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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] JonsJava@lemmy.world 218 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Fuck, this his hard. As a father of a gay child, and a trans child, our immediate plans are passports.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 83 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You forgot the big fat fucking asterisk.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

asterisk = straight, white, hetero male of upper-middle class or grater

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 9 points 2 weeks ago

or grater

It still fits.

Everyone else gets the grater or meat grinder.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Free" is used in the same way like the "Democratic" in "Democratic People's Republic of North Korea"

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

*Visa. Passport won't be enough to travel to the EU and select other countries in 2025.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

EITAS isn't a visa, and you can do it without travel plans and it lasts 3 years, tied to your passport.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As you know, we're in a similar boat. Thankfully, we can get to Britain and stay (in theory) but the prospect of telling my elderly mother and my wife's family goodbye for the last time, finding the money, finding new jobs with my health issues, just downsizing so that we can move...

But we are doing it.

I hope you and your family find safety and my best wishes to all of you.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you. And to you too. Good luck to all of us.

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

Jeez that's sad to read. I wish you all good luck on the voyage to a less a hostile country

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago

Get out before January if you can

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Imagine being Latino in a red state.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 18 points 2 weeks ago

They've already done it to gay and trans people. Last time the Muslim ban was foiled by the courts. Now that the Republicans control the presidency, the SC, the house and Senate, little stands in their way. Project 2025's Schedule F will see to that.

Some states did an amazing self-own tonight, and unfortunately both teams are going to endure some severe beatings. I feel absolutely sick right now. Poor us. Poor Ukraine. Poor middle east. Taiwan is so fucking boned.

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Broooo what kills me is how many Latino men voted for this!! I saw a statistic that was like 59%

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Trump didn't mean them when he said "they" were poisoning the blood of our country.

And, of course, they will never get rounded up and put in a camp. As long as they have the proper identification on them that shows they're a citizen when checked. And the cop checking will believe that identification is both genuine and not stolen.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine being Latino and trans in a red state. Those people definitely exist. I am very scared for them.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Italy has a digital nomad visa now. Cost of living is so so but if you can freelance it's not a terrible place to live as an expat. Source: am US dual citizen living here. Feel free to pm me with any qs

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She might've toned it down a bit since she got elected, but Meloni is a fascist too.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but Italians are incompetent (at least their government). That's the one relief

[–] Blubber28@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I am so fucking sorry you are in this shit and I wish you and your children good luck going forward. Sadly it seems like you will need it.