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[–]begonia_skies 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm pretty far left on pretty much every topic, gun control, decrease in military spending, civil rights, universal medical care, debt-free public colleges, etc etc. The trans issue to me in the broad spectrum is rather low rung, at least for me. It is an issue where I do not align with the typical "left" perspectives; however, I believe with information about the ill effects of transitioning as a child, and more research on the psychological process (i.e. it is a fetish), that is how changes can be made in that regard. People need to keep talking about it to continue to raise awareness. However, personally, I would never vote for a Republican just because of how I feel on that one issue, there are US Supreme Court judges openly talking about repealing same-sex marriage and another conservative judge is headed there now, the cost for me is just way too high when you look through a macro scale.

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I’m at a loss myself, considering Biden’s plans to pass more bills that would embolden fetishizing TRAs. You could vote third party, but doing so in a swing state might let Trump win. I’m just scared as I don’t know what to do and of course no one can tell me what to do, but the lack of emotional support is really taking its toll on me. I think to myself “if I vote Biden and he does all this stuff for TRAs and not the stuff for Covid and gun reform, was it worth it?” In 2016 I was able to hide from the election in a way cause I was in another country and that alleviated some of the pressure on my shoulders, but I can’t hide now. Not a lot of people ever have the privilege to hide. I don’t think I could live with myself if my third party vote helps Trump win in my swing state and that savage judge gets sworn in and takes away same-sex marriage

[–]begonia_skies 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't believe any one candidate is going to check all the boxes for any single person, it is just impossible. I would recommend looking over the candidate's views and choose which one tends to align more with your personal belief system. Personally, I cannot mentally handle 4 more years of insanity, but I don't believe it is ethical to try and direct someone's vote. You can easily google both candidates and read through their planned policies and make an educated and informed decision, don't be swayed by media emotional pulls, make a decision from a place of logic.

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Thank you, I don’t want 4 more years of insanity either, or my parents being one of the many brown-nosers to Trump, and their hateful means of engaging with me on issues. I’m not a democrat by any means either, but I won’t vote for Trump. But I don’t think I’ll vote for Biden either, even though Rush Limbaugh is tempting me to do so cause I wish he’d shut up