-and so it begins-

[demonlurking]

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here we are, just barely a week into the new year and we’re already seeing the same old same old.

thursday, january 4th was the first school shooting of the year. still no more than thoughts and prayers from the conservative right and minimal pushback from the left. this has become “normal”. I remember when Columbine was earth shattering and now it’s “normal”

maybe i should link to the onion article “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens”. they’ve only run it 36 times in the last decade, nearly two thirds of those have been in the past 3 years. (22 time since january 1st, 2020.)

in other news Ohio is joining Florida on anti transgender legislation and enacted what amounts to a ban on all gender affirming care via an executive order from the governor who just vetoed a similar bill that had gone through the state legislature. way to send some mixed messages there.

meanwhile Florida has decided to try to force state citizens to sign an affidavit verifying their birth gender in order to get or renew their drivers licenses. effectively creating a registry of gender diverse residents.

we’re already approaching 180 proposed laws this year many seeking to eliminate the legal existence of transgender individuals.

i’m just tired.

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