@B_Bird @alice fascism promises things it cannot do; so it has to deliver on "the distractions"

There were a lot of German Jews who wouldn't believe the fascists could do what they did. Don't be there when it's too late to leave.

@Fettlaus @alice

because they are pervs

@swaldman @phl @alice

Yeah, pretty much. German political leaders always stressed the "Transatlantic Friendship/Alliance", and it would be awkward to admit that this now belongs on the dung heap of history.

And this doesn't even count the European political leaders who were extruded from the American business machine, such as our own Friedrich #Merz (a #Blackrock veteran).

@swaldman @alice

Personally, I would recommend Americans who need to escape to Europe to move there via a student visa. Those are much easier to get, and you will have a much better status - you can get part-time jobs with them.

@calcius @alice @Fettlaus Good luck everyone.

@alice

WTF, this is a crock of shit. So, Lindsey Graham needs to be next?
Those Kansas people are terminally stupid.

@Savvyhomestead No, the American system protects people of means who are well connected to the in-group. Miss Nancy is going to be okay, despite selling his soul a decade ago. He'll die in disgrace and be remembered as a gutless traitor, but he won't suffer for his moral crimes before he dies.

@jabgoe2089 In this case, it's about the general human obsession with social gender, which the Western world has equated to biological sex for several centuries now. As gender is neurological, it cannot be tested at birth, so your Sex Assigned At Birth is based entirely on (limited) biological evidence. Many people, such as the weirdo Xtians who run Kansas, believe that sex and gender are the same thing, so what a doctor saw twixt your nethers at birth is Who and What You Are, no backsies.

@ATLeagle Unfortunately, it's worse than that. You can also do time under this rule. And this can escalate fast, because 1st ofc = 90 days suspension, and how will you get around in that time? Violate that, and you face more serious consequences.

Kansas gave people almost no warning about this, and will impose real penalties starting TODAY.

@alice because the gender marker on my drivers license is the important part showing im a competent machine operator :<

@jawarajabbi @alice
They still haven’t gotten all the corners of Brownback stench out. The governor vetoed this, but too many people there still vote for the Republican scum legislators who created this. The Koch(s) have big influence in Kansas.

Two of my company’s big yearly meetings are in Kansas. I’ve refused to go for over 10 years.

@swaldman @alice This would only list Kansas as unsafe. You'd have to run out of all "safe" states before they'd start accepting asylum claims from trans USians with a chance of success. Atm even Palestine or Syria aren't places where you can get guaranteed successful asylum claims (glances at Syrian refugees currently being sent back to unsafe situations).

@starfrost Well, in Kansas, maybe. We'll see how far it goes. But Kansas already has a very long track record of this kind of BS. My advice to anyone there, even 10 years ago, would be to just leave if you can. Kansas doesn't seem likely to get better any time soon, and there are better places to live.

@gerdek

Democratic governor with far-right legislators in both houses. She vetoed the bill and they overrode it.

@retrimental I'm not sure how you're getting 'tax' out of this. Forfeiture (the legal term for payment of a fine) is the very least of the potential consequences here. 1st offence is also 90 days suspension, and if you violate that it's minimum 5 days in jail. They can also jail you for this at any level. A 'tax' would be quaint next to that.

@alice wait a minute, let me get this straight, the Pedophiles are at war with queer folx? It legal to sexually abuse children but illegal to drive a car based on a deviation from birth gender.

@swaldman Yeah, that's a real problem. And you'd expect Western European countries, if any, to be alert to this. I, too, wonder how much longer it will take for them to come around. I think most of them have are waiting for each other to make the first move.

@phl Outdated info, maybe. Most public guides are based on info from no less than 1-2 years old. 2 years ago, I would have agreed. Today, I'm repeatedly telling people to stay away from here, and if they're here to get out if they can.

@alice

Kan-cis transphobes can go fuck themselves. This is such anti-human bullshit.

@weirdone @peterbrown @alice
Their licenses were invalidated today with no grace period. Any trans person with a KS license who drives today who has changed their gender on their license to their real gender would be driving illegally. They’re being forced to change it back to their ASAB and being given no time to do so, in order to inflict as much pain as possible. The Kansas legislature is filled with evil people.