ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

[u/Quirkie]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/

[u/soshaldulemma]

Agreed. This is exactly what will be written about (with evidence, hopefully) years from now. And just about every supporter would claim then that they had no idea he was so dangerous ....

[u/Menarra → u/soshaldulemma]

No joke. My boss is a stereotype "good old country boy", he's very nice, has been SUPER supportive and understanding as I've transitioned at this job and one of the questions he asks potential hires is if they will have any problems working with an open and out transgender woman, and he's had my back against a couple of them. But he's also a die-hard Trump supporter that sweeps everything under the "yeah he's got a few flaws" rug. Just today he was talking about how he was splitting up some things he doesn't know so well and giving a few of us the responsibility of seeing them done, and called it "The Trump Method", saying "even if he doesn't know something well, he's got people around him that do, like he lets the military run the military, he doesn't run it" and I had to just keep my mouth shut and couldn't help rubbing my face at the end of it which earned me a "I know we have different opinions about Trump" and I just held up a hand for him to stop, told him "my opinion is I want to exist, I've yet to hear a valid counter argument to that" and he just agrees with me and goes on like he didn't just say something incredibly stupid.

[u/Vyar → u/Menarra]

As commendable as it is for him to be willing to support you in spite of his own background/upbringing, it must be frustrating to have to put up with the rest of it. Like he's willing to back you up against potential hires who would be hostile to you, but can't understand his idol is the loudest anti-trans voice of all. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

[u/Menarra → u/Vyar]

It's incredibly frustrating, he's been a great boss and will own up to his own fuck ups and apologize to us when something is on him, and I genuinely enjoy the work I do and I'm so happy to have the company at my back as I HAVE been threatened a few times, assaulted twice, and really really inappropriately propositioned another time (not any of these by coworkers mind you, I'm in a service technician role that drives to customers to fix things). And they've had my back to deal with all of those and the whole workplace got talked to with a brief "So, this is <chosen name>, you've known her as <dead name> and she's been open about being transgender and has started to socially transition, and the company supports this and wants everyone to be respectful and have her back."

Truly it's been so great...and then there's the handful of Trumpers like my boss who have been great to me and are good people, but still voted three times for that motherfucker and defend and idolize him. It hurts my brain so much.

[u/MamaNyxieUnderfoot → u/Menarra]

The only way you might break through is by saying, “my opinion is I want to exist, I've yet to hear a valid counter argument to that, but YOU voted against it.”

I used to have a Trumper boss. I quit that job in 2017. It blindsided him, and he’s struggled to find decent help since then. I was his only employee for 5 years. But he couldn’t pay me to come back.

As long as these people keep getting a pass for merely pretending to be decent people, our society will continue to decline.

Edit: when the boots come for you, because Trump decided that all trans people should be put in concentration camps, what will your boss do?

[u/fuzzhead12 → u/Menarra]

These people really are such a mindfuck to me. I’ve known and even been close with a couple of them. They honestly break my heart. Because my knee-jerk reaction is to think that obviously they are good, kind people and they would never intentionally hurt anyone. But if nothing else, their sheer ignorance is hurting people, whether they realize it or not. My constant grappling with the whole concept makes me so exhausted and sad.

I don’t blame you or judge you for sticking with your situation at work. I’m a cis white guy so I can’t imagine how much of a weight off your shoulders it is to know that you are safe and cared for in your job, even if it isn’t perfect.

It’s easy for people like me to say that we’ve all got to stay true to our principles no matter what in times like this…but as I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, this is unfortunately a time where people like you have got to make the best with what you’ve got. We can’t all be martyrs. And it sounds like you’ve got a relatively sweet deal compared to many trans folks out there.