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Meg
@meganmichelle.eth
In good faith, I want to ask all the non-Trump voters, what are you most afraid of with a Trump presidency? Maybe I can help alleviate your fears in the comments. Again, in good faith.
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Stuart
@olystuart
1. Nuclear annihilation. He has a habit of escalating confrontations and making threats that could lead further into a WWIII situation. 2. He promised to "finish the job" in Palestine which means complete the Zionist genocide of Palestinians. The massacres could intensify which is hard to imagine. 2 million lives still hang in the balance. 3. His economic policy could cause hyperinflation. Tariff protectionism mixed with military overreach, massive giveaways of tax breaks to the rich, and lack of focus on social programs to help the rest of us survive capitalism. 4. We're headed towards extinction as a species because of capitalism and militarism. He's likely to accelerate this which could put us over more climate tipping points we can not return from. 5. Violence from the fascist mobs like Proud Boys who last time Trump was in office would roam through cities attacking people with impunity, working with police to crush political dissent. 6. Trump ending free speech, right to assembly for political opponents
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Meg
@meganmichelle.eth
Thanks for taking the time to articulate all of these. I think they cover most of what others worry about. Which of these keeps you up most at night would you say? That one I can focus on a good, meaty response.
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Stuart
@olystuart
Hard to say, it's a bit of everything interconnected that keeps me up. I suppose in a word: dehumanization. Palestinians, trans people, protesters, political opponents such as Communists, immigrants, lots of groups the Trump side seems to see as less than fully human and plans to treat as less than human based on his statements.
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Meg
@meganmichelle.eth
I think that is put really well. I won’t speak for Trump, but I’ll speak for myself as someone who voted for him. I spent over seven years working with refugees and internally displaced persons. Literally getting them citizenship. I have volunteered my time to work on the border in a migrant shelter. In Mexico. Rules need to be enforced to protect people. It actually hurts people to incentivize mass asylum seeking, and tie it to a welfare state. For the trans issue, there are people who see me, for example, saying that trans people shouldn’t be allowed in women’s sports - means I am a bigot. I love all people. Consenting adults can do whatever they want with their bodies. But there needs to be a line eventually. We have to live in reality. That is not bigoted; that is biology. I have trans friends with whom I use their pronouns, etc. I will always love them. But I don’t believe public policy should oppress the majority for the sake of a minority.
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Stuart
@olystuart
It seems we just disagree on some fundamental facts and definitions. Thank you for your work with refugees though.
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Meg
@meganmichelle.eth
For sure. What might help you sleep is knowing Americans who voted this election are Americans like me. Different definitions, huge hearts.
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