A growing refugee crisis is occurring in the United States, and it is getting very little coverage. I highlight the growing migration crisis, the people fleeing, and the laws they are fleeing from.

One transgender woman, Sheena, left Florida to move to Minnesota. Florida has recently passed extremely harsh legislation targeting the transgender community, and Sheena cited this legislation in her decision to move with her partner, stating that she “had to leave Florida within one month [of the transgender medical ban on adults] to avoid having my care halted.”

  • Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Conservatives are in favor of small government in the same way Republicans are the party of Lincoln; it’s something that may have been true once, but lacks any evidence of being currently accurate. These sayings are just vestigial phrases that became irrelevant once electing a black man as President broke the minds of a significant chunk of the nation.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      I don’t think it’s that. I think conservatives just really don’t like the ACA. I don’t think it has anymore to do with race, they just don’t want their tax dollars funding things they’re morally opposed to.

      And to that my response is, how much is actually being spent on the specific things you don’t like? And how much would an alternative option cost (e.g. therapy for trans people who can’t get the medicine they need)? I think the costs for those medications are so low that it’s really not worth arguing over. I see it the same way as anti-depressants or ADHD medication, if it improves the quality of your life and it doesn’t impact others, it should be available.