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i cannot get over the horrors i'm thinking of how many trans and queer youth won't make it to see adulthood because they don't think its worth living. we failed them. and before you say "i voted blue" we all failed them. collectively. and we all need to think about this.
Iโm sorry but it is not fucking normal for nearly half of the country to be fearing for their lives after an election. People are contemplating suicide. The LGBTQ helplines were FULL. It shouldnโt fucking be like this. This is shouldnโt happen
PROTECT BLACK LIVES PROTECT TRANS LIVES PROTECT LGBTQ+ LIVES PROTECT WOMENS LIVES
I donโt k ow what the fuck to do about my mental health anymore. I feel like leaving here is as bad as notโฆ
I just feel such a deep and unquenchable anxiety these daysโฆ I donโt know how to cope
We can defeat the fascists! History has demonstrated this time and time again. But history has also shown that progressives are terrible at coalition building, we prioritize purity politics over collectivism and we eat our own. We need solidarity to defeat our common enemy.
Iโm Canadian, so I shouldnโt be this stressed about the US election โฆ but here I am, like a nervous neighbour watching a house fire from across the street. #ElectionDay
2016 was a shock. 2024 is a confirmation. Which is why this hits differently.
A reminder that this is *exactly* the strategy of Pierre Poilievre -- lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie and lie some more until people believe it and blame the Liberals. It is precisely the same playbook.
A reminder that tens of millions of Americans believed the country was heading in the wrong direction because they believed the economy was doing badly and that crime was going up. None of that is true.
At 3pm today, the Alberta Government will make history by introducing some of the most transphobic & homophobic legislation in the existence of our country. The irony that this Frankentrans legislation is being introduced on Halloween is not lost. Trans people are not monsters.
Thatโs a wrap, everyone! Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the 2024 #CCBCBookAwards. Read more: bookcentre.ca/news/2024-ccbcโฆ
A statement from the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia on the 2024 BC Provincial Election:
And the Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award goes toโฆ Alone: The Journeys of Three Young Refugees. #CCBCBookAwards
Canadaโs really leaning into the early stages of our latest witch hunt era โ itโs dangerous and gross.
Final count for the 2024 provincial election will take place October 26 to 28. Read more about how final count will be conducted: elections.bc.ca/news/update-onโฆ #bcpoli
Higgs was the first Premier to demonize trans youth. First he lost members of his cabinet over it. Then he lost the election. Is this a message for Moe and Smith? Probably not, but it is good news for sexual minorities in New Brunswick today.
I had the same impression as ChrisWalkerCBC - namely many people are angry & this played out in a โchangeโ election. But it seems that they are angry about things (a) that have little to do with provincial government or (b) are hard problems thatโve persisted under past govโts.
Taxes, Trudeau, inflation, the homeless, the CBC, and corruption, pretty much in that order.
Under Rustadโs leadership, the BC Conservatives ran candidates who denied the reality of mass shootings; alleged that the January 6th US Capitol attack was a hoax; questioned vaccine science (not just mandates); accused the CBC and labour union UNIFOR of setting wildfires.
Meet the extreme, far-right BC Conservative candidates who are now legislators following BCโsย wild election Numerous BC Conservative MLAs associated with extreme, conspiratorial and bigoted views were just elected in British Columbia pressprogress.ca/meet-the-extreโฆ #bcpoli
The left has just sat there, & assumed that Canadians were "better than that." All the lies and disinfo that work on everybody else in other countries? Not here, my friend! We're Canadian! We're special. If we don't snap out of it, we're going to wind up in a fascist nightmare.
I used to be able to say that Canada was a decent country with some messed up bits and pieces. After tonightโs election in BC I can easily say that I no longer believe that. We are so fucked.
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