an underground railroad.
They can already detect the number of people in a house with wifi, the underground railroad as we knew it is dead. Technological horrors beyond our comprehension have ensured that.
get an iPhone
Fuck that noise, Apple is already firmly in the pocket of the orange fascist. They are no longer safe and are now a threat to privacy and safety. I would bet my entire existence they are already handing over data on anyone not straight white Christofascist.
iPhones are highly regarded for security precisely because you don’t have to trust that Apple won’t hand over your data - it’s encrypted, if you set it up that way. enable Lockdown Mode, don’t use any services that aren’t E2EE. they can still try to GrayKey your phone, but it’s not Apple’s doing - GrayKey uses exploit chains which Apple legitimately does well to mitigate.
GrapheneOS is better for security than iPhones, but less noob-friendly. there are guides, though.
Iphone? More secure?
Secure from fraudsters stealing your money? Probably.
Secure from the government? LOL nope.
I’d trust an iPhone more than a random Samsung full of carrier bloatware, but I trust my Pixel running GrapheneOS more than either.
I have the USB-C port disabled for anything but charging, a duress pin, and reboots after 8 hours without a login. I’m honestly not sure if GrayKey could unlock it. I have memory tagging and a bunch of other hardening enabled, running only open-source apps I’ve verified the signatures of, running with minimal permissions. It would be hard to hack.
Yes, of course the NSA could almost certainly break it, but it would probably cost them time, money and vulns. If everyone uses GOS it will make their job very, very annoying :)
It’s already been proven that not only can Apple decrypt some of your data, they are more than willing to hand it over. They are a willing tool in the government’s quest to oppress society.
nope, neither of your sources says they can decrypt your content. in particular, from your first:
Data transmitted to Google and Apple includes metadata “detailing which app received a notification and when, as well as the phone and associated Apple or Google account to which that notification was intended to be delivered,” Wyden wrote. Sometimes data shared may include “unencrypted content, which could range from backend directives for the app to the actual text displayed to a user in an app notification,” Wyden warned.
as for your second, that’s for unencrypted iCloud backups. you have to turn Advanced Data Protection on: https://www.macworld.com/article/2606947/icloud-encryption-how-secure-is-your-data.html
note that iCloud Calendar, Contacts and Mail can’t be e2e encrypted, for fundamental reasons (notifications, discovery, SMTP.) but you don’t have to use those.
Apple has already said they can scan your device, using on-device hardware and software, for CSAM and report that to the FBI. Yes, CSAM is bad and shouldn’t exist, but today it’s just CSAM that’s illegal and reported, tomorrow it will be the fact that one is LGBTQ+ or anti-fascist. They said they decided not to do it, but can you really trust them?
No amount of E2E encryption will protect you from an on-device spy that can scan and upload what is sitting on your phone every time you unlock it and therefore decrypt it. Your data has to be decrypted for you to interact with it, E2E only protects you when your device is in your adversary’s hands.
From your other posts you seem to be knowledgeable about security and privacy, how is it that you are turning a blind eye to this well known “feature” of Apple devices and just trusting their word that it isn’t enabled? Why are you so bent on propping up Apple as a secure platform when it’s so glaringly obvious they can’t be trusted with your data?
Apple devices and just trusting their word that it isn’t enabled? Why are you so bent on propping up Apple as a secure platform when it’s so glaringly obvious they can’t be trusted with your data?
because, while I use GrapheneOS, it’s a little hard to set up and lacks some creature comforts. Android devices outside of GOS/CalyxOS/Lineage are probably even less secure than iPhones.
but perhaps it’s better for me to encourage everyone to bite the bullet and switch to Pixels running GOS. it really isn’t that hard.
I know you mean the best, but an iPhone isn’t any better privacy-wise than an Android is. Regardless of their public stance, these giant monoliths have proven time and time again there’s no respect for an individual’s privacy. If they get caught lying/breaking the law, the fine is merely the cost of doing business.
It would be better to focus on universal ways someone could keep themselves safe. Drop WhatsApp/SMS for Signal, drop Chromium based browsers, use uBlock, a VPN, etc. Arguing over phones is just infighting and not worth the energy.
I disagree on dropping Chromium-based browsers. drop Chrome/Edge/etc. certainly, but Firefox is kept alive by a skeleton crew at this point, and almost certainly has more vulnerabilities than Chromium browsers. the sandboxing and process isolation, the defense in depth, it just isn’t there.
I use Vanadium, which has all telemetry disabled, JIT off by default, and blocks ads.
I will never understand why anyone trusts a corporation who has proven time and again to spy on their own users and report back to the government, even before Trump was on the scene. I guess Cypher was right, ignorance is bliss.
I don’t trust corporations. I trust math, and code, and systems design. I trust AES-256, even though the NSA picked it, because 20 years of cryptography research has revealed nothing close to a break. I trust SELinux, even though NSA invented it, because hundreds of kernel devs from around the world have audited it and touch that code regularly. I trust even proprietary systems which have been extensively independently audited and reverse engineered by security researchers, though I do trust them less.
They have root access on your phone and it doesn’t function without constantly connecting to apple severs for every little thing. If Apple wants access to your data, they’re gonna get access.
Arm yourself. 2nd amendment is all we got left.
I lost my 2A rights because I put up signs at a troubled teen facility, and that apparently counted as “stalking” the CEO.
There are ways to get a gun without a background check. Look into it.
looks like you need to find a gun show
¡¡FLEA MARKETS!!
And what state do you live in?
Sooner or later they will decide only straight white cis people are allowed to own guns.
Yup. This is why so many of us do not want a registry.
from social media posts it seems like maga vigilantes are already doxxing people they perceive as lgbt or even just slightly left of themselves that show up at any of their gun related establishments
