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Essentially, there have been two reactions over on grad today:
Mmm, that link doesn't say what you say it says. All it says is that The Trevor Project has gotten an increased call volume about election-related things after Trump won the presidency -- what a shock. It does not mention anything at all apart from this, even the things I would have expected it to mention, like how many of the new callers were contemplating ending their own lives.
Additionally, I'm not sure how Drag could have made it more clear what Drag wants us to do about the fact that moderates are not our allies. And I'm not sure how much more clear I can make it that I still don't really want to commit a felony in the name of politics. Punching people in the face, sure, fine. Pepper spray, why not. But I don't like murdering people in the streets, especially not people whose only crime is being white, uneducated, and afraid of anything they don't understand. Or just more scared of the police than they are of the rebels.
Lastly, I'm truly shocked by how easily you can insist that you think politically motivated violence is bad and not something that someone like Drag would advocate for and insinuate it is necessary in the same breath. You've been doing it this whole conversation, but you actually said both things that time.