• NotLemming@lemm.ee
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    Ummm, anyone going to the US these days would have to be crazy. It’s seriously volatile and even more unsafe than usual.

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    Something Something passing privilege.

    But seriously don’t come here, TSA is filled with bootlickers and bystanders. And harassing and detaining foreigners is going to give them good boy points.

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      US citizen here, I agree with this. We should be punished economically for this.

      I don’t think it will influence the jackasses who felt that what’s going on right now was a good idea. But maybe some of the people who decided not to vote will no longer abstain when a living underwear streak wants to be king.

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      Yeah, as much as I’d love to see some of the national parks, I’ll never travel there unless their entry procedures and government change fundamentally. Plenty of other countries to visit.

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    Just not being white and travelling to the US is now more of a risk too. Risk of getting harassed and detained by ICE. Or being harassed by people pretending to be ICE. Tourism is going to take a hit.

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    Damn. That’s sad that it’s come to this. We tried to tell everyone that Trump was gonna pull dumb shit, but everyone wanted to latch on the economy as a excuse.

    But yeah, as a US citizen, I wouldn’t wanna be here either.

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    If they believe it is dangerous to travel there as a person like this what about this same population of people who are stuck living there?! When are they going to allow LBGTQ+ people refugee status from the us?

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      Boy never in my life I would have thought about political refugees coming from the US to Germany.

      Yesterday someone said to me that we’re living in a South Park episode that became reality… I think he’s right…

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        Even South Park isn’t this wacky. They had to scrap and remake an episode after the 2016 election because it was completely baffling to them that Trump won.

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      Yeah, Americans should be lobbying other countries hard right now to improve refugee treatment and quotas.

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    Hi I’m trans and living in the US right now, in Seattle one of the best places to be trans in the US. Don’t come here if you’re trans. Don’t travel to anywhere in the US, not Seattle, not anywhere. If for no other reason than to stop giving tourism money to us but if you’re trans then yeah it’s getting spicy.

    All my trans friends who have had to travel are reporting increased pat downs, getting questioned by TSA, and bags being opened regardless of their documents. If you get clocked you may be delayed or searched.

    For any trans people looking to get out of the country be careful. So far my best idea is to get to a state with enhanced IDs, use that to hop the border to Canada by land without having to physically hand your passport to a US agent, then fly out from there.

    Stay safe everyone

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      For any trans people looking to get out of the country be careful. So far my best idea is to get to a state with enhanced IDs, use that to hop the border to Canada by land without having to physically hand your passport to a US agent, then fly out from there.

      Or stay in Canada if you can swing it, and if we don’t elect our own Trump-wannabe in our upcoming election

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    Boy, I would read that as a warning for other people as well. Who the hell wants to travel to a place where people are at risk just for being people? Tourism dies with autocracies. Let America become the dull homogeneous wasteland it wants without throwing them any tourism dollars.

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      LYRICS:

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      Arstotzkan Anthem (With Lyrics)