@Qbae
I have some very close friends who have supported Trump.

If you're going to tell me they deserve to die, then you and I are about to have words.

@voltronic my friends died because of trump supporters. So please let’s have words.

@Qbae
I'm very sorry to hear about the death of your friends, and I believe you may have spoken about that here before.

But as horrendous as the actions of those people were who killed your friends, that doesn't mean everybody who supports Trump is the same, is similarly violent, and deserve to die as a result.

@voltronic they are. They support the people who support the violence. Invite ten nazis to your table and you have eleven Nazis. I’m disappointed in you. I’ve seen how these people discuss my people. Both when in social camouflage and as myself. I’ve seen how the supposed “non violent” supporters talk. How easy it is for them to get away with heinous acts and walk free.
No. I don’t care if one of them dies.
I’ve lost many and they laughed.

@Qbae
I'm trying to put myself in your shoes with your experiences, and you know that I can't fully do that. All I can try to do is empathize the best I can.

But you're here telling me that some of my friends deserve to die. If that's what you really believe, then you've just made a friend into an enemy and we have nothing else to discuss.

@voltronic if you have friends who believe I should die then we were never friends.

Goodbye

@Qbae @voltronic

I’m disappointed in him too, and unfollowed him. Anyone who is still supporting trump is an extremely flawed person who can’t think critically, has no empathy, and is dangerous.
I don’t understand why anyone would be friends with them.

@Smccune55 @voltronic I do. I hate that I do.
Was his friend at the rally and died? No.
Were my friends at peaceful protests and died from people like his friends? Yes. He was more concerned by a hypothetical than the reality and willing to twist my words to fit a narrative that didn’t make him feel guilty.

@Qbae
No, that's not at all what I was doing. It really sounded to me like you were wishing that my friends would be dead also. I asked you directly to clarify that and you didn't.

I'm not twisting any narrative and I don't feel guilty. I'm sorry if my posts offended you.

@Smccune55

@voltronic @Smccune55 those things are not the same. I’m frankly surprised you’d even admit to being friends with someone who would gladly strip human rights away that we all fought so hard to protect.
Your non apology isn’t acceptable. But it does track with the company you apparently keep.

@voltronic @Qbae @Smccune55

There are Trump supporters that are well-intentioned, badly informed, and innocent of their ignorance. I know some of them. They (as I am) are works in progress. And some of them become enlightened as their paradigm shifts (like J35t35) and see the world differently. Does that forgive their beliefs? No. Does it endorse never giving up until we are safe and able to live authentically? Yes.
May we all continue to improve & join in common cause.

@ATXJane @voltronic @Smccune55 it’s outright impossible for me to have any kind of relationship as a queer person with a trump supporter. I don’t know walk of life so while I should give you both the benefit of the doubt, our daily interactions with them are colored by extremely different responses to individual interactions with them. They may or may not have killed your loved ones, but they have many of mine. I cannot forgive them for that. Use your privilege wisely where I and others cannot.